WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF HEAVENLINESS
+ Nobody
appears inferior to us when our heart is kindled with kindness and our eyes are
open to the vision of God.
-- Hazrat
Inayat Khan
+ Equality is an ideal we find in many cultures. It is easy to say we want it but a huge
challenge to make it happen. Our wisdom
traditions at their best tell us that divinity is found in every person and
every creature. For example, “Namaste”
is a greeting in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions where the divinity found in
each person is acknowledged and affirmed.
So, “Namaste” means something like saying: “The divine part of me greets
the divine part of you.”
Hazrat Inayat Khan was a Sufi teacher who saw his mission
as bringing the wisdom of Islamic Mysticism, or Sufism, to the West. I find his wisdom enormously inspiring and
illuminating. So often it is the mystics in our wisdom traditions who teach us great truths such as equality, mutual
respect, cherishing both the unity and diversity of humanity.
+ The 12 styles of Mandala: Creating An Authentic Spiritual
Path: An InterSpiritual Process by Edward Bastian are listed in SE206.
+ To get inspired and illuminated by Ed Bastian, I invite you to set aside some time for these videos: Seven Steps of InterSpiritual Meditation (11 minutes) | 15 minute introduction to InterSpiritual Meditation and the Mandala Process | 2 hour lecture & conversation
+ Spirituality & Practice offers
abundant resources on the practices of Love & Compassion: The
Practice of Love | The
12s Gallery on Love | The
Practice of Compassion | The
12s Gallery on Compassion
+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this practice or any practice. And, I have work to do on my Heavenliness page. Maybe you can help. Send an email with the subject “Heavenliness” or “Love” or “Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.
+ You can always find a link to any of the Spiritual Explorations posts by going to http://abundancetrek.com/sepostsaccess.html
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