206 pagesAwakening of the Human Spirit describes, in a thorough and understandable manner, the sequence of inner stages which a person goes through in the process of spiritual development. The teaching advocates not a withdrawal from the world, but making spiritual ideals a reality in one's daily life.
The ultimate purpose for which our soul is seeking every moment of our life is our spiritual purpose. You may ask how to attain to that purpose. The answer is that what you are seeking is within yourself. Instead of looking outside, you must look within. The moment you get in touch with yourself you are in communion with God. It is in this way, if God-communication is sought rightly, that spirituality is attained. - Inayat Khan
Note: Awakening of the Human Spirit includes material previously published as part of the Inner Life, which can be found in Volume I of the Sufi Message Volume series, as well as material culled from various other volumes of the same series.
Hazrat Inayat Khan, founder of the Sufi Order International, came to the West as a representative of the highest musical traditions of his native India, and brought with him a message of love, harmony and beauty that was both the quintessence of Sufi teaching and a revolutionary approach to the harmonizing of Western and Eastern spirituality. He dedicated his early life to the mastery of subtle intricacies of classical Indian music, winning the high title of Tansen from the Nizam of Hyderabad, a powerful ruler and renowned patron of the musical arts.
In fulfillment of his quest for a spiritual teacher, Inayat Khan took initiation from Shaykh al-Mashaykh Sayed Muhammed Abu Hashim Madani. While he was an inititator of the four main Sufi lineages in India, Madani's primary connection was with the Chishti Order. At the end of his apprenticeship, Inayat Khan was enjoined by his teacher to travel to the West and harmonize the two cultures.
On September 13 of 1910 Inayat Khan began an odyssey which would encompass three continents, and transform the lives of thousands. He eventually settled in Suresnes, a suburb of Paris. During his sixteen years in the West, he created a school of spiritual training based upon the traditional teachings of the Chishti Sufis, and infused with a revolutionary vision of the unity of religious ideals and the awakening of humanity to the divinity within.
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