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Harmony Project
The HARMONY PROJECT is a peace initiative of an emerging new paradigm of
conscious inclusion. With a focus on unity through open sharing and
harmonious dialogue our differences hold unlimited potential for uniting
people of all faiths.
"What joins us is greater than what separates us."
"We must learn to live together as brothers and sisters or perish together
as fools."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this time of extraordinary shift and evolution, a team of individuals has
come together to create a presentation of the essential tenets of fourteen
major spiritual traditions. The goal and intention of the Harmony Project is
to provide a learning platform for those who wish to grow stronger in the
practice and demonstration of their own faith while honoring and
appreciating the sacred in other spiritual paths.
Fourteen 21st Century American spiritual traditions are currently profiled
on the Harmony Project Web site:
Bahá'i, Buddhism, Christian (Roman Catholic-Protestant and Quaker),
Confucianism, Hinduism, Islamic, Jewish, Nature and Animism, Native
American/1st Nation, Oneness, Shamanism, Sikhism, Taoism, The Divine
Feminine
Through a mix of historical overviews, personal interviews, art and linked
references, seekers of all ages and backgrounds are afforded the opportunity
to appreciate the diversity, strengths and beauty of each spiritual path.
Throughout history to the present day, religious dogma, fueled by claims of
God's approval, has resulted in terrible bloodshed. It is the most tragic of
human ironies that the highest of spiritual truths have been used to justify
the lowest forms of behavior. Caught up in trying to preserve autonomy and
power, religion has very often been employed as a political vehicle in
misguided attempts to solve what is, in essence, a spiritual problem. As a
result, sacred, elemental truths from many of the world's spiritual
traditions have been distorted or lost, leading to widespread division and
the perpetuation of a mythology of separation. Our prayers for peace further
unite us.
The Harmony Project goes directly to the heart of the fourteen
aforementioned spiritual paths, where the beauty and profundity of the
original message of each is to be found in personal gnosis and the
experiential. Here, the mystery unfolds, revealing all of these paths as
offering the same light, the same compassion and the same principles of
service, thus paving the way for unity through the divine gift of our human
diversity.
Please visit our site:
www.theharmonyproject.org and enjoy all that it has to offer.
About Ann Emerson:
Rev. Ann Emerson is the current director of the Sanctuary of Sophia-a peace,
justice, and healing center in Fairfield County, CT. A spry, witty and
energetic 73 year-old mother of five, and grandmother of ten, Ann has
pursued a lifelong study combining community, family and spiritual paths.
Her family spans four religious traditions: Protestant, Eastern
philosophies, Jewish and Roman Catholic. As an Interfaith Minister, in
addition to her family responsibilities, over the last 23 years Ann has
directed or co-directed five different holistic growth centers and has done
healing work in a variety of environments including psychiatric hospitals
and maximum security prisons.
Contact: Reverend Ann Emerson - The Sanctuary of the Sophia
ann@theharmonyproject.org
203-261-7779 |
