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We believe that God is expressed as the body of all creation, the heart of each faith tradition and the infinite Soul of each person. When this is recognized, we begin to see ourselves in all beings and all beings in our self. We can begin the practice of loving saint and sinner the same as we look beyond the external conditions to the internal, infinite, truth of each being. No one need be outside the bounds of our love. No one. We can now begin to truly love our neighbor as our self. We believe that it is through the practice of meditative prayer that we awaken to our Divinity and come to know God. Mother Teresa said that when we pray we talk to God and when we meditate we listen to God. Meditative prayer is not an intellectual experience but rather a quieting of the mind which allows for a humble opening of the heart. In such moments of quiet opening, we experience our deepest desire to be one with our Creator and to become instruments for a greater good. We believe that each person, being a spark of the Divine flame, has a unique part to play in the Divine Plan. Though it may appear that some play a more visible or far reaching role, in truth, no ones role is more valuable to the whole than anothers. Each of us was created to be holy and to offer our unique gifts in service to our fellow brothers and sisters. We believe that we are here to serve those in need with joy and thanksgiving. Because we strive to see ourselves in all beings and all beings in our self, we naturally feel the suffering of our sisters and brothers as our own regardless of religion, race, creed or nationality. And, we naturally rejoice in the Divinity of others as our own. So, as we serve our neighbor, we serve God. We believe that the role of suffering in human experience is to awaken our humanity, bring us to a deeper threshold of compassion for our self and others and to bring us closer to our Divine creator. While we may not always be able to control what happens to us or around us, we do have control over how we respond. In turning away from victimhood, we open to receive the gifts inherent in all experience. We embrace the lotus flower as a universal symbol of spirituality as it teaches us that we grow, as the lotus, out of the muck. We, in fact, blossom, not in spite of, but rather, because of. tolinterfaithtemple.org/interfaithtemple.html
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:04:00 +0000

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