Edited transcripts of a meditation retreat. An accessible guide to steps in the discovery and unfoldment of the soul.

The Ecstasy Beyond Knowing offers detailed explanationsof meditation techniques along with the principles behind them. The Sufi process and stages of transformation are interwoven with those of Hinduism, Buddhism, the Jewish Kabbalah, the glorification of the Christian Mass, and the alchemical process of self-transfiguration, integrated with the insights of psychology and contemporary scientific discoveries. Pir Vilayat reveals the way to develop a deep connection with the soul and spirit, and offers advice on maintaining the awareness and integrity of that connection through the joys and sorrows, challenges and adventures of everyday life.

Bold exploration into the meaning and purpose of spirituality in the contemporary world. Transformation, discovering sacredness of life and the order behind the universe.

Spiritual biography of Inayat Khan who came to the West with a message of love, harmony and beauty that was both quintessence of Sufi teachings and a revolutionary approach to the harmonising of Western and Eastern spirituality.

As head of the Sufi Order in the West, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan has been conducting workshops and giving personal counseling for over thirty years. Introducing Spirituality into Counseling and Therapy sums up Pir Vilayat's experience in applying spiritual principles to everyday life situations, problem solving, and personal growth. Among the topics explored are spiritualizing emotion, personality and the divine inheritance, relationship, creativity, awakening and cause and purpose. Pir Vilayat gives detailed instructions for many meditation practices that can be used to bring fresh insights to bear on specific problems. Everyone concerned with human growth, whether professionally or on a more personal level, will find inspiration in this book.

A guide to training the ego, tuning the heart, and developing willpower. The Sufis consider the divine art of creating the human personality to be the fruit of the whole creation. The Art of Being and Becoming gathers Inayat Khan's teachings on this divine art and gives methods for training the ego, tuning the heart, and developing willpower-all to help one develop and perfect a natural way of being in the world.

"This book, drawing on the wisdom of an 83-year-old Sufi master, defines awakening and offers a clear map for the journey."—Personal Transformation magazine.