The Esoteric School

The Esoteric School is the primary vehicle for personal transformation of initiates of the Sufi Order International. Individuals are asked to establish a relationship with a spiritual guide, who has been trained and empowered by the Pir. Within the context of this relationship, the mureed (student) is given a "prescription" of spiritual practices intended to facilitate the emergence of qualities lying dormant beneath the layers of personality and habitual thinking. The goal of the mureed is to identify experientially a source of inner guidance to the realization and fulfilment of his or her unique purpose in life.

Another powerful tool for transformation is the personal retreat, where the mureed spends an intensive period of time focusing on the transformational process to the exclusion of any external stimuli. An individual retreat may take a day or two, or last as long as forty days. Retreat guides are certified by the Sufi Order after a period of intensive training and testing.

The Sufi Order International is not a "guru-centred" school; no one is considered infallible, and guides are discouraged from giving mureeds advice about their lives, focusing instead on the method of contacting inner guidance, or the mureed's own insight, to deal with his or her problems. Guides are held accountable to a published set of ethical guidelines. Spiritual practices are offered in accordance with the teaching of Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, and Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, who provided a curriculum.

 

 

 

 

 

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