Interfaith as Spiritual Federalism
gateways and teachers to feeling at one with the great wisdom traditions - an interfaith ‘course on a page’!
I came a long time ago to the understanding that there re many paths but one summit. I wanted a deeper sense of connection with other wisdom traditions. I wanted to feel the kind of nourishment that believers in those wisdom traditions feel. I wanted a gateway and a teacher that would give the connection I desired.
One key idea to come out of this is Spiritual Federalism - is the next goal for interfaith work? It’s an alternative to conversion mania. The world may have ended by the time the Christians have converted the Jews or Muslims the Christians or the Baha’is everyone else. Indeed conversion mania may bring the world to its end! Spiritual Federalism is simply the idea that if you are comfortable in your current wisdom tradition so be it. But if you have a universal heart and wish to reach out to find the oneness behind the various traditions you are like an American citizen - you belong to your State but you are also, via federalism, and American
These are the Paths, the Teachers, the Teachings and a video introduction for what I have to date;
Interspirituality, Perennial Wisdom, Universalism and Integral Studies - great teachers who show the oneness beyond the diversity (some of thse teachers apply to more than one category!)
THE PATH - Inter-religious/mystic
THE TEACHER - Bro Wayne Teasdale
THE TEACHING - Book
VIDEO Intros. - VIDEO
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THE PATH - Perennial Wisdom
THE TEACHER - Eckhart Tolle
THE TEACHING - Books
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THE PATH - Universalism
THE TEACHER - Karen Armstrong
THE TEACHING - Books
VIDEO Intros. - VIDEO
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THE PATH - Integral Studies
THE TEACHER - Ken Wilber
THE TEACHING - Books
VIDEO Intros. - VIDEO
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8 Major wisdom traditions
1 THE PATH - Sufism
THE TEACHER - Shaikh Kabir Helminski
THE TEACHING - Books
VIDEO Intros. - VIDEO
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2 THE PATH - Baha’i Faith
THE TEACHER - Abdu’l-Baha
THE TEACHING - Books
VIDEO Intros. - VIDEO
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3 THE PATH - Christianity
THE TEACHER - Brother David Stendahl-Rast
THE TEACHING - Books
VIDEO Intros. - VIDEO
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4 THE PATH - Buddhism
THE TEACHER - Thich Nhat Hanh
THE TEACHING - Books
VIDEO Intros. - VIDEO
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5 THE PATH - Hinduism
THE TEACHER - Eknath Easwaran
THE TEACHING - Books
VIDEO Intros. - VIDEO
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6 THE PATH - Judaism
THE TEACHER - Abraham Joshua Heschel
THE TEACHING - Books
VIDEO Intros. - VIDEO
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7 THE PATH - Quaker Universalism
THE TEACHER - QUG
THE TEACHING - US articles
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