17 February 2020 Dear Companions on the Path, I hope this finds you very well. I am delighted to tell you of some recent happenings. In Épernon, France, the newly formed Ṭūbā class of the Suluk Academy gathered for the first time. It’s a lovely, thoughtful group hailing from many countries, and we delved immediately into […]
“The rapidity of my walk imagination cannot follow.” The sleepwalking soul hurries here and there, and goes nowhere. The wakeful soul sits still, and travels beyond the stars. Five companions accompany the soul on its pilgrimage to the Source: sensation, memory, imagination, will, and self. None but the soul reaches the goal. Sensation is at […]
20 January 2020 Dear Companions on the Path, I wish you peace and joy in the New Year. As the new decade begins, there are many reasons to rejoice and give thanks. We live in a ravishingly beautiful sphere, a world of rainforests and alps, of whales and dragonflies. We are heirs to profound wisdom […]
January 20, 2020 Prayers for Australia We thank you for, and continue to welcome, prayers for Australia’s environmental crisis. Although bushfire conditions have eased somewhat and some parts have had rain, the country is still on alert with 82 fires still burning, 30 of them uncontained, with significant air pollution travelling far afield, even to […]
“By every hurt or harm that one causes me, one only makes me know him better.” It’s all too easy to take offense. To flush red, glare, groan and snarl requires no insight. Reflection, on the other hand, is a science of the heart. Much is to be discovered by looking beneath the surface. What […]
16 December 2019 Dear Friends, Greetings! I hope this finds you very well. Last week the Naubahar Suluk class again convened at the Astana, this time to go deeper into Meditation (mushahada), the third stage in the inner life. There was joyful companionship and numinous silence, and we observed together the ‘Urs of Ghaws al-A‘zam, […]
December 5, 2019 Inayati Fall Appeal Sweepstakes 2019 Winners We are incredibly grateful for the many of you who entered our first ever Inayati Fall Appeal Sweepstakes. Over the course of five days, Black Friday, November 29 through Giving Tuesday, December 3, we raised $16,828 with 303 valid entries for the sweepstakes. Watch the Live Drawing for […]
“Art is dear to my heart, but nature is near to my soul.” In the human being, the soul comes first. Before the mind crystallizes, there is simply a channel of life flowing from the Unseen into the visible world. The subtle template of the mind precedes birth, but it is only with incarnation that […]
November 27, 2019 Inayati Fall Appeal Sweepstakes 2019 Just make a simple donation to enter for a chance to win! Make an online donation of $25 or more between Black Friday, November 29 and Giving Tuesday, December 3 and every $25 donation will receive one sweepstakes entry for a chance to win 1 of 11 […]
25 November 2019 Dear Friends, Blustery greetings to you on this fine November morning. May these lines find you well. I would like to record here my gratitude to my good friend, Dr. Srinivas Reddy, who graciously welcomed me at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, at the end of October. Brown has a cutting-edge program in Contemplative […]
