The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (the Sikh sacred text) opens up with the Mul Mantra, a prayer that is foundational to the Sikh faith and theology. This prayer describes the nature of God (Waheguru) and is repeated often by practitioners of the Sikh faith. I first found it sometime in 2007 or 2008, in … More Mul Mantra
I don’t remember what grade I was in – middle or high school – the first time I learned about Sikhism. I was sitting at the little laptop computer, and I decided to look up something that I’d seen years before on a Teletubbies episode that had always stuck with me. It turned out that … More Sikhism
Over the years, I have had this recurring question pop up in my head: What would the world look like if every ethnic group had been able to keep its indigenous religion? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what this might look like. It’s interesting to me that there are so many similarities … More What If Every Culture Still Had Its Indigenous Religion?
I’m new to Gnostic literature. This is one of the very few spiritual paths that I never explored. Growing up, I’d heard warnings against Gnosticism but never quite knew what it was. And surprisingly, never looked into it. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago when I saw three nearly back-to-back posts by three people … More The Gospel of Thomas, Saying 2
A Diverse Upbringing I grew up in a very diverse area. I always understood that my peers spoke various languages, ate different types of foods, and came from various places around the world. And although I’ve always been fascinated with spirituality, it wasn’t until middle school that I started talking to peers about their faith. … More A Middle School Conversion Story
The term Omnism was first coined in 1839 by Phillip James Bailey in his epic poem, “Festus.” When people use the term, they are describing a belief in all religions. More specifically, it is the belief that all religions hold a degree of truth – but no one religion has a monopoly on truth. For … More Why Omnism?
At ten years old, after three years of obsessively reading about world religions, I knew I felt a deep pull toward the spiritual but I didn’t have the language or emotional maturity to process it. My fascination with religion and spirituality felt overwhelming at times. There weren’t nearly enough answers for all the questions that … More Whole Brown Soul
