Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Meet Hazrat Inayat Khan
"The belief of the Muslim cannot be the same as that of the Jewish people, nor can the Christian belief be the same as that of the Buddhists. However, the wise man understands all beliefs, for he is one with them all."
Khan has written many books including: The Art of Being and Becoming; Spiritual Dimensions of Psychology; and Mastery Through Accomplishment. One of his earliest students was Samuel Lewis who later was dubbed "Sufi Sam" and who established the Dances of Universal Peace in the 1960s. The heart with wings is a symbol of Sufism and there is a song and dance titled Only a Heart With Wings Can Fly.
Here's another quote: "There are those who are like a lighted candle: they can light other candles, but the other candles must be of wax - if they are of steel, they cannot be lighted."
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As a spiritual teacher Hazrat Inayat Khan had a desire to unite the world in the peace. Inayat Khan was a member of the Chisti Sufi Order. Abu Hasana was Hazrat's teacher. He studied with Abu Hasana for four years, until the teacher passed away, instructing his disciple on his deathbed to "Go to the Western World and unite East and West with the magic of your music." Two years later, Inayat Khan traveled to the United States, using the appeal of his music to spread the message of his spiritual insight.He later resettled in France. At one point Inayat Khan developed a service called the Universal Worship Service, which honors all the world's wisdom traditions, both known and forgotten. There are many commonalities between this Universal Worship Service and the Dances of Universal Peace which was later extablished by one of Khans students Sam Lewis.
Khan passed away in New Delhi in 1927. But he left a legacy to his son, Vilayat Khan who has established the Omega Institute in New York and has carried on his father's work in the West.
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Spiritual Dimensions of Psychology by Hazrat Inayat Khan
"The mind can be stilled by the practice of physical repose. By sitting in a certain posture a certain effect is created. Mystics in their science know of different ways of sitting in silence, and each way has a certain significance. And it is not only an imaginary significance: it products a definite result. I have had, both personally and through teaching other persons to sit. There was the warrior's way, the student's way, the way of the meditative person, the way of the businessman, of the laborer, of the lawyer, of the judge, of the inventor. Imagine, how wonderful that the mystic should have found this out and have had the experience of it for thousands of years: the great effect that sitting in a certain posture has on a person, and especially on his mind."
Spiritual Dimensions of Psychology (Collected Works of Hazrat Inayat Khan)
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5.0 out of 5 stars ....Beyond Belief...., September 8, 1999
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An oasis of knowledge, in the desert of misdirection. Hazrat Inayat Khan has in simple and elegant English revealed the secrets of the Universe.
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"The principles of mysticism rise from the heart of man; they are learnt by intuition and proved by reason."
"Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer."
"The afterlife is like a gramophone; man's mind brings the records; if they are harsh, the instrument produces harsh notes, if beautiful then it will sing beautiful songs. It will produce the same records that man has experienced in this life."
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"The deeper your prayers echo in your own consciousness, the more audible they are to God."
The Art of Being and Becoming
"In education, in religion, or in anything else, the best thing one can do is to introduce the spirit of friendliness. And how can we introduce it? This is something that cannot arise only be reading some books about it. There exist innumerable societies and institutions of brotherhood everywhere, but they prove to be anything but brotherhood. Therefore that is not the way. The way is for an individual to be brought to understand fully that the essence of morals and of religion and of education is one, and that one essence is the manner of friendship. Sufis of all ages have named it suluk, which means divine manner, beneficence. That is why the best education is beneficence: how to bring pleasure and happiness to another. And one can begin to learn this by understanding fully what friendliness is and by practicing it at the same time."
The Art of Being and Becoming
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5.0 out of 5 stars My Own Personal Bible, December 2, 1997
By A Customer
Not being a religious person, and having no recognizable beliefs in the matter of religion or God, many of my friends were surprised to hear me refer to this book as "My own personal bible".
