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  The Overlap Between Feeling and Meaning Emotional intelligence (EQ) and spirituality may seem like separate domains—one psychological, the other transcendent—but they share a common goal: understanding the self and connecting meaningfully with others. Both cultivate awareness, empathy, and peace. Where EQ teaches us to manage emotions wisely, spirituality teaches us to see those emotions as part of a larger human experience. Shared Foundations Self-awareness: Emotional intelligence begins with recognizing what we feel and why. Spirituality deepens that awareness by asking what those feelings reveal about our values and purpose. Empathy and compassion: EQ helps us sense others’ emotions; spirituality invites us to respond with compassion rather than judgment. Mindfulness and presence: Both encourage living in the moment—EQ through emotional regulation, spirituality through practices like meditation or prayer. Transcending ego: Emotional maturity and spiritual growth both requi...

Interfaith dialogue is not a polite exchange of doctrines. It is a moral stance—a decision to meet one another as equals in dignity, curiosity, and hope. It begins with listening, but it ends with responsibility. 🌍 The Meaning of Interfaith To live interfaith is to recognize that truth is too vast for any single tradition to contain. Each faith carries a facet of the divine mystery—an angle of light refracted through culture, language, and history. Mutual understanding does not dilute conviction; it deepens it. When we listen across boundaries, we discover that compassion, justice, and reverence are shared foundations, not competing claims. 🕊 The Commitment Interfaith is not a mood or a conference theme. It is a commitment —a sustained practice of humility and empathy. It asks us to: Listen without agenda. Speak without superiority. Act for the common good. It is the daily discipline of seeing the sacred in the stranger. 📜 The Historical Continuity From Francis of Assisi’s meeting w...

  The award-winning book,  An Afternoon's Dictation  (Greenebaum), is available free from Kindle countdown April 12-17. Book Description:  In 1999 Steven Greenebaum felt he'd hit the wall. Fifty years old, he could not make sense of his life or the world around him. For several months he angrily demanded answers from God, if God were there. One afternoon, an inner voice told him to get a pen and paper and write. Steven then took dictation - three pages, not of commandments but guidance for leading a meaningful life.   An Afternoon's Dictation  grapples with, organizes, and deeply explores the revelations Steven received and then studied for over ten years. His sharing is NOT offered as the only possible way to understand it the dictation. It is offered, rather, as a start. The book's sections include deep explorations into "The Call to Interfaith," "The Call to Love One Another," "The Call to Justice," and "The Call to Community."...