01-10-2013, 02:59 PM
(01-10-2013, 10:38 AM)ShinAr Wrote:(01-09-2013, 11:44 PM)GentleReckoning Wrote: I'm well versed in Christianity, and have a good grasp on Buddhism however I'm quite unfamiliar with the teachings of Ra through Islam.
Could anyone recommend some good summaries of the spiritual side of Islam?
I'm thinking my book will have 4 sections based on reality, and three on how to react to reality.
I already know two of them:
Buddhism: All is illusion, all is awareness.
Christianity: Choose love through good and bad.
Islam: ????
Any help greatly appreciated!!!!
I think your final chapter should be the means to sum up how all of these religious cultures are rooted in similar origin, if you are able.
I would also not use Sufism to describe Islam, as Sufism is far more ancient and could possibly be closer to the roots of origin than any of these other religions.
I also think that to properly portray these religions one should be using their sacred texts to sum up their belief structures, and not the commentaries of them via man's opinions.
Otherwise your book will be just a commentary on commentary rather than a summation of the actual creeds of those religions.
Well, I'll just be using them as examples of how manifesting is accomplished. If my intuition is correct, there will be four chapters on reality, then 3 chapters on how you use the teachings of these three major religions to correctly respond to reality with each religion offering very valid lessons for creating your reality.