Career
He was the author of Old Thinking, New Thinking: The Sufi prism (1979) and Modern soefisme: over creatieve verandering en spirituele groei (1992). Born in Vichy France to a Dutch mother and the composer, Hidayat Inayat Khan, Khan was brought up speaking Hindi, Dutch, English and French. He went to university in California.
From 1968 to 1982 he was head of the non-definitive because the real exists without needing to be defined;
inclusive because it is found in all religions and accepts any form of worship or meditative practice that is appropriate to the moment;
experiential because it goes beyond theology and second-hand spiritual experience, accepting the possibility of direct revelation.
"You can always love more."
"Everything matters, nothing matters."
"My mind is limited. But my heart is not, I hope."
".. minds are not made to agree, but to express beauty.."
"Many people are interested in meditation, but not so many are interested in computer programming.
Yet computer programming is so similar that you could call it meditation."
"Reality is a symbol.".
