The spiritual freedom to enjoy the beauty in other spiritual traditions...

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Dear All,

 

Over the millennia, many of us have not had the privelege to enjoy the spiritual

beauty within other spiritual traditions...largely of course... due to the fact

that they have been forbidden to us.

 

Now...many of us are finally realizing that all the 'spiritual forbiddenness'

against other spiritual traditions has not come from

God Almighty...but it has been orchestrated by 'power-hungry' and 'money-hungry

religious leaders...most of whom have NO TRUE SPIRITUALITY WITHIN, but are only

WORSHIPPING THE EXTERNAL FORM, (called 'religion'). This fact is backed up by

the claim that each individual religious organization claims that they alone

have the Absolute Truth. This claim of theirs...of having the Absolute Truth...

in itself, reveals their spiritual blindness, because Absolute Truth can never

reside in an organization....it can only reside within the Temple of the Holy

Spirit of a human being.

 

The realization of the spiritual blindness of religious organizations in general

is quite shocking to say the least. When the realization of the spiritual

blindness of religious organizations hits us, we realize that we have some

adjustments to make. Most of us have been dominated by religion of one form of

another sometime in our life, and it takes a bit of spiritual adjustment to

regain our own spiritual birthright.

 

That spiritual birthright, according to Shri Mataji is to be our own master, our

own teacher, and our own guru. In Reality, that master, teacher, and guru, is

the Spirit Within AND DEFINITELY NOT the Organization Without, though they would

like you to think that they are your master, teacher, and guru.

 

The penduluum is swinging, however, and many of us are becoming more comfortable

with the seeking after the Spirit Within. Many of us are also starting to enjoy

the Spiritual Gems of other Spiritual Traditions. And why should we not do

so???!!!

 

In that spirit, please enjoy the URL below where a person from the Sufi

Spiritual Tradition explains about " Allah " being the Arabic Proper name of the

One God. He also explains that all the other names, descriptions and

titles....are a description of the actual attributes of God Almighty (or Allah).

It also makes sense what he says about the names, descriptions and titles giving

us a way to recognize the wonder and glory of God Almighty or " Allah " .

 

violet

 

The Beautiful Names of Allah...

 

" The glorious name Allâh, subhâna wa ta'âlâ, is the greatest and most beautiful

of all the names. The name Allâh encompasses all of the divine names and

attributes of perfection.

 

The name Allâh is the Arabic proper name of the One, while other names,

descriptions and titles such as these ninety-nine beautiful names are considered

to be attributes of Allâh, they are the signs by which we recognize the wonder

and glory of the Almighty One.

 

The essence of all attributes, descriptions and names are unified in this one

name, Allâh, which denotes the sacred perfection of love,harmony and beauty " ...

 

(http://wahiduddin.net/words/wazifa.htm)

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Dear All,

 

There are also Beautiful Names for God in Hebrew, as the Hebrew prophets in the

Bible and the Torah used a wider variety of descriptive names and attributes for

God Almighty. These " Beautiful Names for God Almighty " should have been handed

down from generation to generation in the Christian tradition. Instead, its

esoteric absence, in my opinion, has left Christianity with a great spiritual

dearth of spiritual expression.

 

What is missing in Christianity today is the very expression of contemplation,

meditation, and prayer upon the " Beautiful Names of God Almighty " as known and

understood by the Hebrew Prophets in the Bible and in the Torah. Why this should

ever have been removed by religious leaders is beyond my understanding. They

cannot have been very spiritually discerning, for the one great love and task of

the true believer is to worship God in Spirit and in Truth. Toward that end, the

knowledge of the " Beautiful Names of God " is very important as this worship is

done within the Heart of the Believer...in the Spirit Within...and is known in

the Hindu tradition as " Bhakti " .

 

The Sufis can indeed teach those of the Christian tradition all about this

bhakti also, for " bhakti " is one of the most direct routes to achieving One-ness

with God Almighty. As the Christian praises and worships God Almighty, using His

Beautiful Names, the Grace of God will flow from the Beloved God to the Loved

One. That is what worship is about. Worship of God releases the qualities of God

Almighty within ourselves and makes us more like Him.

 

In that spirit, please enjoy the URL below where a person from the Sufi

Spiritual Tradition explains about the Beautiful Names of God in Hebrew.

 

Violet

 

Beautiful Names in Hebrew

 

Throughout recorded history, Beautiful Names of God have been revealed to the

prophets of various cultures world-wide.

