The Spirit of Guidance is the term in Universal Sufism

Universal Sufism

Universal Sufism is a universalist spiritual movement founded by Hazrat Inayat Khan while traveling throughout the West between 1910 and 1926, based on unity of all people and religions and the presence of spiritual guidance in all people, places and things. It is to some extent influenced by the ...

 for Universal Intelligence

Universal Intelligence

Universal Intelligence is a term used by some to describe what they see as organization, or order of the universe. It has been described as "the intrinsic tendency for things to self-organize and co-evolve into ever more complex, intricately interwoven and mutually compatible forms."A general...

 as it is manifest in the human mind.

Hazrat Inayat Khan coined the term in Arabic Ruh-ul-Irshad
Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

:روح الارشاد
In English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

: The Spirit of Guidance

For a Sufi, the diversity of names and forms of the world's religious tendencies are like veils covering the phenomena of the 'Spirit of Guidance' manifested at all levels of evolution. This Inner Guidance is constantly present in the beautiful book of nature's mysteries, which reveals a never-ending Message of Love, providing one's understanding of the relationship between matter and spirit is in harmony with one's feeling heart.

Main points

• The Spirit of Guidance is Divine Mind in its emanation in the human mind. The human mind is the microcosm and the divine mind is the macrocosm.

• The experiences of every being become the experience of the divine mind, therefore it has knowledge of all beings. It is therefore the sum total of all experience.

• Intuition, inspiration, vision, revelation, and prophecy are emanations of the Spirit of Guidance in microcosmic form.

• Every person reflects a spark of the spirit of guidance and act as triggers of guidance in others.

• Some people effectively channel the "central current" of divine mind and therefore reflect guidance more recognisably on others. These people have been known as prophets, teachers, Gurus, etc.

• To realise the spirit of guidance one is taught to clear the outer layers of clutter in the mind which stop one from sensing it.

• It is like a plant that grows and blossoms in response to being cared for.

• It is the essence of enlightenment
  Enlightenment in Buddhism
  The English term enlightenment has commonly been used in the western world to translate several Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese and Japanese terms and concepts, especially bodhi, prajna, kensho, satori and buddhahood.-Insight:...
  
   (Nirvana
  Nirvana
  Nirvāṇa ; ) is a central concept in Indian religions. In sramanic thought, it is the state of being free from suffering. In Hindu philosophy, it is the union with the Supreme being through moksha...
  
  ), the light of God. When one is fully aware of and responsive to it, one is said to be "enlightened" and "liberated".

• The 33 beads on the Misbaha represent the eternity of manifestations of the Divine Mind and the endless possibilities for liberation. Each bead is individual yet the thread tying them together is unchanged and equal to all.

Parallel teachings

Esther Hicks describes it this way: "When you finally get it that you have this personal relationship with this Stream and that you have this magnificent Guidance System within you that lets you know, in every particle of every moment, what you're doing relative to the Stream, and so, you let your dominant intent be to connect to the Stream and radiate it as much as you can, then, suddenly, everything else falls into its perfect place."