Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes

Spirit is not a mystic concept. The spirit of a person is manifest in her aliveness, brightness of his eyes, in the resonance of her voice and in the ease and gracefulness of his movements. These qualities are related to and stem from a high level of energy in the body... Sensing the harmony between the internal pulsation of our body and that in the universe, we feel identified with the universal, with God. We are like tuning forks vibrating at the same pitch

Soul is a feeling, not a color.

The man that hath no music in himself

A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual.

To feel the soul without explaining it, without vocabulary, and to represent this sensation.

Reverence is a perception of the soul. Reverence is a natural aspect of authentic empowerment because the soul reveres all of Life. When the personality is aligned with the soul, it cannot perceive life except with reverence. Approaching life with reverence is a step toward moving the personality into alignment with the soul because it brings an aspect of the soul directly into the physical environment.

No longer let thy breathing only act in concert with the air which surrounds thee, but let thy intelligence also now be in harmony with the intelligence which embraces all things. For the intelligent power is no less diffused in all parts and pervades all things for him who is willing to draw it to him than the aërial power for him who is able to respire it.

Everyone of them words rang true and glowed like burning coal, pouring off every page like it was written in my soul from me to you.

This is [her] soul group.’ What do you mean?’ It’s a group of souls with whom she resonates closely.

And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin’ But I’ll know my song well before I start singin

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If soul my look and body touch, Which is the more blest?

The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung in our hearts.

I listen to the wind, the wind of my soul.

We all have within us a centered place of wisdom, harmony, and balance. Whether or not we believe in the existence of the soul, we've all experienced times in which we're fully connected with ourselves.

Music? Music is life! It’s physical emotion - you can touch it! It’s neon ecto-energy sucked out of spirits and switched into sound waves for your ears to swallow. Are you telling me, what, that it’s boring? You don’t have time for it?

Your body is the harp of the soul.

Music is inspiration, soulful inspiration. It inspires the human in us. Music is manifestation, fruitful manifestation. It manifests the divine in us. Music is satisfaction, supreme satisfaction. It satisfies the Pilot Supreme in us.

In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song.

A person who can connect with their partner, another human being who can connect with their soul − it's not just learning steps, it's about expressing something. I've found in dancing all my life that I can release something as a dancer that I can't in any other way.

The soul is swayed by the waters.

Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.

Meditation is all about connecting with your soul. Part of maintaining your well-being is taking the time to disconnect from the outside to go within.

And painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter and where the machine can't go.