 

For example, the Hebrew prophets, as recorded in the books of the Old Testament

and the Torah, used a wide variety of Beautiful Names to express the divine

attributes.

 

The following are a few examples of the numerous Hebrew Beautiful Names given

in the books of the Old Testament, along with a common English translation

(although some would read Adonoi rather than Jehovah):

 

(http://wahiduddin.net/words/99_pages/app_d_hebrew.htm)

 

 

, " Violet " <violet.tubb@.

...> wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> Over the millennia, many of us have not had the privelege to enjoy

the spiritual beauty within other spiritual traditions...largely of

course... due to the fact that they have been forbidden to us.

>

> Now...many of us are finally realizing that all the 'spiritual

forbiddenness' against other spiritual traditions has not come from

> God Almighty...but it has been orchestrated by 'power-hungry' and

'money-hungry religious leaders...most of whom have NO TRUE

SPIRITUALITY WITHIN, but are only WORSHIPPING THE EXTERNAL FORM,

(called 'religion'). This fact is backed up by the claim that each

individual religious organization claims that they alone have the

Absolute Truth. This claim of theirs...of having the Absolute Truth...

in itself, reveals their spiritual blindness, because Absolute Truth

can never reside in an organization....it can only reside within the

Temple of the Holy Spirit of a human being.

>

> The realization of the spiritual blindness of religious

organizations in general is quite shocking to say the least. When the

realization of the spiritual blindness of religious organizations hits

us, we realize that we have some adjustments to make. Most of us have

been dominated by religion of one form of another sometime in our

life, and it takes a bit of spiritual adjustment to regain our own

spiritual birthright.

>

> That spiritual birthright, according to Shri Mataji is to be our own

master, our own teacher, and our own guru. In Reality, that master,

teacher, and guru, is the Spirit Within AND DEFINITELY NOT the

Organization Without, though they would like you to think that they

are your master, teacher, and guru.

>

> The penduluum is swinging, however, and many of us are becoming more

comfortable with the seeking after the Spirit Within. Many of us are

also starting to enjoy the Spiritual Gems of other Spiritual

Traditions. And why should we not do so???!!!

>

> In that spirit, please enjoy the URL below where a person from the

Sufi Spiritual Tradition explains about " Allah " being the Arabic

Proper name of the One God. He also explains that all the other names,

descriptions and titles....are a description of the actual attributes

of God Almighty (or Allah). It also makes sense what he says about the

names, descriptions and titles giving us a way to recognize the wonder

and glory of God Almighty or " Allah " .

>

> violet

>

> The Beautiful Names of Allah...

>

> " The glorious name Allâh, subhâna wa ta'âlâ, is the greatest and

most beautiful of all the names. The name Allâh encompasses all of

the divine names and attributes of perfection.

>

> The name Allâh is the Arabic proper name of the One, while other

names, descriptions and titles such as these ninety-nine beautiful

names are considered to be attributes of Allâh, they are the signs by

which we recognize the wonder and glory of the Almighty One.

>

> The essence of all attributes, descriptions and names are unified in

this one name, Allâh, which denotes the sacred perfection of love,

harmony and beauty " ...

>

> (http://wahiduddin.net/words/wazifa.htm)

>

[Guest guest]

, " Violet "

<violet.tubb wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> Over the millennia, many of us have not had the privelege to enjoy

> the spiritual beauty within other spiritual traditions...largely

> of course... due to the fact that they have been forbidden to us.

>

> Now...many of us are finally realizing that all the 'spiritual

> forbiddenness' against other spiritual traditions has not come

> from God Almighty

 

Salman Khan visits Golden Temple

Monday, March 27, 2006 21:50 IST

 

Salman Khan's family made a trip to Amritsar and visited the Golden

Temple during the shoot of Raj Kumar Santoshi's film, `London

Dreams'.

 

While Khan's mother Salma, sisters Alvira and Arpita, brother

Sohail and his wife Seema paid their respects at the Sikh temple,

Salman even took a dip in the holy sarovar and took part in the

traditional `ardas' in the afternoon.

 

After the `ardas', Salma Khan placed the Rumala Sahib (covering of

the holy book) that she had especially carried from Mumbai, on

the `Shri Guru Granth Sahib' and prayed for the welfare of her son.

 

Salman, who has two cases against him — the black buck case and a

hit and run case — could well do with some divine intervention at

the moment.

 

Salman Khan visits Golden Temple

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