One Truth

Invocation (of the Universal Sufis)

Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Only Being United with all the illuminated souls
Who form the embodiment of the Mother,
The Spirit of Guidance.
Amin

Omar Faruk Tekbilek - One Truth

There never was a people 

without a Warner having lived among them.

-Quran 35:24

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And certainly We sent Messengers before you; 

there are some of them 

that We have mentioned to you 

and there are others whom we have not mentioned to you.

-Quran 40:78

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Hadhrat Abu Zarr Gifaari (Radi Allah Anho) narrates 

that the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 

'The Prophets were 124,000.' 

(Mishkaat)

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There is no truth but Truth

and the Prophetic Light

is Truth's messenger.

Ya Haqq!

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Every people has a book even if it is written in the language of the stars.

"Our Bible is the wind and the rain."

-Herbalist Carol McGrath

as told to her by a Native American woman 

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Before the written word, sacred stories were spoken, entire books were memorized by the people, passed on generation to generation.  


Records of the Past


How beautiful is a place of worship when its walls are filled with sacred words.

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Egyptian Book of the Dead
Sumerian Mythology

Sumerian Cuneiform

image from Wikipedia

Book of Shadows
The Babylonian Legends of Creation

Every religion is a love song, an intimate gift to the peoples of the world.  Though they come to us in different languages, the words are the same for the Word is one.

The Bible
Pistis Sophia
Thrice Greatest Hermes, Vol. 1
The Virgin of the World

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "Seek knowledge even in China."


The Heart Sutra by Buddha
Confucius sayings
Tao Te Ching
Bhagavad Gita

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For Unity of Faiths

May S/He Who is the Abba in Heaven of the Christians, Hashem of the Jews, Allah Most Merciful of the Muslims, Sophia of the Gnostics, Buddha of the Buddhists, Tao of the Chinese, Ahura Mazda of the Zoroastrians and Brahman of the Hindus lead us from the unreal to the Real, from darkness to light, from disease and death to immortality.  May the All-Loving Being manifest Him/Herself unto us, and grant us abiding understanding and all-consuming divine love.  Peace, Peace, Peace be unto all.

- by Ramakrishna, (my revisions to the prayer in italics)

Light Verses

"When any one lights a lamp, 

he never puts it in the cellar or under the bushel, 

but on the lampstand, that people who come in may see the light.

(The Holy Book of Injeel:  Luke 11:33)

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

(The Holy Book of Zabur: Psalms 119:105)

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Those who believe will stand alongside the Prophet,

their light streaming on ahead of them

and to their right.

They will say, "Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us!"

(Quran: 66:8)

He is the one light that gives light

that gives light to all.

He shines; everything shines.

(Upanishads)

God is the Light of the heavens and the earth.

The parable of His Light

is as if there were a Niche,

and within it a Lamp;

the Lamp enclosed in Glass:

The Glass as it were a brilliant star:

Lit from a blessed Tree,

an olive neither of the East nor of the West,

Whose oil is well-night luminous,

though fire scarce touched it.

Light upon Light!

God guides whom He will to His Light:

God sets forth parables for men, and God knows all things.

(Quran 24:35)