Hazrat Inayat Khan, a Sufi master and enlightened coach for the western world, writes here his apolitical, non-denominational, personal manifesto of all that he found to be worthwhile and valuable in this collective agreement we call reality.
Although he wrote other books, it is this one which I consider to be his definitive work. I read the book once and found so much relevant life-altering material, that I resolved to read it again and highlight the most important parts for easier future reference. After highlighting over 50% of the first two chapters, I stopped. I was highlighting almost the entire book! "The Art of Being and Becoming" by Hazrat Inayat Khan is a book full of practical advice which actually has the capability to enlighten the reader just through reading. He calls all of us to be as great and magnificent as he.
This book makes him truly immortal, as one can perceive the beautiful person that is Hazrat Inayat Khan flowing like a river from the pages of this book.
He who expects to change the world will be disappointed, he must change his view. When this is done, then tolerance will come, forgiveness will come, and there will be nothing he cannot bear. - Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Some of My Favorite Quotes from Hazrat Inayat Khan
"Love manifests towards those whom we like as love; towards those whom we do not like as forgiveness."
"Life is what it is, you cannot change it; but you can always change yourself."
"It is the surface of the sea that makes waves and roaring breakers; the depth is silent."
"If there is anything that works against the vanity of the ego, it is love."
"He who thinks against his own desire is his own enemy."
"Where there is life and love, there is magnetism; love itself is the healing power and the remedy for all pain."
"As each man differs from his fellow-men in his ideas and thoughts, so each differed in his choice of the ideal idol."
"It is not necessary for us to be told that we have progressed; we ourselves will know when our heart goes forward."
"When a person compares one particular teaching of a prophet with the teaching of another prophet, he also makes a great mistake, because the teachings of the prophets have not all been of the same kind. The teachings are like the works of a composer who writes music in all the different keys, and who puts the highest note and the lowest note and all the notes of different octaves into his music. The teachings of the prophets are nothing but the answer to the demands of individual and collective souls. Sometimes a childlike soul comes and asks, and an answer is given appropriate to his understanding; and an old soul comes and asks, and he is given an answer suited to his evolution. It is not doing justice to either to compare a teaching which Krishna gave to a child with one which Buddha gave to an old soul. It is easy to say, 'I do not like the music of Wagner; I simply hate it.' But I should think it would be better first to become like Wagner and then to hate if one still wants to. To weigh, to measure, to examine, to pronounce an opinion on a great personality, one must first rise to his stage of development; otherwise the best thing is a respectful attitude. Respect in any form is the way of the wise."
"In order to learn forgiveness, man must first learn tolerance."
"The principles of mysticism rise from the heart of man; they are learnt by intuition and proved by reason."
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"To learn to adopt the standard of God, and to cease to wish to make the world conform to one's own standard of good, is the chief lesson of religion."
The Mysticism of Sound by Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Other Quotes by Hazrat Inayat Khan
"Every blow in life pierces the heart and awakens our feelings to sympathize with others; and every swing of comfort lulls us to sleep, and we become unaware of all.""Every passion, every emotion has its effect upon the mind, and every change of mind, however slight, has its effect upon man's body."
"Rest of mind is as necessary as rest of body, and yet we always keep the former in action."
"Enviable is he who loveth and asketh no return."
"He who stores evil in his heart cannot see beauty."
"Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of
life; without light and shade no picture is clear"
"A gain or a loss which is momentary is not real; if we knew realities we should never grieve over the loss of anything that experience shows to be only transitory."
"When you stand with your back to the sun, your shadow is before you; but when you turn and face the sun, then your shadow falls behind you."
"He who expects to change the world will be disappointed, he must change his view. When this is done, then tolerance will come, forgiveness will come, and there will be nothing he cannot bear."
""Love is a conqueror who in the end will always conquer. It is not only the one we love whom love will conquer; love's conquering is the conquering of the kingdom of God. The power of love is penetrating; nothing can resist it in the end. ...And by giving love and kindness we never lose anything; love is an element that is never lessened, it is a treasure that is divine."
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