Date: Sunday, June 25, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Led by: Rev. Karen Lindquist
This event is In Person
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Clarifying the Mind through Prayer with Reverend Karen Lindquist
Within this worship service we shall experience and explore how focused prayer encourages mental clarity and precise focus. We will share powerful prayers of several traditions that may enlighten our consciousness, balancing Mind, Heart and Body. We plan to read/recite/sing the Long Healing Prayer, Lawh-i-Anta’l-Kafi, written by Baháʼu’lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith and more…
Thy Name is my healing, O my God,
and remembrance of Thee is my remedy.
Nearness to Thee is my hope,
and love for Thee is my companion.
Thy mercy to me is my healing
and my succor in both this world
and the world to come.
Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful,
the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
This gathering is in-person.
Or you may also watch it live on our YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@interfaithcommunitysanctua9761/streams
Isla Ross and Cherag Michael Douglas with their talent and inspiration will help make this worship service a meaningful experience!
“I pray for the gift of silence, Of emptiness and solitude,
Where everything I touch is turned into prayer:”
~ Andrew Harvey, [Light the Flame: 365 Days of Prayer]
“Slowly, the practice of gratitude will begin to transform your consciousness so you start to detect Divine Presence and Divine Mercy all around you, which in time tremendously lessens your fear and suffering. For, it will make you aware of the maternal protection of God and of how the entire universe and all of life is constantly giving you signs of God’s glory, beauty, and love. Practicing gratitude not only heals you of vanity and pride; it also heals your fear, grief, and insecurity of separation.” ~ Andrew Harvey
Inspirer of my mind,
Consoler of my heart,
Healer of my spirit,
Your Presence lifts me
From Earth unto Heaven!
~ Hazrat Inayat Khan
[excerpt of prayer “Pir”]
“What else is there but to Praise, Adore, Love and Serve?”
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand,
that he may lift you up in due time.” ~ 1 Peter 5:6
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” ~ Psalm 32:8
Our 2023 Spiritual Discernment:
Transforming the Body, Heart, and Mind
JANUARY: Purifying the Body
FEBRUARY: Cleansing the Heart
MARCH: Observing the Mind
APRIL: Refining the Body
MAY: Educating the Heart
JUNE: Clarifying the Mind
JULY: Relaxing the Body
AUGUST: Surrendering the Heart
SEPTEMBER: Dissolving the Mind
OCTOBER: Finding Balance in the Body
NOVEMBER: Harmonizing the Heart
DECEMBER: Recreating the Mind
O’ Holy One
I come before you today in need of your healing hand.
In you all things are possible.
Hold my heart within yours, and renew my mind, body, and soul.
I am lost, but I come to you with grace.
You gave us life, and you also give us the gift of infinite joy.
Give me the strength to move forward on the path you’ve laid out for me.
Guide me towards better health, and give me the wisdom
to identify those you’ve placed around me to help me get better
Reverend Karen Lindquist is co-founder and co-minister of Interfaith Community Sanctuary, a spiritual community grounded in circular leadership principles. She co-creates interfaith services throughout the year at the Sanctuary and with interfaith organizations in the greater Seattle area. For many years she served as a board member on The Interfaith Council of Washington and The Interfaith Network, now known as Northwest Interfaith. Reverend Karen’s regular spiritual practices include deep immersion within the Mevlevi tradition (as a follower of Rumi) with the Mevlevi Order of America and absorption into the mystic tradition of Ecclesia Gnostica through the Hagia Sophia Gnostic Parish.
What is Interspirituality?
“Interspirituality is committed to finding the spirituality both within and beyond religion. What ties us together is a shared desire to connect with the Ground of Being in a way that fully respects our differences. The challenge is to embody what is most true and real for us without seeking to convince or convert others.” ~ Joan Borysenko
Interspirituality comes from the work of Wayne Teasdale, who developed this term to reflect commonalities between religious traditions, specifically those that are spiritual in nature. These commonalities across religious practices do not erase differences in beliefs, rather they build community and sharing across practices, leading to the ultimate goal of more human responsibility to one another and the planet as a whole. At its core, this is an “assimilation of insights, values, and spiritual practices” drawn from many different traditions that can be applied to one’s own life to further personal, spiritual development.
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