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Heart of a Sufi provides contemporary Sufi teaching practices evoked by Fazal Inayat-Khan (1942-1990). This volume shows the impact of Fazal's passion for truth on his friends and associates who offer a pointer to the achievement of self-realisation. At the age of 26, Fazal Inayat-Khan became the head of the Sufi Movement founded by his grandfather, Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan who introduced Sufism to the West. Fazal's particular style and message impart a variety of insights that provoke questions and contemplations. This volume has been produced to mark the twentieth anniversary of Fazal's sudden death. Contributors either studied with him or have been inspired by the controversial nature of his work, which stimulates the innermost exploration towards self-knowledge.Professionally also known as Frank Kevlin, Fazal saw psychology moving towards the integration of spiritual traditions with scientific insights. He translated these findings into contemporary language and practices. Whilst some considered his work as controversial in nature, Fazal sought the expansion of consciousness in the context of transpersonal psychology. He created his own path, Sufi Way, and attempted to mirror encounters with others that would open a mutual space of understanding and inclusivity. A deeper perception of what it means to be human is at the core of Heart of a Sufi, a collection of writings by those whose lives were touched by the involving, experiential approach of Fazal Inayat-Khan.

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Sociologie, société et politique

Psychology

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Publié par	Troubador Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	13 février 2013
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EAN13	9781783069958
Langue	English

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Fazal Inayat-Khan
1942-1990
Arch Ventures aims to make available reflections that will be a source of inspiration to all. We are glad to present this commemorative volume, Heart of a Sufi.
The editors wish to thank the contributors who offer their writing to respect the memory of Pir-o-Murshid Fazal Inayat-Khan, sharing the vitality of his life and work.

