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~ Then, I was not looking for it. The feeling came as a sweet surprise - the magnanimity of nature reduced me to my true essence - I wanted to worship the Creator. This desire was as natural and instinctive to me as my breathing. ~ Wilson's Promontory 2006

"Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things? " [Al-Quran 41:53]

Excerpts from The Seeker and The Way by John Herlihy

'This simple aim would have posed no special problem to people of earlier centuries who were more accustomed to religious sentiment and more attuned to the spiritual life of their time. In today’s highly charged world however, reason and intelligence are no longer partners with inner feeling and sacred intuition. Spiritual experience has taken on a questionable nature in the minds of many innocent people who would otherwise express the natural instincts of their faith in God if it weren’t for the overwhelmingly secular and worldly atmosphere that now pervades every aspect of modern life.'

'The sacred sanctuary of nature, whose inner messages reach from the depths of the human soul to the outer limits of the horizon, contains within its physical magnitude not only the expression of a brutal power, but also a balance and harmony that is intended to reveal to humanity through its symbols and signs; a knowledge that man cannot live effectively without.'

'In addition, Nature, that once reflected the primordial paradise, has been ravaged by mankind to the extend that it now reflects an imbalance that exists within the collective soul of humanity.'

'To gaze upon virgin nature is to feel the power and sanctity of its majestic presence. To see beyond the literal forms is to sense with an intuition of heart the presence of God veiled behind the sacred formalism of the signs (ayat) of nature.'

'Virgin nature, the virtues and the heart all bear witness to the truth because they all transmit the message of eternal beauty, goodness and innocence through the power of interiorization of the soul. In consequence, virgin nature imprints a profound impression on the soul of man, the efficacy of the virtues make possible a harmonious inner balance in man's life, while the human heart awakens the sacred sentiments that lead man to God.'

'Prayer is the most immediate, heart felt response in the encounter of man and God.'

"Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah: for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction." [Al-Quran 13:28]

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