About Us
True fellowship among men must be based upon a concern that is universal. It is not the private interests of the individual that create lasting fellowship among men, but rather the goals of humanity. That is why it is said that fellowship with men in the open succeeds. If unity of this kind prevails, even difficult and dangerous tasks, such as crossing the great water, can be accomplished.
On the mountain, a tree:
The image of DEVELOPMENT
Thus the superior man abides in dignity and virtue
In order to improve the mores.
I Ching; 1,000 – 700 BC
Wilhelm/Baynes; pps. 56-57, 204-205
Your Spiritual Home
People ask about joining our group. They are looking for their spiritual home.
Traditionally people found their spiritual home by joining a group that shared their beliefs. However, that approach is now dividing societies and separating people from one another. But we humans are social by nature. We want to get together with others. So then, how do you find your spiritual home while avoiding the need for shared beliefs? You find your spiritual home by dividing your search into two parts:
First, you accept that being spiritual is about what you do in life, not about joining the RIGHT group of people who share your beliefs. You accept that being spiritual is about how you treat every person in your day, especially your life partner. You accept that being spiritual is about making tomorrow better than today for everyone on this planet. When you recognize and accept those truths, then your spiritual home becomes simply everyone and everything.
Second, get together with others and sing. Sing out your gratitude for this astonishing miracle of being alive. Sing to your creator; do not sing to middlemen. (For songs we like to sing, visit our Celebrate Life page.) And when you are done singing, share some words of inspiration and support in secular language that includes everyone. And if you want to socialize more, bring some food and share it with others afterward.
Finally, be watchful for these pitfalls of such groups:
- Do not allow any personal promotions, especially of beliefs or worldviews.
- Avoid organizing formally, the need for money, and building buildings.
- Make decisions that affect the group democratically.
- Discourage those who NEED to be seen as the group’s leader.
- Accept that people experience the world differently and do not be a scold, or irritating to others. If you have a problem, quietly leave the group and join or start another one.
InnerPeaceFellowship.org
Serving 7,279,000 People
In 236 Countries and Jurisdictions
InnerPeaceFellowship.org is the web site of an informal fellowship of volunteers, and most of us have been practicing nondirective mantra meditation now for over 40 years. Our purpose is to help increase inner peace, to educate about non-divisive beliefs, and to build fellowship based on the universal concerns of all humanity. To those ends we operate web sites that are used by over a million new people each year in 236 countries and jurisdictions.
Many of us grew up in the traditional western churches of our families and left those churches in search of other ways of gaining inner peace. In the decades that followed we studied eastern religions, listened to holy men and women, lived with saints, and spent considerable time alone in high, remote mountains.
We met in the 1970s when we came together to form a community of several thousand to explore inner peace. Some of us had careers and raised families while meditating two to four hours every day. Others went into reclusion and continue to meditate about 6 hours every day. We are friends and neighbors who have been sharing one another’s successes and mistakes for a lifetime. Our community continues to experiment, to learn and to thrive.
If you are living the approaches on this site, then you already belong to our fellowship.
