Stand for Religious Freedom and Against Intolerance

Stand for Religious Freedom and Against Intolerance

Remember September 11th and Be Counted.

We are a group of ordinary Americans who have come together to affirm this country’s commitment to its founding ideals of religious freedom and respect for all faiths. We are troubled by acts of bigotry and intolerance aimed at Muslims in recent months, which do not represent the America we know. We hope that the thousands who share this commitment and our faith in America will sign this pledge. (more…)

Grace

I recently had these words come to me while praying, “Sit in Grace”. Afterward, when I was reading quotes about grace Id came across this one, “Grace comes to forgive and then forgive again.” which is attributed to Rumi. I noticed you have used this quote in the past and was wondering if you could give us your interruption of these words?

Women Loving Women

I am a 26 year old woman, married to a wonderful man. I love my husband to bits. I consider myself straight. However, I am strongly convinced that I am very much attached to the previous life I have lived as a man (or any of the lives I lived as a man) in this current life. I do not have a problem with gay people at all. But, some of the time I feel like the experience as a man from a previous life is so strong I cannot overcome. I love (genuinely) women and my husband. Is this the case of mistaken sexual identity or is it possible that I have re-incarnated with some attachment to certain traits I had in my previous lives.

Imagining the Prophet: Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON

Published in New York Times Magazine on September 3, 2010

Q: As a leader of alternative medicine who was born in India and raised as a Hindu before opening a wellness center in California, what led you to write your new book, “Muhammad,” a fictionalized biography of the Muslim prophet?

A: I had previously written “Jesus,” and I grew up in an environment where the kids in my school were either Muslim or Jewish or Zoroastrian. New Delhi has a very eclectic mix. There wasn’t any animosity. Having said that, my grandparents were prejudiced and Islamophobic. If a Muslim’s shadow crossedmy grandmother’s body — she lived with us — she would go and take a shower.
No!
Yes! My father was a doctor, an army cardiologist. He was very secular, and we discussed how prejudiced my grandparents were and how we would never be like that. So that was my upbringing. I was always interested in going deeply into the life of the Prophet. (more…)