February 5, 2011 - 84th Visalat Day

Restored Photo, Hazrat Inayat Khan 1882-1927
Available through Picture Ressurrection Project

Honored Remembrance of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan

Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan, with beautiful clarity, delivered a detailed explanation of the various forms of zikar including jelal, jemal, and kemal. With delicate precision, Murshid Hidayat shared His wisdom and understanding of the four phases of the Zikar of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Following Murshid’s beautiful presentation, hearts overflowed with gratitude from east and west, north and south. Skype messages of thankfulness poured in from all points across the USA, Canada, Ecuador, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and more!

Read text of Murshid Hidayat's Talk
(Due to a world wide skype attendance, the communications lines were overloaded; therefore, video appears to break up and becomes still at times – nonetheless is Message is wonderful!)

PART 1: PRACTICES AND INSTRUCTIONS

Play Audio of Part 1 (Length 29:00)

• Silent Meditation (not recorded)
  
• Lecture: Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan on Hazrat Inayat Khan and the Meaning of Zikar

PART 2: PRACTICES AND INSTRUCTIONS

Play Audio of Part 2 (Length 8:24)

• Prayer: Sufi Invocation
• Readings: Complete Works of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, Original Texts: Lectures on Sufism, Volume 1, 1923, Series 3, Githa 6, Dhyana Meditation. “The brotherhood [and sisterhood] of Sufis is not determined by time or space. Unity is beyond all limitations. When the heart overflows with love, the body and mind are charged with magnetism and so great is the power of this magnetism that it can benefit others thousands of miles away. Yes, it is possible to concentrate on loved ones and through Meditation, when one is bathed in the Ocean of Divine Love, such factors as distance and time do not matter."
  Sufi Message Volume VII, In an Eastern Rose Garden,
  "The Four Paths which Lead to the Goal", 4. Devotion (Saint) "The path of devotion teaches selflessness; it makes one unselfish. Devotion is the tuning of the heart to its natural pitch; in other words, the healthiest condition possible in man is that in which devotion has blossomed.”
• Practice: Singing Zikar of Hazrat Inayat Khan, (not recorded). Available CD – Zikar , Special Edition
• Silence: Absorption in the atmosphere of Zikar (not recorded)
  

PART 3: PRACTICES AND INSTRUCTIONS

Play Audio of Part 3 (Length 37:11)

• Reading: Sufi Message Volume VII, In an Eastern Rose Garden,
  "The Four Paths which Lead to the Goal", 4. Devotion (Saint).
• Commentary: Murshida Nuria on the subject of Zikar
• Reading: Complete Works of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, Original Texts: Lectures on Sufism, Volume 1,1924. Mureeds Class by Hazrat Inayat Khan, Attitude Towards the Practices and Towards the Movement on the subject of the Sufi Prayers Saum and Salat.
  
• Reading: Personal Letters and postcards from Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan to His Children.
  
• Reading: Once Upon a Time, Early Days Stories About My Beloved Father and Mother, Three Ultimate Sentences of Murshid By Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Available through Sufimovement.org
• Request for Your Generosity and Support
  
  Donations are tax-deductible

With our love,
Nuria and Joe, KarimaGita, Kabriya – and All!

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