To Continue Your Journey as Soul...
Here is a list of links to
Cool Sites relating to
Religion and Spirituality.
For those who have asked "is God dead?", they will find Him/Her
"alive and kicking" in the New Age. For those serious spiritual
seekers who are ready to expand their personal journey as Soul into
greater levels of love, joy and awareness, these sites will help
them continue on the path as will
these books!!
Non Denominational Sites
ABOUT.COM RELIGION
About.com Religion Holistic Healing section is about exploring
"holistic health, spirituality, self-empowerment, and the power
of alternative and natural therapies in healing the body, mind,
and spirit." Phylameana lila Desy, Holistic Healing Expert, "is
certified in Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki and the Science of Intuition
from the Holos Institutes of Health" and she manages the Holistic
Healing section.
BELIEF NET
Belief Net is "a multi-faith e-community designed to help you meet your
own religious and spiritual needs... We are independent. We are not
affiliated with a particular religion or spiritual movement. We are
not out to convert you to a particular approach, but rather to help
you find your own. Fundamental to our mission is a deep respect for
a wide variety of faiths and traditions." So if you want to learn more
about religion and spirituality, START HERE!
Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice
Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice is "was founded to
promote religious tolerance, coexistence, and interfaith dialogue. By
promoting universal respect for different faiths,
we seek to minimize the conflicts that are shaped by religion and that
employ religion as their excuse. We seek to disarm the religious
intolerance that is often the cause and underlying root of oppression
and warfare."
Cosmic Light
Cosmic Light "explores the depths of human knowledge and belief,
scientific and spiritual, modern and ancient, in an attempt to show
that the convergence of scientific and spiritual thought is both
inevitable and imminent, and in fact is already happening. In
fact, modern physics and perennial mysticism cannot help but to be
concerned with exactly the same universal principles, and the parallels
between their descriptions of these universal principles are striking
and exciting."
World Beyond
World Beyond is "dedicated to individuals seeking spiritual growth and
personal enlightenment, leading to a world beyond organized religion,
beyond fear, beyond hatred, beyond prejudice, beyond violence, beyond war."
Sites for Specific Denominations
ECKANKAR,
Religion of the Light and Sound of God
ECKANKAR is ancient wisdom for today which emphasizes the value of
your own personal experiences as the most natural way back to God.
Eckankar means "Co-worker with God." It offers you ways to explore
your own unique and natural relationship with the Divine through spiritual
practice. You will discover powerful daily spiritual exercises that can
give you the direct experience of the Sound and Light of God, Soul Travel,
your past lives, and your spiritual destiny.
Karma: The Law of Consequences
For in the West wanting to know more about the inner workings of karma,
these online karma commentaries from the Theosophical Society are
invaluable. Karma "explain(s) the meaning of human life and resolve(s)
its enigmas and seeming injustices. It is a Sanskrit term expressing
the principle of action and reaction, or the law of consequences.
Karma is a law of unerring, never-failing justice."
Mysticism in World Religions
Mysticism in World Religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism,
Buddhism, and Taoism) is concerned with the nature of reality, the
individual's struggle to attain a clear vision of reality, and the
transformation of consciousness that accompanies such vision. It
explores the mystical traditions of these six religions by
comparing and contrasting quotations drawn from their respective
literatures.
Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent)
The Catholic Encyclopedia is a comprehensive resource covering a
wide variety of religious topics. It is especially useful for those
wishing to pursue Christian theology. The Catholic Encyclopedia gives
"authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic
interests, action, and doctrine. What the Church teaches and has
taught; her methods, past and present; her struggles, her triumphs,
and her achievements."