Being in the World
A Six-Part Course w/ Pir Zia Inayat Khan via Zoom
Sundays, April 14th to May 19th, 2024, 2:00 – 3:15 pm ET / 8:00 – 9:15 pm CET
On Sundays, for six weeks in the spring, and six in the fall, Pir Zia illuminates the teachings found within the Sufi Message Volumes of Hazrat Inayat Khan. This series of twelve books make up the core philosophy of our lineage of Sufism—called the Inayatiyya. All students drawn to this path, at every level from brand new to longtime practitioner, are encouraged to prioritize this essential series.
After a general review last fall, this spring we will take a more in depth look at themes in Sufi Message Volume V: Spiritual Liberty. We will explore what it means to “Be in the World.” Here are our topics:
April 14th—Enjoying the World
How do we find the cosmos in the worldly life?
April 21st—Living with the Dead
How do we keep good relations with the deceased?
April 28th—Incarnation
How do we reclaim our soul’s mission?
May 5th—Romance
How do we know if romance is alive or dead?
May 12th—Balance
How do we walk life’s tightrope?
May 19th—The Flame of Pain
How do we cook, and not burn, the heart?
Please join us in real time, via Zoom, the day of each class, or watch the video after. Pre-registration is required to receive the video. If you missed our Spiritual Liberty Fall 2023 series, the precursor to this one, you may purchase the video at Inayatiyya Multimedia Courses.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
General tuition is $60 ($12/class) with a limited income rate of $48 ($8/class) for the six-part series. Donations of any amount are also welcome.
As part of your registration, you will receive the course video which will be posted within 24 hours of each class via Dropbox. The course is designed to be attended in its entirety. If you begin with us after the course starts, video from past classes will be made available to you.
If you have questions about the Spiritual Liberty series, please reach out to us at astana@inayatiyya.org.
COURSE READING
Spiritual Liberty
This volume comprises six books from Hazrat Inayat Khan’s London period that include A Sufi Message of Spiritual Liberty, Hazrat Inayat Khan’s first book, and the only didactic work he would ever personally write. The subsequent books are lecture compilations of the London period assembled by two prominent early disciples, Sherifa Goodenough and Zohra Williams: Aqibat: Life after Death; The Phenomenon of the Soul; Love, Human and Divine; Pearls from the Ocean Unseen; Metaphysics. This volume contains early works by Hazrat Inayat Khan and feature his distinctive mystical vision of life, a numinous music that quickens attuned minds with the gentle vigor of its ethereal harmonies.
Spiritual Liberty is available from Suluk Press.
BIOGRAPHY
Pir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice. He is author of Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan with a Critical Commentary by Pir Zia Inayat Khan; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; and Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. inayatiyya.org
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Pir Zia Inayat KhanPir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice. He is the author of Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest; and the editor and compiler of Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan, for which he also wrote the critical introduction. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. inayatiyya.org
