Murshida Stephanie Nuria Sabato
A Sufi Message

February 24, 2024

Music and Mysticism,
The Singing Zikar of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Hosted by the Inayatiyya Music Guild

July 7, 1925

My Blessed Mureeds, The relation that exists between Murshid and mureed is so subtle and so delicate that only a few persons can understand it. For the one who does not know it, it is nothing; and for the one who knows it, it is everything. The light of the stars and planets, which we see, IS in accordance with the light that they responds to. And since the relation between the Murshid and mureed is connected with light, the nature of this relation is also similar to that of the stars and planets.

The condition of this path is to strive to be nothing. And the outcome of it is that by being nothing we become everything.

Perhaps Murshid’s words will inspire us to forget our individual selves and merge into the Light of Oneness during the singing of this precious Zikar.

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March 12, 2024

Living Prayer with Khalifa Gemma Erickson

In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Once imagination has helped a person to bring the presence of God before them, God is awakened in their own heart. Then every word of prayer they utter, is a living word. It not only brings blessing to them, but to all those around them.

In this recording, teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan on prayer and the practice of imagination accompany the words and movements of the prayer Saum.

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March 17, 2024

The Relationship Between Will Power and God Power

In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Will is not [merely] 'a power', but it is all the power there is. Therefore, what we call 'will power' in us is in reality 'God power,' a power that increases by our recognizing its potentiality and proves to be the greatest phenomenon in life.

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Sunday, April 14, 2024

Presentated by Khalifa Gemma Erickson
Outer Light, Inner Light
The External Zikar of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: By keen observation of light one realizes that it is the nature of light to form a perpendicular and a horizontal line; and if it is the nature of the external light to form a cross it is also the nature of the inner light...In its first meaning, therefore, the cross is the symbol of manifestation; it belongs also to the journey towards the spiritual ideal.

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April 20, 2024

Peace and Balance! Perfected Activity and Control of the Will

In The Words Of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The secret of mysticism, the mystery of philosophy, all is to be attained after the attainment of peace. You cannot refuse to recognize the divine in a person who is a person of peace. It is not the talkative, it is not the argumentative one, who proves to be wise. He may have intellect, worldly wisdom, and yet may not have pure intelligence, which is real wisdom. True wisdom is to be found in the peaceful.

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April 27, 2024

Wazifa in Our Time
The Rhythm of the Heart, The Song of the Soul
Presented by Murshid Jelaluddin Sill
Sufi Circle in Canada

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For many years, Murshid Jelaluddin Gary Sill served as a music secretary for Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan. In 1987, Jelaluddin worked closely with Hidayat to create the recording for the accompaniment of the Singing Zikar of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Later, Murshid Hidayat was inspired to create the Singing Wazifas, a collection of 21 vocal compositions drawn from the 99 names of God. To that end he composed melodies and scored the arrangements. Murshid Jelaluddin performed and recorded these compositional miniatures over a period of 12 years.

Murshid Jelaluddin's Dervish Coffee presentation looks into both the mystical and the practical aspects of experiencing these sacred chants.

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May 14, 2024

In Praise to The Ideal Saum, Part 1
Presented by Khalifa Gemma Erickson

In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: We question, "Why does God need praise from us? Who are we that we should praise God?" We can never praise God enough, and our praise can never be sufficient, but at the same time our soul is blessed with the impression of the glory of God whenever our lips praise God.

We explore the first three phrases of the prayer Saum which offer praise to the Divine Ideal. Practice of the sound vibration of these words in relation to their meaning is accompanied by teachings of Inayat Khan on the God Ideal.

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Sunday, May 26, 2024
Unity Hidden Variety

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In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The purpose of our life on earth is to come and see all the distinctions and all the differences, but not to be congested by them and so to be thrown downwards. We should go on rising above them all, at the same time experiencing them all.

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June 11, 2024
Raise Us In Thy Ideal, Saum, Part 2

In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: If we take the spiritual ideal as our recognized aim, that ideal will help us in all our wants and needs and all our troubles, and at the same time it is that ideal that will raise us from the denseness which at times keeps one bound...And keeping that ideal before us, that in our heart that ideal may be reflected, is really the best method of accomplishing the real object of human life.

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Saturday, June 22, 2024
Blessed With the Impression of Glory

In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: We need to learn to recognize and praise the beauty of God as manifested in all of creation. In this way we impress beauty on our soul, we are able to manifest it in oneself, and we become the friend of all without prejudice. For this reason the Sufi cultivates their heart.

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Sunday, June 30, 2024
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The Seal Upon the Heart – Khatum

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In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Sufism is called the philosophy of love, harmony, and beauty; that means to understand really what it means to create in one's everyday life this which is the seeking of every soul.

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Sunday, July 7, 2024
The Hidden Secret Within

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In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The secret of all knowledge that one acquires in the world, whether worldly knowledge or spiritual knowledge, is the knowledge of the self.

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Sunday, July 9, 2024
Surrender In Thy Beauty, Saum Part 3

In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: If there is anything in the world that makes one unconscious of their self, in other words that makes one lose their self-consciousness, if there is anything that makes one humble, that makes one surrender willingly, it is beauty. Beauty is something that conquers without a sword, that holds without hands, that is more tender than the petals of a flower and stronger than anything in the world.

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Saturday, September 21, 2024

The Secret of Attainment

In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: In the path of attainment confidence is necessary. It is according to one's confidence that the object of attainment is drawn closer. It is not by over-enthusiasm; for over-enthusiasm is intoxicating. It is always the inner power which is the secret of attainment.

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Sunday, November 10, 2024

The Purpose of this Creation

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In The Words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Sufis say, “God is Love.” That is true, but the Love was not sufficient. The Love had to make an object to love in order to see its own nature, to experience its own character, to fathom its own mystery, to find its own joy. Let's join together to explore this mystery!

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Sunday, November 24, 2024

The Chromatic Zikar
Presented by Khalifa Gemma Erickson

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In The Words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: It is not true that a person hears sound only through their ears; they hear sound through every little pore of their body. It permeates through their whole being, and according to its particular influence it either slows the rhythm or it quickens the rhythm of the blood circulation; it either wakens the nervous system or it soothes it; it arouses a person to higher passions or it calms them by bringing them peace. In accordance with the sound and its influence a certain effect is produced.

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Saturday, December 14, 2024

Trust in God's Hidden Hand

In The Words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: There is a well-known saying in Hindustani, "If the attitude is solid the path becomes easy." This is the literal translation, a better translation, or interpretation, will be, "A right attitude leads to success." And the more we think of this the more we shall find in this saying a precious treasure of wisdom. Health, happiness, success, harmony, to all these things in life the attitude shows the way."

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