Here are some of the things I’ve researched and written over the years PLUS other things you might want to read–by other people, that is. They’re here because they come up in conversations so often! The “Open Space” one is the prelude to my Alaska book… And as to “others,” I add today a pivotal talk by Pir Zia Inayat Khan:
TheUnseen – by Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Ancient Sufis by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Copyright 2012
I am following a Sufi path, in the International Sufi Order of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan. You will notice many quotes from his writings here, and from those of his successor and my own Pir (teacher), Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. The most important thing that Sufism has given me has been complete spiritual freedom, which is why you will read many other quotes here, and my explorations of other paths, other philosophies. The Sufi, Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan said, has two points of view: his own, and that of the other. It is my inherent conviction that, as all rivers lead to the sea, all paths lead to the one goal most sacred to the heart. In our Sufi Order, we call this the Message: "the Message is a call to Awakening for all those meant to awaken, and a lullabye for those who are still meant to sleep." --Inayat Khan
Of course, he himself would say that we are all awake, just as we are all, in different degrees, partially asleep! But each condition is temporary and meaningful: "I have come here not to teach you that which you do not know, but to awaken in you that which has always been your knowledge." --Inayat Khan
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