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December 2, 2022
Interfaith Advent Reflections
In celebration of the holidays, one of my readers, Susie Leonard Weller, M.A., sent me a lovely interfaith advent calendar filled with reflections. I liked it so much that I asked Susie for permission to share it with my readers. Luckily, she said yes. Enjoy these Advent reflections courtesy of Susie Weller. To learn more […]
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November 28, 2022
Nonduality Without Apathy: How I Keep Non-Attachment from Turning Into Indifference
I fell in love with the concept of nonduality in my early twenties. The concepts of Brahman—the One Without a Second—and Atman—a drop in the ocean—resonated deeply, especially because they seemed compatible with modern scientific understanding of the universe, physics chief among them. As Aldous Huxley noted, the more discerning the mind, the more it […]
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November 25, 2022
Interfaith Quotes About Love, Reciprocation (Golden Rule), Service, Forgiveness and Nonviolence
As I was studying to become an interfaith minister between 2016 to 2017, I gathered hundreds of quotes from the wisdom traditions. In 2020, I decided to publish a selection of those quotes in a book titled The Little Book of Oneness and Goodness. The following quotes are from the Goodness section and talk about […]
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November 21, 2022
The Universal Spiritual Acts of Experimentation, Contemplation, Love and Service
“Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy. Whether he likes it or not he shows his attitude towards religion by his actions and he can show his attitude only […]
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November 18, 2022
Monk of All Faiths on Peace and Holiness
This is the fourth and final installment of excerpts from a small book I wrote last year titled Monk of All Faiths. I based the format on Kahlil Gibran’s classic The Prophet. I’ve added subtitles for online readability. If you like what you read, the book is available in hardcover and ebook editions on Amazon. […]
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November 14, 2022
Monk of All Faiths on Morality and Meditation
This is the third installment of excerpts from a small book I wrote last year titled Monk of All Faiths. I based the format on Kahlil Gibran’s classic The Prophet. I’ve added subtitles for online readability. If you like what you read, the book is available in hardcover and ebook editions on Amazon. Enjoy. Morality […]
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November 11, 2022
Monk of All Faiths on God and Spirit
Last year, I published a small book titled Monk of All Faiths. I based the format on Kahlil Gibran’s classic The Prophet and used inspiration from a variety of interspiritual thinkers to offer insights into topics from perennialism and God to Spirit and destructive emotions. In the month of November 2022, I will be publishing […]
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November 7, 2022
Introducing the Monk of All Faiths
Last year, I published a small book titled Monk of All Faiths. I based the format on Kahlil Gibran’s classic The Prophet and used inspiration from a variety of interspiritual thinkers to offer insights into topics from perennialism and God to Spirit and destructive emotions. In the month of November 2022, I will be publishing […]
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November 4, 2022
Interfaith Methods Don’t Work in Politics: Especially Not in the USA
I hoped interfaith methods would work to bridge political divides. After five years of offering courses and workshops, I’ve realized they don’t. Here are three reasons why. Offering Solutions I graduated as an interfaith minister in 2017 and was dismayed by the public rhetoric in my adopted country. The anger and division appeared unsustainable. I […]
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October 31, 2022
Spirituality and Death: From Valhalla and Heaven to Transition and Nonduality
Human mortality is at the heart of many spiritual traditions. What happens after death? Do we go to a magical place, are we reborn, is this the end or does the wave blend back into the ocean? These questions may seem redundant. What happens after death is the final unsolvable mystery after all. Nobody really […]
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