The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan1
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Topic ArchetypesAstrologyAttainmentChakrasCharacterChristCompassionDervishDesire and renunciationDestiny and Free WillDimensionsDiscipleshipDreamsDuties and debtsEgoElementsGodGuidanceHealersHealingHealthHeartImmortalityInitiationLight and LoveLoversMagnetismMasteryMaterial lifeMeditationMessageMindPhysical BodyPlanesPoetsPowerPrayersPurposeReconstruction of WorldRelationshipsReligionsSaintsSchoolScientistsSexualitySleepSpeakingStagesStoriesSufismTeaching StyleVoiceWomenWorldWounds of the Heart | Sub-Topic 14 to 18AwakeningDiscipleshipFana-fi-ShaikhFarid-ud-din-AttarFive DesiresFive StepsFour Personalities of GodFour stages of God ConsciousnessFour Types of PeopleFour Ways People EvolveGrades of EvolutionInner LifeOuter Signs of ProgressParamatmaPath of InitiationSigns of spiritualitySpiritual AttainmentSteps 4-10Steps in the Spiritual JourneyThe art of personalityThe Last 7 StepsThe ProphetThree StagesWakening to the Message |
Vol. 1, The Soul, Whence And Whither?JinnFour Types of PeopleEvery person shows from his earthly heritage a nature which is one of four types.
These four different qualities belong to the body that the earth offers to the soul; the third and fourth classes more than the first and second. It is thus that one can trace back the origin of this clay that the soul has adorned and called "myself"; this clay that has passed through so many different conditions while being kneeded. It developed through the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms and then of it was made the image of man. "Verily in man is reflected all that is on the earth and in heaven." |