“I am resigned to the past, attentive to the present, and hopeful for the future.” What is done is done. The universal chain of causation has done its work, steered by destiny. To lament fate is to reject the unfolding disclosure of the Perfect Being implicit in the story of the universe in all of […]
Suluk Academy Staff News We have new Suluk Administrators in both Europe and the United States. Zebunnisa Effie Shinas has recently brought her love of beauty from New York City to Richmond where she serves as our new Suluk Academy North American Administrator. Zebunnisa has a long history as an artist, art advisor, stylist, and cafe owner. […]
Dear Companions on the Path, Spring greetings! I hope you are enjoying the sunshine. Here at the Astana we’ve just held a gathering introducing the Sufi path, entitled The Way of Illumination. I find that the most basic aspects of the path are also the most vital, so I never tire of reflecting on the essentials. Moreover, it […]
Early Bird Prices Through Friday, May 10th! We are getting excited about Season of the Rose, our big annual Sufi Camp, this year returning to Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Are you thinking of pilgrimaging to be together with us, to join in deep communion with your closest spiritual teachers and friends? We hope you come. […]
“The scriptures have called Him the Creator, the Masons have termed Him the Architect, but I know Him as the Actor on this stage of life.” God is the Maker, Molder, and Builder of the universe. How is God the Maker? All effects have their causes, all causes have prior causes, and the entire chain […]
Dear Companions on the Path, I hope this finds you very well. What a strange, marvelous, terrifying, intoxicating, fatiguing, and rapturous place this universe is. May we walk through it with agile steps! I have spent the last month here in Richmond working on my new book on Pirzadi-Shahida Noor’s writings. I wrote to you last […]
Please welcome Amida Cary as the new Director of the Inayati Order’s Retreat Concentration. Amida will support the work of Nigel Hamilton in the UK and Naima Brown in the US, our two Vice Presidents of the Inayati Order’s Esoteric School. In her new role, Amida works in concert with an international network of experienced […]
“When I open my eyes to the outer world, I feel myself as a drop in the sea; But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.” When we look out on the wide world, we feel small in comparison […]
The Inayati Order Murids’ Representative Position Nominations Invited through Friday, March 15, 2019 Today we invite you to nominate a murid to serve as representative to the Inayati Order of North America’s Board of Trustees. You may already know that the board exists to provide organizational oversight and is made up of 7-11 active members. […]
Dear Companions on the Path, I hope this finds you well. I have just returned from two weeks in France. In Épernon we convened the final session of the Jabarsa class of the Suluk Academy. The members of Jabarsa hail from France, Germany, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey. The […]
