Hazrat Inayat: Sensitivity, Indifference and Restraint
Sensitiveness is the sign of a living heart. It is sensitiveness which makes the heart a mirror. Sorrow makes the heart sensitive, but it can also make it sore, and Continue Reading →
hearing the message of spiritual liberty
Excerpts from the Sufi teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan
Sensitiveness is the sign of a living heart. It is sensitiveness which makes the heart a mirror. Sorrow makes the heart sensitive, but it can also make it sore, and Continue Reading →
The soul and what is around it live on each other. It is the attention of the soul which feeds the mind and body, and it is the contact of Continue Reading →
What attitude must a mureed take towards his fellow mureed, if he does not seem to get on with him, if he thinks that there is something lacking in him? Instead of Continue Reading →
Many holy scriptures give evidence of the power of the word; but where has the knowledge of that science gone, so well know to the prophets of all times. The Continue Reading →
There are three things which those who follow the inner cult use as exercises for spiritual attainment. One thing is concentration; another thing is contemplation; another thing is meditation. Concentration Continue Reading →
Thought has a voice which the mind can hear, and the voice of the heart is audible to the heart; there is also a voice of the soul, which reaches Continue Reading →
There are no principles that the Sufi is obliged to follow, but there are certain characteristics that are favourites of the Sufi, and which make his life easy on the Continue Reading →
It is a question that rises in the mind of every thoughtful soul when a soul begins to realise the beauty of goodness and refinement, such as patience, endurance, thoughtfulness, Continue Reading →
The love of the parents for the children is much greater than the love of the children towards them, for while the parents’ thought is all centered in the children, Continue Reading →
The question arises, “What may be done if one is tied with another person in business, or in a tie of relationship, or in a certain enterprise, where both have Continue Reading →