Hazrat Inayat Khan ✓

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[Wikipedia] Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan, was an Indian professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the sarasvati vina, poet, philosopher, writer, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism to the West. At the urging of his students, and on the basis of his ancestral Sufi tradition and four-fold training and authori

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• Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal… Able
• Now if I do anything it is to tune souls instead of instruments. To harmonize people instead of notes. If there is anything in my… Harmonize
• The world is evolving from imperfection to perfection. It needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness are required from each one of us. All
• God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open. Break
• When we are face to face with truth, the point of view of Krishna, Buddha, Christ, or any other Prophet, is the same. When we… Any
• It is through this physical body that the highest and greatest purpose of life is achieved. A person only calls it the physical body in… Achieved
• Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief… All
• Music should be healing, music should uplift the soul, music should inspire; then there is no better way of getting closer to God, of rising… Attaining
• What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature in which we live, the… All
• Sound is the force of creation, the true whole. Music then, becomes the voice of the great cosmic oneness and therefore the optimal way to… Becomes
• Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear. Clarity
• Life is a place where it is necessary to move gently. Whether it be in thought, speech, or action, the rhythm must be controlled; the… Action
• The sage said, "The best thing is not to hate anyone, only to love. That is the only way out of it. As soon as… Anyone
• When one looks at the ocean, they can only see that part of it which comes within their range of vision; so it is with… Comes Within
• Belief and disbelief have divided humankind into so many sects, blinding its eyes to the vision of the Oneness of all Life. All
• My intuition never fails me, it is I who fail when I do not listen to it. Fail
• Mankind is interdependent, and the happiness of each depends upon the happiness of all, and it is this lesson that humanity has to learn today… All
• There is nothing better than music as a means for upliftment of the soul. Better
• The peace for which every soul strives and which is the true nature of God and the utmost goal of a man is but the… Every Soul
• The mystery of sound is mysticism; the harmony of life is religion. The knowledge of vibrations is metaphysics, the analysis of atoms is science, and… All
• I have known good and evil, sin and virtue, right and wrong; I have judged and been judged; I have passed through birth and death, Joy and sorrow, heaven… Been
• The person who is in tune with the Universe becomes like a radio receiver, through which the voice of the Universe is transmitted. Becomes
• Toward the One, the perfection of love, harmony and beauty, the only being, united with all the illuminated souls who form the embodiment of the… All
• Love manifests towards those whom we like as love; towards those whom we do not like as forgiveness. Forgiveness
• The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at… Balance

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