The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan1

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Topic

Archetypes

Astrology

Attainment

Chakras

Character

Christ

Compassion

Dervish

Desire and renunciation

Destiny and Free Will

Dimensions

Discipleship

Dreams

Duties and debts

Ego

Elements

God

Guidance

Healers

Healing

Health

Heart

Immortality

Initiation

Light and Love

Lovers

Magnetism

Mastery

Material life

Meditation

Message

Mind

Physical Body

Planes

Poets

Power

Prayers

Purpose

Reconstruction of World

Relationships

Religions

Saints

School

Scientists

Sexuality

Sleep

Speaking

Stages

Stories

Sufism

Teaching Style

Voice

Women

World

Wounds of the Heart

Sub-Topic

Do not correct

Finer and grosser training

Intention of Democracy

Living Teacher

Pursue Happiness

Reflection of the Teacher

Tawajjeh 2

Two Kinds of Murshid

Watching the Teacher

Social Gathekas

30. Sufi Initiation

Esoteric School

In ancient times the disciples of the great teachers learned by quite a different method, not an academic method or way of study.

  • With open heart, perfect confidence, and trust, they watched every movement the teacher made towards friends and towards people who looked at them with contempt.
  • They watched their teacher in times of trouble and pain to see how he or she stood it all.
  • They saw how patient the teacher had been in arguing with those who did not understand and how wise the teacher had been to answer everyone gently in his or her own language.
  • They observed the mother spirit, the father spirit, the brother spirit, the sister spirit, the child spirit, the friend spirit, the forgiving kindness, the ever tolerant nature, the respect for the aged, the compassion for all, and the thorough understanding of human nature.

The disciples learned that all disputes and books on metaphysics can never teach all the thoughts and philosophy that comes up in the heart of a person. A person may either study for a thousand years or may get to the source and see if he or she can touch the root of all wisdom and all knowledge.