From: "Integral World" To: Subject: Integral Spirituality Date: zondag 24 juni 2012 20:05 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 405 Amsterdam, June 24th, 2012 THE NATURE AND TRADITION OF INTEGRAL SPIRITUALITY - ZAKARIYYA ISHAQ Integral Spirituality (IS) is a form of spirituality that is not confined to any creed. Though an IS practitioner can be a believer in a particular religion, they are not exclusively confined to the practices and ideals of that tradition. It is particularly Western exoteric religion that has fostered the notion that one can only benefit from this or that particular religious doctrine to the exclusion of all other ideals or spiritual philosophies. Indeed, this idea of ethnocentric exclusivity particularly within the major Western religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has been a well established ideology ever since exoteric clericalism became the essential teachings of these faiths replacing or usurping over time the original teachings that inspired these faiths. Whatever the clerics formed over time of the original teachings of the major faiths, history records unequivocally that the founders of our great religions were all practitioners of Integral Spirituality. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/ishaq12.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html ----- Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 2012.0.2180 / Virusdatabase: 2437/5090 - datum van uitgifte: 06/24/12