# Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Songs of One Breath - The Darkness and the Light - 25 June 2021

The journey from Dark to Light and back again. Bowl of Saki for 21 June Hazrat Inayat Khan: "The soul is all light; darkness is caused by the deadness of the heart; pain makes it alive." Murshid SAM: “Soul is the Nuri Mohammed, the Universal Love-Light-Life, which becomes individualized in the he…

WisdomTalk 9: Taj Inayat and Gayan Macher - The Path of Universal Sufism: Love, Harmony, and Beauty

Welcome to WisdomTalk, the podcast where we delve into the mysteries of ancient wisdom, knowledge, and spirituality. In our ninth installment, we are privileged to host Taj Inayat and Gayan Macher, two devoted teachers and guides on the path of Universal Sufism, a spiritual tradition that transcend…

The Sufi School of Love

What is the “School of Love” in Sufism? In this video, we explore Madhhab-e Ishq — the Sufi path centered on divine love (ishq) as the highest way to know God. From the poetry of Rumi to the teachings of Ahmad Ghazali, discover how love became a spiritual methodology, a theology, and a transformati…

Mysticism of Sound & Music: Michael Harrison (Encore)

We are resharing this episode in memory of Michael Harrison, who passed away on April 17, 2026. He was 67. In this episode, we discuss the life and work of musician and Sufi teacher Hazrat Inayat Khan with composer/pianist and Inayat Khan scholar Michael Harrison. Hazrat Inayat Khan ( July 1882 –…

Living with a Broken Heart

This week's episode is a tender one. I recorded this on Father's Day — three years after losing my dad — and I'm reading my Substack essay Living with a Broken Heart and riffing on what it means to keep showing up, keep feeling, and keep choosing love even when it costs you. I also make a correcti…

Transmissions :: Annahstasia

Annahstasia is one of the most exciting singers and songwriters in the modern folk space. Originally courted by major labels in her youth, she found herself drifting away from the bedroom pop and R&B genres where music business execs thought she belonged. Drawn to folkier material, she emerged in …

The Unbroken Thread: Pir Zia Inayat Khan

Pir Zia on the secret history of the world From a nondual perspective, aren't the world's great spiritual traditions expressions of a single living wisdom? In this intimate conversation, Pir Zia Inayat Khan explores the inspiration behind Tears from the Mother of the Sun, a sweeping mythic chronic…

Hazrat Inayat Khan ~ Music of the Absolute ~ Sufi Mystics

Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882 –1927) was an Indian professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the saraswati vina, poet, philosopher, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism to the West. He initially came to the West as a representative of several traditions of classical Indian music, and established…

Who Was Noor Inayat Khan and Why Did One of Britain's Bravest Wartime Agents Become a Hidden History?

Today Noor Inayat Khan is commemorated in films, books and memorials. And even though there is more recognition of her role as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during World War Two, she still struggles to be included in popular histories of the war. Who was Noor Inayat Khan, and why did t…

How to get over heartbreak (you don't, you move through it)

I don't think heartbreak is something we get over. It's something we move through. This episode is built around your questions: "I've cried in public more than once; should I just stay home?" (Fuck no.) "How do I stop ruminating when all my coping skills are gone?" And the comment that hit closest …