We are incomplete beings, unfinished works of art, thinking man but not yet spiritual man. Not yet having attained to spiritual life through inner realization and the direct perception of the inner truth of our being. What can be achieved when we put our souls into the extraordinary adventure of expanding and transforming human consciousness. So much has been achieved on the purely human level, but to set our spiritual house in order will require a general opening of the heart to take in all of our human brethren. What we need to accomplish crosses all national boundaries, cultural allegiances, racial barriers, religious prejudices and the inanity of inter-national disputes. This requires that we think and act from a significantly higher perspective than simply our individual needs and the affiliated perspectives of a relatively small community of fellow seekers. Fellowship must undergo a general transformation from that limited perspective to a universal regard for the whole of mankind. We are one in our deepest consciousness, one mind in the universe, and we all have our fundamental existence in one essential field of being. We should act from that knowledge, but first we must have the experience that it is the truth. It is.
About the Author: Louis Rogers was the host and producer of the television interview series Turning Inward, and the founding publisher and executive editor of Inner Paths Magazine, both in New York. He was also the founding publisher and executive editor of Pir Publications and Sufi Review located in Westport, Connecticut and New York City. Professor Rogers began his career as an instructor at Hunter College in New York, then turned his attention towards publishing spiritual teachings. He has written numerous books, articles, editorials, book and magazine introductions and prefaces. His short story, The Zhikr of the Heart, first appeared in the London-based magazine, Sufi Journal. In 2001, he returned to university teaching as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Languages, Literature and Media Studies at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield and Stamford Connecticut, and later as an Affiliate Professor at Fairfield University, also in Fairfield, Connecticut. His previous books include: Ladder to the Sky, an adventure novel set against a modern and mythological background of Taoist energy teachings and legends. Coming Alive: Accessing the Healing Energies of the Universe. Mirror of the Unseen: The Complete Discourses of Jalal al-Din Rumi. The Fire of Love: The Love Story of Layla and Majnun. Call and Response: The Wisdom of Rumi. The Age of Spirit, Tales of Immortality, What Do You Expect God To Be?, Where Do We Go From Here?, Bridging The Gap, Who Do You Think You Are?, Kissing The Spider?, and most recently, That Which You Wish To Be, What Next May Come and The Face In The Mirror. Rebel in the Mind is his seventeenth book.