Beloved Ones of Allah,
you may belong to any race, caste, creed, or nation;
still you are all impartially beloved by Allah.
--Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Sufi Ruhaniat International is the Sufi Order
founded by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis shortly before
he died in 1971. The Ruhaniat is composed of sincere mureeds
(formally initiated students) who tread the Path of Initiation
and Discipleship, seeking the truth of the Inner Life through
personal practice and direct experience—just as the disciples
of Christ, Buddha, the Divine
Mother, Mohammed, and other Illuminated
Souls, known and unknown, have done through the ages.
We have recently crossed the threshold between the old millenium
and the new. Many contemporary tools are at our disposal to help
us in our personal and spiritual growth. At the same time, we represent
a tradition which has its roots in prehistory. The sacred practices
and teachings which have come down to us from diverse climes and
cultures in an unbroken line, have been carefully cultivated and
prepared for us by innumerable spiritual forebears.
Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, the bringer
of the Sufi Message to the western world, states
"The Sufic method of realization—the practice
of Nimaz, Wazifa, Fikr,
Qasab, Shaghal, and Amal—is
claimed to be the easiest, shortest, and most interesting for
spiritual accomplishment. Yet, there is no common course of study
for individual mureeds; each receives the special training best
adapted to meet his or her requirements."
To each of you, mureed and non-mureed alike, is offered these words
of counsel from Hazrat Pir Moineddin Jablonski,
the spiritual successor of Murshid Samuel Lewis,
who guided the Ruhaniat from 1971 until his death in 2001:
Deepen your compassion. Love the wounded places in you that
need healing. Open yourself to the grace of illumination. give
freely of your joy. Share your neighbor's burden. Through all
these avenues, discover your Soul.
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