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Newsletter Nr. 789
Amsterdam, August 3rd, 2019



THE GREAT ATTRACTOR IN THE GREAT DEBATE - JOE CORBETT

Spiritual accounts of meaning and purpose, on the other hand, say in various forms that life is heading somewhere, to an ultimate end-point, or Omega point, that will fulfill the meaning and purposive of everything that has come before. Whether that is by redemption, or enlightenment, or ultimate release from physical form and suffering, the spiritual view of life seems to include a happy ending (no pun intended) for life as a whole. Whatever form it takes, spiritual meaning and purpose seems to entail a return to the Source, a reunion with the (oceanic, heavenly) Oneness from which we, and all of creation, emerged like a newborn from the Mother's womb.

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A BEACON OF PEACE - A personal remembrance of Acharya Sushil Kumar - DAVID LANE

I first learned of Acharya Sushil Kumar, the renowned Jain monk and teacher, when I was twenty-one years old.[1] It was back in the Fall of 1977 and I was doing research work at the UCLA library. I had secured a relatively rare copy of World Religious Conference, Delhi, 1957 which detailed the pioneering work of Acharya Sushil Kumar and other distinguished spiritual masters, including Kirpal Singh, the founder of Ruhani Satsang, to bring various religious factions together and emphasize their common goals. Near the end of the proceedings, Sushil Kumar (who during those days was known with the honorific Muni) was unanimously elected as the chief convener and asked (along with Sant Tukdoji Maharaj) to develop the fellowship of goodwill worldwide.

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