Sufism

“If anybody asks you, ‘What is Sufism?’…you may answer: ‘Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which the most important thing is to seek God in the heart of humanity’”
– Hazrat Inayat Khan

The heart is the wellspring of our deepest motivations, a container for love. The goal of Sufism is to develop the capacity of the heart – the capacity to hold all the complexities of life in a matrix of love – and to discover the divinity inherent in all of creation.

Sufism is not a religion in the sense of being a system of beliefs, separable from other religions, but a school of experience focused on the cultivation of the heart and the deepening of awareness through the practice of prayer, meditation, and spiritual inquiry.

While there are many Sufi schools and lineages, the Sufism of the Inayatiyya is universalist in its acceptance of all people and paths leading to the unfoldment of the light and power latent in the human being.

Sufism is an endless path, pursued over a lifetime. We hope the simple pointers you find here – to information, books, and references to some of our leading teachers – will bring you closer to that which you seek.