Three Objectives of the Sufi Movement*

Hazrat Inayat Khan put forward the Three Objectives of the Sufi Movement* which are guiding principles that his students live by:

The Objects of the Sufi Movement

1. To realize and spread the knowledge of unity, the religion of love and wisdom, so that the bias of faiths and beliefs may of itself fall away, the human heart may overflow with love, and all hatred caused by distinctions and differences may be rooted out.

2. To discover the light and power latent in man, the secret of all religion, the power of mysticism, and the essence of philosophy, without interfering with customs or belief.

3. To help to bring the world's two opposite poles, East and West, closer together by the interchange of thought and ideals, that the Universal Brotherhood may form of itself, and man may see with man beyond the narrow national and racial boundaries.

*Sufi Movement was originally taken to mean one group of people. Currently Sufi Order International (http://www.sufiorder.org) and Sufi Movement are distinct organizations (http://www.sufimovement.org) that were arose to spread the message of Hazrat Inayat Khan.