Originally posted by Lance
I've read and understood the works by Hameed Ali (pen name A.H. Almaas) or more specifically, the Diamond Heart series.
Before I post anything in this forum about what he discusses, is there anyone who has heard of him?
Oh, yes, I have heard of A. H. Almaas's approach, and like any Sufi Approach, I find it personally inspired with individual insight. I may be a Catholic, but I hold that Sufis, as adherents to Zoroastrianism, the Mother and Father of the Higher Religions, though for the sake of personal survival in the mileau of Islam, the most murderous of intolerant and exclusive Religions, the Sufis have announced publically to be Muslims, we all know that they bring the essence and flavor of Zoroastrianism to the Modern World. Indeed, the Sufis have suffered persecutions again and again from the Muslims whenever their Zoroastrianism has show too brightly, lighting the sombre shades that Islam has grown so accustomed too.
But, yes, the Diamond Heart approach emphasizes the Unique Individuality of each person's Spirituality. It is reminiscent of Swami Vivekananda’s viewpoint, that in a Perfect World there would be One Religion for Each Person. We, however, are indeed social creatures, and “birds of a feather flock together”.
So the inherent paradox of the Diamond Heart method would be that all those people who think they are entirely unique would join together in a common method. Yes, I appreciate that the Institution would be open to a wide span of outlook. I must admit here, for the sake of intellectual honesty, that as a Catholic I once went to an official Catholic Website, and was actually refused right to any comment at all. Whatever mid-level dimwit was appointed to oversee the site, the Archetypal MODERATOR, banned me the first moment he realized that I was not online exclusively for the purpose of kissing his Type-A Authoritarian Ass.
Yes, I join with my Brother in Spirit A. H. Almaas (any friend of Vivekananda is a friend of mine), and would really wish to have the content of any Posts that would better elucidate his Diamond Heart Method (as I was not really able to find out much about it On Line. It seemed they were saving that for paying customers.)
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