Labor Day and the Spiritual Meaning of Money Key Points: Labor Day in America, observed on September 5, honors the laborers’ contributions and underscores the significance of honest, diligent work. Money, often a measure of status and relations, can also blind us. Kahlil Gibran likens money to love: withholding it harms, and sharing enlivens. Spirituality […]
Understanding Proselytization and Religious Conversion Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer believed that since our intellect imposes differences on the universe, the universe outside of our intellect must be an undifferentiated oneness. Whether expressed as the Hindu concept of Brahman, the Islamic belief in the oneness of God, or the Christian understanding of divine unity, the essence of
Most religions have a founding prophet who acts as the first leader of the faith. For example, in Islam, Allah is said to have sent forth prophets to all parts of the world at different points in history. The Qur’an mentions twenty-five prophets by name but the actual number who received revelations is supposed to
Today, when we “live stream” something, we are receiving information from a faraway, invisible source. The fact is that all religious teaching and divine truth were believed to be essentially live-streamed into prophets and mystics, who were then expected to pass them on. The sacred texts of all religions are said to be the result
