Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam: the world’s religions all seem to ask that their followers seek different paths to enlightenment. Yet beneath the seeming differences lies a pool of universal truth. Oneness collects these beliefs together in one volume, in the actual words of each religion’s scriptures. These universal principles—The Golden Rule . . . Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother . . . Heaven Is Within . . . As We Sow, We Shall Reap . . . Judge Not . . . God Is Love, and others—guide us to inner peace, and allow us to achieve spiritual richness. Oneness is a gift of love.Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul.
Rumi's verses capture this universal human connection to God:
What is to be done, O Believers? for I do not recognize myself.
I am neither Christian, nor Jew, nor Buddhist, nor Muslim.
I am not of the East, nor of the West, nor of the land, nor of the sea;
I am not of Nature's form, nor of the circling heavens.
I am not of earth, of water, of air, of fire;
I am not of the highest heaven, nor of the lowest dust, nor of existence, nor of any entity.
I am not from India, China, Bulgaria, nor Persia.
I am not of the kingdom of Iraq,
I am not of the this world, nor the next, nor of Paradise, nor the Fire.
I am not of Adam, nor Eve, nor of Eden and Rizwan.
My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless;
And it is neither body nor soul, for I belong to the soul of the Beloved.
Anyway, a great deal of inspiration is coming out of my meditations on "pure silence" and thought I should speak about this incredible "silence" that mystics concentrate on only to hear amazing things:
A great deal of inspiration has come from my meditations on "pure silence" and thought I should speak about this incredible "silence" that mystics concentrate on only to hear amazing things. My main form of meditation is to meditate on that inner "silence" which turns out to be anything but silent! A deafening roar in fact. This is the "Shabd" that lifts one up to higher planes of consciousness. There are so many aspects to the Shabd like so many colors in a spectrum, or sounds throughout the musical scale from a low, rhythmic vibration all the way up to the finest notes of creation. All this from silence? - Yes! If you see how things really work in creation, that is what actually seems to be happening: God creating everything out of silence or nothing. All these galaxies, stars, planets, etc. come directly from intense vibration or gravitationally trapped radiation or light in various frequencies.