Fazal Inayat-Khan (1942-1990) became at the age of 26 the head of the Sufi Movement founded by his grandfather, Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan who introduced Sufism to the West. Fazal later created his own path, the Sufi Way.
This volume has been produced to mark the twentieth anniversary of his sudden death. Contributors either studied with him or have been inspired by the controversial nature of his work.
Heart of a Sufi shows examples of contemporary Sufi teaching practices, and the impact Fazal’s passion for truth left in his friends who offer a pointer to the achievement of self-realisation.
Heart of a Sufi
Fazal Inayat-Khan
A PRISM OF REFLECTIONS
Edited by Rahima Milburn, Ashen Venema, Zohra Sharp
With the generous support of Yeshen Venema, Susanne Harding, Khalil Alex Green
Arch Ventures Press
Arch Ventures Press gratefully acknowledges the creativity and commitment of the contributors
Copyright © 2010 Arch Ventures Press, the editors and the authors
Heart of a Sufi – Fazal Inayat-Khan: A Prism of Reflections
A special, limited edition of 250 copies was published in commemoration of Fazal Inayat-Khan to honour his memory at the time of the twentieth anniversary of his passing
Permissions and copyright acknowledgements appear at the end of the book
Arch Ventures thanks Sufi Way for permission to use Fazal Inayat-Khan’s poem Qalandar © The Sufi Way
The contributors assert the moral right to be identified as the authors of this work
The opinions appearing in the articles in Heart of a Sufi are the responsibility of the contributors. Although every effort was made by the publishers and editorial board to see that no inaccuracy appears in this book, they accept no liability for the consequences of such
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission, except in the case of brief extracts embodied in critical articles, reviews or lectures
British Library Catalogue in Publication Data
A catalogue record for the hardback edition of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-783069-95-8
First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Arch Ventures Press www.archventures.org.uk
Designer of the first edition: Jarrod Pearson, Woking Print & Publicity
Editors: Rahima Milburn, Ashen Venema, Zohra Sharp
Images used by kind permission of photographers. Arch Ventures is grateful to the unknown photographers whose images are used for editorial purposes Murshid Fazal Inayat-Khan – Portraits; during events © Ashen Venema Murshida Sitara Brutnell; Gatherings at Four Winds © Ashen Venema Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Dargah, Dehli – image supplied by Kalyani Pautex The Barn, Four Winds © Sophia
If I thought I could change the world, I would try, but I am completely convinced, as most of us are, that I cannot change the world. You come eventually to the realisation – and there is much maturity and existential self-possession in this realisation – that we can only change ourselves.
Fazal Inayat-Khan, Lecture, New Experiential Wisdom, 1989
To all families in heart
CONTENTS
Foreword
Ruth Paris
Introduction
Ashen Venema
1. FEARLESSNESS ~ EXPERIENCE ~ HUMOUR
Fanning the flames
Gareth Webb
God on his side ...
Yeshen Venema
The gravity wheel
Hestia Peppe
2. SYNCHRONICITY ~ CHANGE
Qalandar events
Puran Lucas Perez
Continuity and change in the Sufi tradition
Rahima Milburn
3. THRESHOLD ~ TRANSFORMATION
Pathways
Mark Lorne (Parinda) Takefman
Truth
Longh-ihm
At crossroads – meeting Fazal
Ashen Venema
‘Be like a beacon of light’
Lehana
Dragon appearing in the field ...
Derek
In his gaze
Mahara
The gift
Felix Erkelens
Can I join?
Anlya
4. CHILLAS ~ FOCUS ~ METAPHOR ~ MIRRORING
A fading glimpse of victory
Tamarah Benima
My first chilla
Ashen Venema
Naming the aster
Binah Taylor
The rounds of chillas
Agnus
5. MYSTERY ~ CREATIVITY ~ ALCHEMY ~ PASSION
About Fazal ... lessons in the miraculous
Agnieszka E. Zokkiewska
The nature of reality
Shahzadi Thomas
Portraying moments
Yona B. Chavanne
Remembering Murshid Fazal
Hawilah Hogervorst
Fazal the man – Fazal the Murshid
Lee-Hye Coleman
A shower of blessings
Alim Ward
6. SYMBOLOGY ~ LEADERSHIP ~ GENIUS
Pir-o-Murshid Fazal Inayat-Khan: His life as a context for world development
Michael Aranth Frye
7. POTENTIAL ~ INITIATION ~ PRESENCE
Memories of Murshid Fazal Inayat-Khan during his Katwijk years, 1976-81
Umtul Valeton-Kiekens
My initiations ...
Khidr Braakman
Everyday moments of loving
Ode to the Sufi (poem)
Hambir
A living presence
Michael Beeby
A first meeting
Rouland Liiv
Dancing in the void
Kamran Zahabian
8. LOVE ~ WORSHIPPER ~ WARRIOR ~ RELEASE
His love
Kalyani Pautex
Source of love: Murshid Fazal Inayat-Khan
Michael Aranth Frye
Moving words
Tamarah Benima
He loved
Melanie
A letter from Murshid
Harold Silverman (Rashid)
I knew Frank
Justine Hodge (née Roseneil)
9. INFLUENCE
Over time
Khalil
Stepping through into the unknown
Jacquie
I found Four Winds ...
Susanne Harding
A place of acceptance
Eleanor
Complete acceptance
Sophia
A gutsy teacher – and a why
One Who Loved (poem)
Zohra Evlynn Sharp
10. PAST ~ INTEGRATION
A short biography of Fazal Inayat-Khan, 1942-1990
Peter Hawkins (Sharif)
Extracts of Letter from Four Winds
(Published in Sufi Onlook , Summer 1991)
Wendy Thalasa Rose-Neil
Breaker of Seals (poem)
Ashen Venema
11. FUTURE ~ IMAGINATION
Qalandar (poem)
Fazal Inayat-Khan
CONTRIBUTOR PROFILES
SOURCES AND PERMISSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GLOSSARY
WEBSITE LINKS
Foreword
Fazal Inayat-Khan would have liked this paradox. The sincerity of so many heartfelt writings remembering a man who died 20 years ago imputes to this book a reality which belies a caveat he often shared – that everything is always changing, even the very moments we seek most to understand.
So perhaps it is appropriate to approach this volume as a prism of reflections, each facet representing an individual’s experience – the refractions together mirroring a holographic sense of this remarkable man, what he stood for and the influence he continues to generate.
What is important to Arch Ventures in compiling this work is, firstly to honour and commemorate the man Fazal Inayat-Khan two decades after his passing, and secondly to create a conduit for his thinking and affect to reach further and more deeply into the world, where it is now even more sorely needed.
For those of us who already knew him or of him, perhaps reading this work will spark memories, re-energise and reconnect us with powerful experiences and processes he elicited within us. For those who come to this book fresh and wondering, we trust that you may find a resonance, a numinous response that will guide you in your own heart journey into becoming.
When asked the question, ‘What would your chosen epitaph be?’ Fazal replied simply: He Loved .
This book is a contribution to giving further flight to that love.
Ruth Paris On behalf of Arch Ventures
Introduction
The experience you have within yourself of your separate identity, to allow right and wrong to be re-defined by you, your singular contribution, is where evolution really happens. You, by becoming yourself, can open a new wavelength. What you reflect immediately influences your environment, people close and far away.
Fazal Inayat-Khan, notes from a lecture, 1989
What remains true beyond the endless ribbons of time? What is imagined? What is real? To feel love we follow a need. To be acknowledged we follow a need. To see and understand deeper we follow a need. What spiritual chemistry is at work, and by what chance or karmic accord do people gather around an inspiring teacher with the forgotten question: what is my soul’s purpose?
Heart of a Sufi is neither a biography of Fazal Inayat-Khan nor an analysis of his work. It is a spontaneous response by his friends to a scent of truth that lingers wherever they turn, and the seed of longing for the ontowards he placed in the hearts of all he met, a wavelength travelling on.
Fazal was a mystic whose very presence shocked one awake. He had access to extraordinary intuition and inspired with his interest in everything. When asked about his Sufi teaching, he would describe it as: experiential, inclusive and non-definitive .
He embraced the methods and findings of natural sciences and saw relevance in all psychological maps since Freud, including Jung, Maslow, Grof and the emerging discipline of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). In his vision towards an integrative transpersonal theory and practice, he fearlessly encouraged original thinking and created new cosmologies, although never prescribing paths. He valued the fluidity of questioning.
If you are curious to enquire beneath the layers of personality towards a deeper, authentic Self and the future of our collective human and spiritual identity, this collection of poignant and humorous testimonies will give you a flavour of the process.
Fazal taught through a glance, through music, through silence, through breath-taking observations, wit, provocations with untruths, and indirectly. Like when he addressed a person before him with words meant for a person standing close. His words reached deep – empowered by pure, heartfelt intent.
Those receptive to his glance saw into the depth of their own existence. Those heeding his insights courageously explored their attitudes and reactions to life, their subtle self-deception. Fazal was incapable of not livi