Wholistic Healing
Self Healing Expressions
www.selfhealingexpressions.com
Find the online meditation courses “A Healing Journey with the Aramaic Lord’s Prayer” and “Breathing with the Divine Breath: Deep Inner Healing the Beatitude Way” at this site. Contains a variety of online courses related to various types of spirituality and healing.
Psychosynthesis
www.aap-psychosynthesis.org
Psychosynthesis is a comprehensive approach to psychological health and well being. Valuing an inclusive framework of principles and techniques, Psychosynthesis offers an integration of psychological and spiritual models. It is based on the realization of positive and natural evolutionary movement of humanity. This holistic perspective on human development addresses the whole range of human experience, at prepersonal, personal and transpersonal levels. Psychosynthesis is widely applicable in the field of human services and is a powerful tool for psychological healing and personal transformation. Psychosynthesis was formulated by Roberto Assagioli, an Italian psychiatrist, in the early part of the twentieth century.
Abwoon Study Circle
www.abwoon.com
Abwoon is an Aramaic word that means the power of the Universe to give birth to new life every instant. This is the site for comprehensive information about the translation and spiritual practice work of Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D. “Toward Peace through the Wisdom of the Native Middle Eastern Traditions”
Peacemaking
Dances of Universal Peace
www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org
The Dances of Universal Peace are simple, meditative, joyous, multi-cultural circle dances that use sacred phrases, chants, music, and movements from the many traditions of the earth to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. Based on the work begun in the late 60’s by Samuel L. Lewis, they promote peace and integration within individuals and groups worldwide. There are no performers nor audience – new arrivals and old hands form the circle together. “Come, come whoever you are. Come, come again.”
See also The Dances of Universal Peace site for North America: www.dancesofuniversalpeacena.org/.
Central Ohioans for Peace
https://sites.google.com/site/centralohioansforpeace/
Interfaith and Interspiritual
Interfaith Association of Central Ohio
Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning
eial.org
EIAL offers education and sponsorship for learning opportunities in applied spirituality, that is, the application of spiritual practice and experience to everyday life: peace studies, ecology and psychology. We distinguish “spirituality,” which has to do with human experiences, from “religion,” which has to do with organizational belief and structure.
EIAL is a major organizer of the annual interfaith program the Edinburgh Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace. Shalem Center proudly participates as one of many small cosponsors of this important international program.
Sufi Ruhaniat International
www.ruhaniat.org
The Sufi Ruhaniat International is the Sufi Order founded by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis shortly before his death in 1971. The Ruhaniat is composed of sincere mureeds (formally initiated students) who walk the Path of Initiation and Discipleship, seeking the truth of the Inner Life through personal practice and direct experience-just as the disciples of Christ, Buddha, the Divine Mother, Mohammed, and other Illuminated Souls, known and unknown, have done through the ages.
Many contemporary tools are at our disposal to help us in our personal and spiritual growth. At the same time, we represent a tradition which has its roots in prehistory. The sacred practices and teachings which have come down to us from diverse climes and cultures in an unbroken line, have been carefully cultivated and prepared for us by innumerable spiritual forebears.
One of the objects of the Sufi path is “To realize and spread the knowledge of Unity, the religion of Love, and Wisdom, so that the biases and prejudices of faiths and beliefs may, of themselves, fall away, the human heart overflow with love, and all hatred caused by distinctions and differences be rooted out.”
Shalom Center
www.theshalomcenter.org
The Shalom Center, founded by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, brings Jewish and other spiritual thought and practice to bear on seeking peace, pursuing justice, healing the earth, and celebrating community.
Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality
www.shemcenter.org
SHEM Center for Interfaith Spirituality is a place where the sojourners of all spiritual paths and faith traditions, as well as the spiritually homeless are welcomed.
SHEM Center provides a sacred space where the prayer, meditation, rituals and wisdom of the peoples of the world can be experienced and reflected upon. SHEM Center honors and embraces the truth as it appears in the teachings of all faith traditions.
Hope House
www.Hope-Space.com
Hope House is a space that is open to all seekers for any of the following that may be of interest: Eucharistic worship, sitting meditation, discussion, spiritual direction, reiki/healing prayer, retreat, and Dances of Universal Peace.