Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

If we can only know the joy of asking pardon, even of our fellowman, when we realise we are at fault, however little it may be! And when we ask Continue Reading →

It is the spirit of all souls which is personified in all ages as God. There are periods when this spirit is materialized in the faith of humanity, and worshipped Continue Reading →

In the prayer of the Christian Church there is a sentence: ‘Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.’ This gives a great key to metaphysics. It Continue Reading →

Often mankind thinks, ‘Since God is the knower of the heart of every man, what does it matter if prayer is recited and gestures or actions made? Would it not Continue Reading →

Sometimes the question is asked: “How can we make God intelligible?” You can make a chair intelligible by touching it, by looking at it and seeing how it is made. Continue Reading →

With this post we come to the conclusion of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s insightful teaching about consciousness. For the previous instalment in the series, please see this post. The question is Continue Reading →

We continue with the third instalment of this very important text. The previous post in the series may be found here. The Sufis have in all ages tried their best Continue Reading →

Now coming to consciousness. Naturally when consciousness has turned into something, it has limited itself. Although in comparison with trees and plants and rocks and mountains the consciousness of man Continue Reading →

This very interesting and profound lecture will be given in instalments, because of its length. The consciousness is the intelligence; the intelligence is the soul; the soul is the spirit; Continue Reading →

No sooner has the soul touched the inner kingdom, which is the Divine kingdom, than the true nobility of the soul becomes manifest from that soul in the form of Continue Reading →