Author: Hazrat Inayat Khan
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 271
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120807146
Description
This is the eleventh volume of the Indian edition of all the works of Hazrat Inayat Khan, the great Sufi mystic who lectured and taught in the western world. This book and other volumes in this series contain his lectures, discourses and other teachings as taken down in shorthand.
The complete series contains fourteen volumes. Each volume is complete in itself, and therefore may be read without any necessity to study following or previous ones. However, one may get a spiritual and mental appetite to continue reading . One will find that a meditative way of reading will convey not only the words but also the spiritual power emanating from them, tuning mind, heart and soul to the pitch which is one's own.
This book opens new avenues of thought, attitude and life to the reader with open mind and heart." There are three steps which lead the seeker to the alter of divine wisdom”: philosophy, referring to the perception and study of things; psychology, learnt by thinking and feeling what is in our human nature and character: mysticism, acquired and learnt through meditation and the study of the whole of life, both seen and unseen. .
First aspects of the physical nature of life as perceived through the five senses are discussed. They are surprisingly modern although they have been given as lectures in the twenties.
Then the psychological aspects are covered, first focusing on the subjects of suggestion as a way of coping with the complications in life by acquiring a spiritual and most practical attitude in life; and then presenting magnetism as a more positive way of dealing with our tasks in life, particularly in dealing with others.
Finally, mysticism is presented under a surprising variety of subjects, thus illustrating the practicality and at the same time the aloofness of the spiritual path.
After these teachings—sometimes called the ‘magnum opus’ of the master—you will find a rich collection of saying under the title Aphorisms. One may be struck by the wisdom, subtlety and power of these illuminated words.
Contents
Preface to the Series
Preface to Volume XI
PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, MYSTICISM
Introduction
PART I: PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER I
Illusion and Reality
CHAPTER II
Capacity
CHAPTER III
Vibrations (1)
CHAPTER IV
Vibrations (2)
CHAPTER V
Atmosphere
CHAPTER VI
Light
CHAPTER VII
Intelligence
CHAPTER VIII
The Law of Rhythm
CHAPTER IX
The Threefold, Dual, and Unique Aspects of Nature
CHAPTER X
Spirit, Within and Without
CHAPTER XI
Spirit and Matter (1)
CHAPTER XII
Spirit and Matter (2)
CHAPTER XIII
Spirit and Matter (3)
PART II: PSYCHOLOGY
CHAPTER I
Science and Psychology
CHAPTER II
Suggestion
CHAPTER III
Suggestion through Impression and Belief
CHAPTER IV
Suggestion through Various Forks of Impression
CHAPTER V
Suggestion by Word and Voice
CHAPTER VI
Suggestion by Movement
CHAPTER VII
Suggestion in Practice
CHAPTER VIII
Attitude
CHAPTER IX
Magnetism
CHAPTER X
Physical Magnetism
CHAPTER XI
The Magnetism of the Mind
CHAPTER XII
The Magnetism of the Heart
CHAPTER XIII
The Magnetism of the Soul
CHAPTER XIV
Spiritual Magnetism
CHAPTER XV
Psychology, the Mastery of Mind
CHAPTER XVI
Twin Souls
CHAPTER XVII
Nature and Character
PART III: MYSTICISM
CHAPTER I
Mysticism in Life
CHAPTER II
Divine Wisdom
CHAPTER III
Life’s Journey
CHAPTER IV
Raising the Consciousness
CHAPTER V
The Path to God
CHAPTER VI
The Ideal of the Mystic
CHAPTER VII
Nature
CHAPTER VIII
Ideal
CHAPTER IX
The Moral of the Mystic
CHAPTER X
Brotherhood
CHAPTER XI
Love
CHAPTER XII
Beauty
CHAPTER XIII
Self-knowledge
CHAPTER XIV
The Realization of the True Ego
CHAPTER XV
The Tuning of the Spirit
CHAPTER XVI
The Vision of the Mystic
CHAPTER XVII
The Mystic’s Nature
CHAPTER XVIII
The Inspiration and Power of the Mystic
Aphorisms