Editorial

How do you describe the indescribable, grasp what cannot be grasped? The soul is without form and yet people throughout history have attempted to understand the meaning, form and essence of it. In the words of Rumi “body is not veiled from soul, neither soul from body, yet no man hath ever seen a soul.”

Hazrat Inayat Khan explains that “the soul during its journey towards manifestation, and during its stay in any plane, whether in the heaven of the angels, the sphere of the jinn, or the plane of human beings, feels drawn towards its source and goal. Some souls feel more drawn than others; but there is a conscious or unconscious inner attraction felt by every soul. “

He goes on to ask “What then, is the soul? The soul is life, it never touches death. Death is its illusion, its impression; death comes to something which the soul holds, not to the soul itself. “

The Soul is the theme of this newsletter. Nuria has contributed a fascinating article in which she discusses the themes of heaven and hell, the destiny of the soul, and death and the soul.

Zubin has contributed a wonderful article that traces the history of the dargah of Hazrat Inayat Khan.

In a strange quirk of synchronicity Karim has contributed a poem Awakening from a Dream, replete with the imagery of whirling dervishes, unaware that I felt moved to write something to honour the memory of Gillian Harris who taught me, and many others, about the “turning” and the ceremony of the mukabele from the tradition of the whirling dervishes.

The world turns, and as it turns, there is stillness to be experienced at the very centre of all activity in life.

The soul is the point of light that is yearning to return to the source.