This site is one of five inter-connected parts:
Part 1 (meta-site of niche sites ) – Part 2 (OneSummit: many paths YOU ARE HERE) – Part 3 (Course/s) – Part 4 (Concepts Dict) – Part 5 (PhD)
NB this site’s new posts are below this evolving permanent introductory article;
Welcome to ‘OneSummit: many paths’!
Do you believe that the great wisdom traditions of the world, at their heart, teach oneness and the same core spiritual truths? Yes – then this site is for you!
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All posts are collected around two models
a) Perennial Philosophy – HERE
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b) SunWALK – a model for spiritual seekers, parents, teachers and managers – in answer to the questions a) “What is it to be fully and positively human? b) “How in personal and professional lives can we proceed in a person-centred or holistic way?” Intro to SunWALK and PhD HERE
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The site provides;
1) Daily readings which we call In-spirals – NB Posted in chunks of 20 to 30 until I have a system for sending them out each day! In-spirals are now posted HERE on my Quotations Treasury – which is my new data-base of quotations for use on all my blogs.
In-spirals are quotations but also people, practices, pictures or sayings that can help up us spiral upwards, spiritual snacks to up-raise our spirits.
They are ‘in-spire-ations’, brief posts that are;
in-breaths for out-breathings
in-tuition tools
in-sight prompters
What are In-spirals for?
to feed our spirits
to help awaken ourselves
to get back in, when we fall out of the state of being called heaven!
Not forgetting that awe, amazement and wonder – the unitive experience – is as the beloved Heschel said the ‘other wing’ to the wing of delicious concepts. We need both to fly.
“Concepts are delicious snacks with which we try to alleviate our amazement” – Man Is Not Alone p.7
2) Introductions to great teachers - for those of us that believe in unity
We provide, and celebrate, day-to-day spiritual wisdom lessons gleaned from age-old and contemporary spiritual teachers.
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2) Introductions to great teachers - for those of us that believe in unity
We provide, and celebrate, day-to-day spiritual wisdom lessons gleaned from age-old and contemporary spiritual teachers.
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Such teachers include Karen Armstrong, Ibn al-Arabi, Abdu’l-Baha, Meister Eckhart, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Socrates & Plato, Eckhart Tolle, Ken Wilber, the Hindu and Chinese sages – all of whom, of course, call upon, re-state and extend the perennial philosophy that is found at the heart of the great wisdom traditions.
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3) What are the site’s purposes?
There are two purposes for this site. The first is to honour and celebrate the spiritual teachers that have given so many, including myself, deep and lasting spiritual nourishment and inspiration.
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The second is to look more deeply into the spiritual dimension of the above mentioned models united by their concern for ‘being and becoming positively and wholly human‘ .
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4) What is ‘spiritual’ mean here?
Ans: Spiritual’ here is a ‘broad church‘ – “If it ain’t physical it’s spiritual” – Prof John Hull
The ‘spiritual’ includes contributions by the arts, especially fine art, film, photography, story and poetry, and is therefore interested in the relationship between the arts and spirituality as well as the aesthetics of ‘a theology of unity’ – within a universalist and ‘common ground’ approach.
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It seems that a new generation of people are reaching up for a universalist ‘theology’ or world-view. This ‘reaching up’ is not just for personal development, but is also empowerment for those who can be agents of change toward establishing a more just, humane and united world.
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Go well – or Namaste!
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Roger
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If you have suggested additions or constructive critiques please email me at onesummitATgmail-dot-com (replace AT with @ etc.)
Dr Roger Prentice
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‘OneSummit: many paths’ is at www.testrep.wordpress.com
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BALANCING the experiential HEART with the conceptual HEAD:
In today’s world most of us need more of the contemplative/meditative to balance the conceptual – as Heschel says ‘concepts are delicious snacks but are no substitute for experiencing mystical unity’ – why not spend a few contemplative moments here!
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NB all new posts are below this introductory article.
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