Steve and I have been busy creating a “History” of the Poway Interfaith Team which includes a PowerPoint, video and audio tapes of various members of POINT, past and present. We have a great professional videographer who is spending time to make this a wonderful video in order to archive our interfaith history. I have a 45 second piece and I want to share it with you. It is my story of our first “Interfaith Summer Nights” event in 2006.
“Interfaith Summer Nights was a highly successful program where a faith leader was invited to speak about his or her faith, and share cultural dances and/or music as well as food with the community attendees.
After each of the first two or three speakers, I kept nudging my husband Steve, saying, I must be Hindu, Baha’i, Buddhist or Jewish. I believe all that they are saying. What I heard and realized was the commonality of all faiths in values, virtues and the compassion for human kind. Each one was also saying how they believed in the ONENESS of humanity. I believed all that as well.
The ways in which we celebrate our faith, and belief in God, Allah, Jesus or how you wish to call the Source and Creator of all life may be different in rituals, prayers and even dress, however the Unifying golden thread of LOVE weaves into and through all religions. That is the most important virtue of all!”
After all these years working in the Interfaith World, I still come to the same conclusion. Every faith is valuable, with TRUTH at the base of each religion. Love at the core is meant to weave through each one’s life and reflect this love to others, regardless of faith belief. This idea meshes so easily with New Thought. For we believe in LOVE at the core of our being and the ONENESS of Humanity as well. We are not separate even though on this earth plane we each have a unique body in order to live here. In TRUTH we are all God Emanations and Emissaries, here to honor and respect each other and all beings.
Please remember to mark your calendar for Interfaith Awareness Week,
August 8-10. POINT’s Program which will include the History video, will be Monday, August 7 from 4:00-5:30pm.
Blessings,
Abigail and Steve