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18 December 2024 Greetings friends, I am writing from my home in England, where the light of day is being enveloped by the dark of night as we arrive at the shortest day this week in the northern hemisphere. My room is filled with celebration in remembrance of our beloved Rumi, whose Urs was on […]
Please remember to donate by midnight tonight to receive an invitation to A Bestiary of Wisdom, a special online gathering featuring readings of JÄtaka tales, animal fables, and other spiritually illuminating stories from the more-than-human world! These enchanting and timeless tales will be read by children of all ages, from actual children to close friends […]
7 December 2024 Dear Friends, Come, gather around! As a special gift for everyone who donated to the Inayatiyya in 2024, we invite you to an online gathering featuring readings of JÄtaka tales, animal fables, and other spiritually illuminating stories from the more-than-human world. These enchanting and timeless tales will be read by children of […]
Everyone’s journey is toward their perfection â Everyone’s proximity is according to their ‘state’. â Attar 3 December 2024 Dear Friends, In our last email, we discussed the emblem of the midnight of unknowing, the bat. As a long night is broken by the return of light at dawn, the next teacher we encounter in the Forest […]
Farther they see than the palest of those countless hosts. Needing no aid from the light, they penetrate the depths of a loving soul that fills a loftier region with bliss ineffable. âNovalis 26 November 2024 Dear Friends, The second animal we encounter on our journey within the Forest of Memory is the bat. The […]
23Â November 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, The world shall live in me, not I in it. âAkhlaq-i Jalali Several weeks ago, the world took a turn. What this turn means to us depends on where we stand, and where we live, and what we believe. It depends on our chosen religion. And it depends […]
As the Inayatiyya International Board, we have some news to share with you about organizational leadership changes. Ophiel van Leer and Rabia Povich are stepping down from their vice president positions at the World Message Council at this time. Ophiel served as European Vice President of Music for the last four years. During this period, […]
I came out from [my self] as a snake from its skin. Then I looked. I saw that lover, Beloved, and love are one because in that state of unification, all are one. â Bâyezîd Bistâmî 19 November 2024 Dear Friends, On our journey within the Forest of Memory, the first animal encountered is the serpent. […]
Dear Friends, Â This time every year, we appeal for financial contributions to support the Inayatiyya in spreading Murshidâs message far and wide. As we were planning our appeal, those of us on the Inayatiyya Fall Appeal 2024 Campaign Committee found ourselves casting around for inspiration for a theme, and it arrived in the form […]
16 October 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, Flooding is a great peril, as we know. In 2022 nearly two thousand people died in floods in Pakistan, and last year four thousand people died in floods in Libya. This year, serious weather events have caused extensive damage and loss of life in China, Central and […]
