November 6, 2022 Hello dear friends, We write to you today as the leaves lose their brilliant colors in much of the Northern Hemisphere, knowing that in this shedding is the promise of renewal. It’s time to reflect on the past year in gratitude for what has given us light and look forward to finding […]
19 October 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, Greetings to you on this fine October day. Here in Richmond (and online), last weekend the Universal Worship held its much-anticipated Convocation (photos here). It was an opportunity for cherags and other members of the Church of All and of All Churches to come together to pray, […]
21 September 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, Equinoctial greetings! May these lines find you well. Next month Shambhala releases its new edition of Murshid’s The Mysticism of Sound and Music. Among the many sentences that leap off the page of that timeless book is this one: “Some day music will be the means of expressing […]
18 August 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, I hope you are having a splendid summer. If you are dealing with difficulties, I wish you ease, and relief soon. Sartaj, Ravan, and I were in Turkiye for two weeks and were overwhelmed by the hospitality of our Inayatiyya family there. The beautiful retreat we experienced together […]
13 July 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, Peace be with you. I write to you from Bursa, Turkiye, where we are in the middle of a luminous retreat. It’s a joy to be back with the huge-hearted Turkish community after two years of lockdown. Bursa is a city of great charm. As you know, there are […]
15 June 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, I hope these lines find you in the best of health and spirits. With your prayers, I am well. Two weeks ago my whole family caught Covid, including our little grandson Kara Suleyman, but it wasn’t severe – thanks be to the One – and we are all now back […]
13 April 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, Here in Richmond, spring is in the air and the dogwoods are in bloom. Their roots deep in the soil and branches thrust up dervish-style, these trees know exactly when to unfurl their buds. They have their instructions from the Opener of the Seed. We children of Adam and […]
April 12, 2022 Dear Friends and Companions on the Path, I am writing on behalf of the Inayatiyya’s North American Board of Trustees. We find ourselves living in an unprecedented time and faced with an unprecedented situation related to the Abode of the Message, the Inayatiyya’s retreat center property in New Lebanon, New York. We […]
15 March 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, As missiles explode, buildings collapse, and people flee in the millions, what can one say? What fitting words can be found in the face of the tragedies that have unfolded over the last decade in Syria, Darfur, Iraq, Yemen, Congo, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, […]
16 February 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, I hope this finds you well. I have always valued winter as a season of inwardness, a time to turn within, meditate, and focus entirely on work that is quiet. Over the last few weeks I’ve been blessed with the chance to do just that. I am […]
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