Editorial

The Four Doors of Sufism are explained as shari’a (the exoteric path), tariqa (the esoteric path), haqiqa (mystical truth) and marifa (final mystical knowledge). Marifa has been interpreted by some as union with the Divine, unio mystica, Self-realisation, God-realisation and enlightenment.

Enlightenment is the theme for this newsletter, inspired by a beautiful article One Without a Second written by Karim on page 6. Karim has kindly contributed an additional article in a similar vein, These Fish the Mystics on page 9.

During one of Nuria’s online Inner School meetings recently Azad recited a beautiful poem by Faisal Mohyuddin, author of Displaced Children of Displaced Children. It is on page 12.

In Volume IV, The Alchemy of Happiness, Hazrat Inayat Khan talks of the third stage on the path of self-realisation:

In the third stage the beloved becomes the self, and the self is there no more. For then the self, as we think it to be, no longer remains; the self becomes what it really is. It is that realisation which is called self-realisation.

Stages on the Path of Self-Realisation by Hazrat Inayat Khan is on page 13.

The Story of My Mystical Life by Hazrat Inayat Khan follows on page 20.

The annual reports for the Sufi Movement in Australia are also included in this issue.

I hope that you find this offering enlightening!

Yaqin

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