The Message: The Sufi message -- Ten Sufi thoughts -- History: Sufism, east and west -- The Silsila sufian -- The four schools -- Sayyid Abu Hashim Madani -- Hazrat Inayat Khan -- Stories of Murshid -- The brothers -- The four Murshidas -- Noor-un-Nisa -- Pir Vilayat -- Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti -- The Inner school: The Sufi order -- The symbol of the order -- Initiation in the Sufi order -- What is necessary for a Mureed -- The Structure of the order -- The path: Steps on the path -- Shaikh, Rasul, and Allah -- Freeing the soul -- Knowing God -- Dying before death -- The light of God -- Finding God -- Roadmaking -- The spirit of guidance -- Methods and precepts: Practices -- Postures -- Breath -- Subtle centers -- Five planes -- The rhythm of the heart -- The twenty breaths of purification -- Namaz -- Gayatri -- Rules -- Words and melodies: Sayings -- Ragas and gamakas -- Sufi songs -- Activities and initiatives: Brotherhood -- Universal worship -- Spiritual healing -- Ziraat -- The Universel -- The Confraternity -- The Knighthood of Purity -- The Dargahs and the Hope Project -- The Federation of the Sufi message -- The Suluk Academy -- Murshid's blessing.