Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Man seems to have lost at this time a communication with himself by the tremendous responsibilities of everyday life. The Sufi Order by its initiation helps one to come in communication with Continue Reading →

There are certain considerations necessary while treading the path of initiation. It is a process of melting. A personality is first put to melt by the initiator, and it is Continue Reading →

September 13th is Hejirat Day, the anniversary of the day on which Inayat and his brothers set sail from Bombay for the West, a date that symbolises the beginning of his Continue Reading →

The exercises which a mureed practices must be considered as a winding, the winding which keeps the mechanism of the clock going. And when one cannot continue the practices at Continue Reading →

One often notices a tendency in the traveler on the spiritual path, who considers the change of spiritual practices as a sign of progress, but this is an error. And Continue Reading →

A talk given to a group of mureeds in June, 1924: What do I expect from my mureeds? I expect a right attitude towards that motive for which they have Continue Reading →

The Sufi Manner of Sympathy* I would like to say something about the Sufi manner of sympathy: that it is the first and most essential thing for the Sufi to Continue Reading →

Q.: What is the greatest illness of this present time? A.: I think the greatest illness is the thought of self. The person who is concerned with his own self is Continue Reading →

I would like to speak on the subject of personal power. By personal power what do I mean: the power of thought, the power of will, and the same expressing Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan answers a question in a collective class: Q.: I am disgusted with life, with my fellowmen, I always try to be friendly to all, but I receive Continue Reading →