29 November 2022 Dear friends on this path, Our caravan is once again approaching the culmination of another cycle around the sun. Some of you may be traveling to spend time with family, chosen or biological, in preparation for holidays and vacations. It is in this atmosphere that we observe Giving Tuesday, a day dedicated to […]
16 November 2022 Dear Companions on the Path, November greetings! I hope this note finds you and your loved ones well. Two weeks ago I visited Berkeley, California. I saw my mother Taj and brother Mirza, and spent a meaningful weekend with companions on the path from many parts of the Western U.S., as well as […]
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 […]
“The swinging of the branches in the forest, the rising and falling of the waves, all has its music. And once we contemplate and become one with nature our hearts open to its music. Something in us has been touched by the rhythmic movement, by the perfect harmony which is so seldom found in this artificial […]
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, […]
Step by Step, We Need Not Wait for Tomorrow “If there is something that can be accomplished today, we need not wait for it to be accomplished tomorrow.” ~ The Way of Illumination Inayat Khan gave practical instructions for how to manifest visions, dreams, and wishes. Those same teachings apply to actualizing the ideal of […]
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 […]
“My deep sigh rises above as a cry of the earth, and an answer comes from within as a message”. ~ The Complete Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan. 517. Our world is full of pain and suffering from wars and abuses, including to each other and to the planet. We struggle to understand our connection […]
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 […]
“The Universal Worship is not another Church to be included among the variety of existing Churches. It is a Church, which gives an opportunity to those belonging to different religions to worship together. Also it gives practice in paying respect to the great ones who have come from time to time to serve humanity.” ~ […]
