Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916–2004) was a teacher of meditation and of the traditions of the East Indian Chishti Order of Sufism. His teaching derived from the tradition of his father, combined with western culture. He taught in the tradition of Universal Sufism, which views all religions as rays of light from the same sun.
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Meditation consists in conducting consciousness beyond the point
where it is the consciousness of a finite body or a finite mind,
transferring the focus from level to level without losing its continuity or form.
—Vilayat Inayat Khan
It is not good enough for things to be planned –
they still have to be done;
for the intention to become a reality,
energy has to be launched into operation.
—Vilayat Inayat Khan
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