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 […]
The purpose of the Healing Activity is to awaken humanity to the power of the Divine Spirit to heal. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan Through relationship with the Divine Spirit, humanity and the environment are realizing themselves as One living whole. When we breathe with thoughts of healing and compassion, with the intention of offering healing […]
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 […]
Earth Calls, How Do Kin Respond? This ideal of kinship develops, taking different forms. In the first stage the mystic becomes respectful to all beings…. In the next stage his sympathy goes out to everyone he meets, no matter who it is. In the third stage he understands the conditions of every person because of his […]
This month we hear from the Music Activity: “When we pay attention to nature’s music we find that every thing on the earth contributes to its harmony. The trees joyously wave their branches in rhythm with the wind; the sound of the sea, the murmuring of the breeze, the whistling of the wind through the […]
The Story of the Ripple Pir Zia Inayat Khan Once upon a time a ripple of sunlight hurled through the emptiness of interplanetary space. Careening through the void, it dove, and soared, and swam with abandon. “Look at me,” it thought. “Was there ever a ray so supple and spry?” Suddenly an asteroid barreled by. […]
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 […]
This month we hear from the Ziraat Activity: The Rhythm of Loving Kindness The meaning of the name of our order offers guidance in addressing the Call of the Earth. Inayat means loving kindness. If, in speech and action a person shows a friendly attitude, love and kindness, the activity is mobile, and every impulse […]
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, […]
