Today is the Urs (date of death) of Hazrat Inyat Khan. He brought sufism to the west. And his grandson is today the Pir of the Sufi Order International, based in New Lebanon, New York, on an old Shaker village. The Urs are a very special time, honoring when a soul passes over. People from around the world are in New Dehli, India at the Dargah where Hazrat Inayat Khan is buried. Singing, remembering, doing zikr. He was an incredible musician, an exquisite soul, and a visionary who reached out in so many ways to provide a path for understanding how all our religious and spiritual beliefs bring us Towards the One. He traveled from India in the early 1900's to the United States, asking no one to change his or her religious beliefs, he transmitted the wisdom of Sufism while pointing out its compatibility with all of the worlds religions. His first book was titled A Sufi Message of Spiritual Liberty, in which he defines Sufism as “a religious philosophy of Love, Harmony, and Beauty,” and introduced the idea of spiritual guidance, an idea little known in the western world.
Implicit within the teaching brought by Inayat Khan was the vision of what he called “The Sufi Movement,” an inner awakening of consciousness and conscience that brought the individual to a realization of the need for the awakening of the whole of humanity “to know the divine character to be found in the innermost nature of (hu)man(kind).”
Many today describe this branch of Sufism as the religion of the heart. I know for me, that this path has helped me to be awake. To feel connected beyond the beyond.
Rumi was a sufi as well. I love his poetry, and in honor of my dear Murshid here is poem by Rumi:(translated by Daniel Ladinsky)
Where Am I Going?
Where am I going on this glorious journey?
To your house, of
Course.
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Implicit within the teaching brought by Inayat Khan was the vision of what he called “The Sufi Movement,” an inner awakening of consciousness and conscience that brought the individual to a realization of the need for the awakening of the whole of humanity “to know the divine character to be found in the innermost nature of (hu)man(kind).”
Many today describe this branch of Sufism as the religion of the heart. I know for me, that this path has helped me to be awake. To feel connected beyond the beyond.
Rumi was a sufi as well. I love his poetry, and in honor of my dear Murshid here is poem by Rumi:(translated by Daniel Ladinsky)
Where Am I Going?
Where am I going on this glorious journey?
To your house, of
Course.
tt
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