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| Prayers for Living |
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A Prayer for Staying
Spiritually Centered
Help me know, O God, that you are still present with
me, even
in my distractions and interruptions. But also help
me savor
those spiritually centered moments so much that I
will make
room in my life for more of them.
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more of this prayer
from
Prayers for Living
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| Into the Mystic: The Poetry of Rumi |
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Submit to a daily practice.
Your loyalty to that
is a ring on the door.
Keep knocking, and the joy inside
will eventually open a window
and look out to see whoís
there.
The love that
pulses in the poems
of the mystics cherishes the sacred. Despite our
initial impressions, the poems speak of a deeply
felt devotion to God, an experience of the divine
that transcends any earthly
reality.
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more of this poem
Read
more about Rumi
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Christianity as the way to God, and still give
credence to the
truth and reality of other religions?
Jesus did not run around trying to convert everyone
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religion. He reached out with compassion and
understanding
toward those who were outside his religion, and he
treated
them with love and respect.
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Perspectives on
Spiritual Living
Spirituality—whether you are Christian,
Muslim, a Jew
or a Hindu — is religion experienced
intimately. You
might say it's the core, the essence of religion.
Spirituality is where you and God meet and what
you do
about it. It doesn't have to be, as Larry
Kushner says,
"other worldly," such as in Handel's "Hallelujah
Chorus." For
most people, spirituality is ordinary and every
day.
It's a buzzword today.
Earlier generations probably called the same idea
sacred or
holy. One of the great Jewish philosophers of all time,
Abraham Joshua Heschel, who is a great mystical
theologian,
suggested that spirituality is life lived in the
continuous
presence of the divine.
from What
Does It Mean to Lead a Spiritual Life?: A Jewish Perspective
by Rabbi Micah Greenstein
RESPONSES FROM OTHER FAITH TRADITIONS:
Practical Spirituality
Buddhist spirituality does not ask anyone to believe
what he
or she cannot believe. Buddhism requires no leaps of
faith.
from A
Buddhist Perspective
by Mark Muesse
Purposeful Spirituality
The spiritual life is a "path." It is more than
doctrine or
belief. It is the conscious choosing of a direction.
from A
Christian Perspective
by the Rev. Dr. Kenneth A. Corr
Prayerful Spirituality
The answer is clear; the food for our spirit comes
from the
same source as our spirit. The proper upbringing for a
healthy spirit is the home of its creator.
from
A Muslim Perspective
by Dr. Nabil Bayakly
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