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IN
HARMONY
Everything
in
existence
has
both
a
secular
and
a
spiritual
aspect
to
it.
The
spiritual
side
is
metaphysical,
intangible,
and
is
to
do
with
meaning
or
subtle
realities.
Life
is
experienced
as
interplay
between
two
complementary
opposites,
dualities
or
polarities.
There
is
time
and
timelessness,
inner
and
outer,
meaning
and
form,
vice
and
virtue,
person
and
society,
and
very
importantly,
self
and
soul
(or
spirit).
All
creation
relates
to
this
consciousness,
which
is
conditioned
and
becomes
specifically
definable
with
individual
beings
or
species.
Most
world
religions
began
through
enlightened
insights
regarding
a
supreme,
all
encompassing
pure
consciousness,
or
god-awareness.
Prophets
have
seen
the
unity
and
one
power
behind
the
diversity
of
manifestation
in
this
world.
Prophets
have
seen
the
eternal
light
beyond
countless
shadows
with
beginnings
and
endings,
all
of
which
relate
to
light
whose
nature
is
most
sublime
and
complex.
The
universal
truth
taught
by
ISLAM
is
that
there
is
one
unique
essence
and
source
behind
the
web
of
life,
which
engages
everything
that
has
emanated
from
it
and
returns
to
it.
This
is
the
meaning
behind
the
Islamic
declaration
that
there
is
no
god
but
God.
Islam
was
a
revival
of
the
ancient
Abrahamic
revealed
knowledge
which
had
not
reached
the
Arabs
and
had
been
distorted
and
eroded
over
time.
ISLAMs
revolutionary
message
was
against
human
ignorance,
arrogance,
pride,
and
tribal
injustices
and
discord.
It
brought
God
and
absolute
truth
to
the
centre
of
every
aspect
of
life
at
all
times.
The
emphasis
upon
the
ever
present,
all
knowing,
all
seeing,
perfect
God
brought
about
a
very
high
level
of
personal
ethics
and
morality.
It
is
this
personal
accountability
to
the
light
within
the
heart,
to
ones
God-consciousness,
or
higher
pure
consciousness,
that
brings
the
individual
back
to
appropriate
reference
and
stability.
The
notion
of
the
hereafter
radically
changes
the
natural
human
egotistical
tendency
towards
immediate
gratification
and
pleasures.
When
this
notion
is
internalized,
it
becomes
transformative;
otherwise
it
remains
a
ritual
without
much
benefit
or
meaning.
The
result
was
the
emergence
of
a
major
global
empire
and
civilization
within
a
few
decades.
My
first
memories
are
waking
up
to
the
sight
of
the
highest
mountain
in
Africa
Mt
Kilimanjaro,
taking
in
the
fragrance
of
fresh
mountain
air
and
hearing
my
father
reciting
the
call
of
prayer
from
the
local
mosque.
A
successful
business
man
who
travelled
the
world
I
would
ask
him
as
a
8
year
old
would
why
Papa?
Why
wake
up
so
early
and
announce
your
faith!
And
he
would
say
because
I
wear
my
heart
on
my
sleeve.
Quoting
the
Prophet
Muhammad
(p.b.u.h)
he
would
say
If
anybody
asks
you
What
is
Islam?
What
religion
is
it?
Islam
is
the
religion
of
the
heart,
the
religion
in
which
the
most
important
thing
is
to
seek
God
in
the
heart
of
human
kind.
When
I
hear
the
title
FAITHS
IN
HARMONY
it
is
his
words
that
ring
in
my
ears
SEEK
GOD
IN
THE
HEART
OF
HUMAN
BEINGS.
JUST
AS
GOD
SAYS
IN
THE
QURAN
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