ALL religions are singing one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. Sunlight looks a little different on this wall, than it does on that wall, and a lot different on the other one, but it is still one light.” – Rumi “I go into Jewish Synagogue, Christian Church, Hindu Temple, Muslim Mosque and I see one Sacred Alter. – Rumi.

Rumi says, “This whole world is but a house, no more. Whether we go from this room to that room, or from this corner to that corner, still are we not in the same house? But the saints who possess God’s jewel have left this house, they have gone beyond.” Rumi sees humanity as one body and different parts of it as different limbs of one body. In the world of today, individualism is pervasive and central to all nations. The societies have turned egocentric, giving rise to barriers like race, culture, ethnicity and language. Rumi says, “We all are one of the same origin, a united whole. As we all come from one God, we ultimately reflect one Transcendent Reality.”

He says, “God’s message to humanity can be compared with a waterfall, which gushes forth from atop of a mountain and once it comes down, it is divided into several different rivers and streams. All these rivers and streams are from the same source, which is water, but each........

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