Discussing Things That Matter in Seasons of Deep Disagreement

It seems our world is struggling with how we share our thoughts and ideas with each other.  This becomes even more difficult when the thing we are sharing is near to our heart. There are some topics that have become almost impossible to talk about without the urge to take sides and judge others.  This can happen with those we love and those we do not know. This episode of More Than One Way wrestles with moving past our beliefs to our shared experiences as a way to listen, share, learn, and grow.

8 Points of Agreement from Snowmass Conferences  (read more)

1. The world religions bear witness to the Ultimate Reality, to which they give various names. 

2. Ultimate Realty cannot be limited by any name or concept. 

3. Ultimate Reality is the ground of infinite potentiality and actualization. 

4. Faith is opening, accepting, and responding to Ultimate Reality. Faith in this sense precedes every belief system. 

5. The potential for human wholeness - or, in other frames of reference, enlightenment, salvation, transcendence, transformation, blessedness, - is present in every human being. 

6. Ultimate Reality may be experienced not only through religious practices but also through nature, art, human relationships, and service to others. 

7. As long as the human condition is experienced as separate from Ultimate Reality, it is subject to ignorance and illusion, weakness and suffering. 

8. Disciplined practice is essential to the spiritual life; yet spiritual attainment is not the results of one's own efforts, but the result of the experience of oneness with Ultimate Reality. 

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Presented by: The Center for Spiritual Practice
Creative Team: Nathan Tipton, Christibeth Paul, Thom Rasnick, Kerry Ruff, Paul Ruff, Shay Boswell, and Whitney Ross
Original Music composed by: Paul Ruff