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The Message that Comes from Everywhere
Exploring the Common Core of the World's Religions and Modern
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Book Title:
The Message that Comes from Everywhere:
Exploring the Common Core of the World's Religions
and Modern Science
by Gary Beckwith
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Part One The Message of the Past:
The Common Core of the Ancient Religions
1. Getting Started
The Story of the Blind Men and the Elephant
What is Religion?
The World's Religions
The Common Core Ideas and the Message Behind Them
2. How the Religions Describe God
One God
God's Name
God is Everywhere
God is Love
God is Male and Female
God is Light
3. What Religions Tell Us About the Soul
The Existence of the Immortal Soul
God Inside Us
4. Spiritual Knowledge -- A Goal for Followers of All Religions
Truth is Accessible to Us
Meditation
Prayer
The Middle Way
5. Other Similarities and Issues
Unity in the West
Unity in the East
Moral Codes
Everything is Sacred
The Only Way, the Only Saviour, and the Only God
Trilogy
The Breath and the Soul
Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
Detach From Possessions
Have No Fear
Available To Anyone
Love Everyone
A World of Illusion
Buddha and God
Reincarnation
Rejection of Native Religion
Unity - Not a New Idea
Summary of Part 1
Part Two The Message of Today:
Modern Science and Society Echo the Whispers
of the Ancient Religions
6. Science and Religion
Modern Physics and Religion
Review of Religion's Concept of Reality and Illusion
Modern Physics' Concept of Reality and Illusion
Modern Physics Confirms the Existence of God
Psychology and Religion
Coincidence or Psychic Ability?
The Conscious and Subconscious Minds
Hypnosis
The Incredible Story of Edgar Cayce
Psychology and Healing
The Inner Child
Scientific Evidence of the Soul
The Search for Truth is One
7. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library
Brief Bible History
The Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Gnostics and the Nag Hammadi Library
The Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople
The Essene-Gnostic Connection
8. The Message In Our Everyday Lives
Teachings You Can Find Just About Anywhere
We Are All One
Namasté
God Within, Christ Within
The Power of Visualization and Affirmation
We Are Eternal
Live in the Moment
Follow Your Heart
Nothing to Fear
Look Within
The Worldwide Spiritual Awakening
New Age Books
The Environmental Movement
Interfaith Dialog
New Religious Movements
Prophecies
9. The School of Life
Why Are We Here?
knowing and Knowing
UNlearning
Homework
Guidance
Books
Going to "Church"
Workshops and Seminars
Choosing Guidance
Some Universal Teachings
10. Conclusions
A Prayer for Any Day and Every Day
Bibliography and Suggested Reading List
Index
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