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God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
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God of Love is Mirabai Starrs passionate and personal exploration of the interconnected wisdom of the three Abrahamic faiths. She shares an overview of essential teachings, stories of saints and spiritual masters, prophetic calls for peace and justice, and for the first time in print, deeply engaging narratives from her own spiritual experiences. She guides readers to recognize the teachings and practices that unify rather then divide the three religions, and sheds light on the interspiritual perspective, which celebrates the Divine in all paths. It is Mirabais hope that this book will serve as a reminder that a dedication to lovingkindness is the highest expression of faith for all three religions.

EARLY REVIEWS FOR God of Love
Mirabai Starr takes us out dancing with the One. God of Love is a confluence of the currents of Judaism, Islam and Christianity all emptying into the great ocean of Love.
Ram Dass, Author Be Here Now
In a time of division between people, this book which is a masterful blend of research, storytelling, poetry, and memoir is like a sacred magnet, pulling on the spiritual heart of all seekers.
Elizabeth Lesser, Cofounder, Omega Institute; Author, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
Mirabai Starr writes of the divine from a luminous gene inherited by only a few. We hear The True Song in each word she attributes to the holy. It is more than just her song; it is the Melody of the Spheres translated by an astute musician. We are always touched by the genuine in her call to the reader to love and love well, to see with the sacred eye of beauty.
-Ondrea & Stephen Levine, Authors Embracing the Beloved
Mirabais book has brought me great consolation.
-Daniel Berrigan, S. J. activist-priest; Author, No Gods but One
This book brilliantly reminds us that in the heart of the Abrahamic traditions there burns a singular divine flame.
-Rev. Robert V. Thompson, Author A Voluptuous God
A wonderful and perfect book. Highly recommended.
-Rabbi David A. Cooper, Author God Is a Verb
[God of Love] will expand your vision and inspire your search; I recommend it with great joy. -Andrew Harvey, Author The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism
At home in the three great Abrahamic traditions, Mirabai Starr takes us on a deeply personal journey Toward the One, exploring aspects of the God of Love as seen through the eyes of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mystics. This is a book which will delight the seeker of sacred connections between these traditions and those who look forward to a day when Jerusalem, the city shared by all these faiths, will be a house of prayer for all people.
-Reb Netanel Miles-Yepez, Co-Author A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters

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GRATITUDE

I AM GRATEFUL to a vast tribe of beings who made this book come true, especially those teachers who illumined a path of interspiritual love for me to follow home to the heart: Neem Karoli Baba, Murshid Samuel Lewis, Hazrat Inayat Khan and Pir Valayat Inayat Khan, Reb Zalman Schacter-Shalomi, and Father Thomas Keating. Thank you, Ram Dass, my lifelong teacher and elder guru-brother, whose voice is so integrated with my own that I cannot even tell the difference: you brought me to this feast. I am also grateful to all my UNM-Taos students over the past two decades who enthusiastically embrace the oneness at the heart of all the worlds religious traditions.

Special thanks to my family who has always supported my obsession with all things spiritual, especially my sister, Amy Starr, my ongoing source of fun when it all gets a little too serious. Thanks to my soul-sister, Jenny Bird, for reading every word I write and blessing it. Thank you to my husband, Ganga Das (Jeff Little), who lives these teachings and doesnt have to talk about it. Healso listened to every chapter during those magical hours when we sat on our porch with a glass of wine at sunset.

Thank you to my mentors, Charlene McDermott and Asha Greer. Thank you to two women who have been the shining Shams to my inner Rumi: Gabrielle Herbertson and Azima Melita Kolin. Thank you, Elaine Sutton, for naming this book. Tender gratitude to my spiritual siblings, Father Bill McNichols, Tessa Bielecki, and Father Dave Denny. Thanks to Marie Rubie for modeling the pure heart of a child of God. Thanks to Tania Casselle and Sara Morgan for assistance with research and ongoing encouragement. I honor the living prophets I have met who have dedicated the whole of their lives to bearing witness to the God of Love through courageous acts of social justice: Father John Dear, Father Daniel Berrigan, Elizabeth McAlister, Susan Crane, Rose Marie Berger, and Robert Ellsberg. Thank you, Tim Farrington, for teaching me how to sit in the fire and allow it to do its transformational work. Thank you, Bob Thompson, for your wisdom, humor, and unconditional support. Thanks to Andrew Harvey who encouraged me to unleash my wild heart. Thank you, Krishna Das, for pressing the names of God into so many hearts. I am grateful to those who have given themselves to the task of communicating divine oneness through gatherings and film: Will Keepin and Cynthia Brix, and Kell Kearns and Cynthia Lukas.

To all who read early versions of the manuscript and provided invaluable feedback, my deep gratitude: Jonathan Sobol, Latifa Weinman, Hamza Weinman, AndyGold, Rameshwar Das, Rabbi David Stein, Jean Jacques Danon, and Netanel Miles-Yepes.

Finally, my profound gratitude to my Monkfish publisher, Paul Cohen, who encouraged me to dispense with objectivity and write from the heart. His faith in me made this process a truly ecstatic journey. And to Toinette Lippe, who came out of retirement to edit this book: I am grateful. It has been an honor to work so closely with someone who changed the face of publishing in America and introduced us to a cast of teachers and teachings whose contribution to the compendium of contemporary spiritual literature is inestimable. Toinettes brilliant insights, high standards, and exquisite tenderness guided me. I do not know how to begin to repay all that you have given me, so I bow to you here, with love.

Also by the author:

Dark Night of the Soul

The Interior Castle

Teresa of Avila: The Book of My Life

Devotions, Prayers & Living Wisdom
(Sounds True Saints Series)

Mother of God, Similar to Fire
(with William Hart McNichols)

AFTERWORD

Walking the Interspiritual Path

A LITTLE MORE than a hundred years ago, Swami Vivekanandabeloved disciple of the God-intoxicated Indian saint Sri Ramakrishnacame to the West and dazzled the first Worlds Parliament of Religions in Chicago with his vision of the essential interconnectedness of all spiritual paths. The event marked the birth of a global dialog of faiths, a conversation that continues even today. The interfaith movement has been characterized by the sincere effort on the part of religious believers from all the worlds major faith traditions to build tolerance, trust, and mutual understanding. In light of the historical atrocities committed by powerful institutions in the name of God, such dialog has been both liberating and healing.

Now, at the dawn of a new century, its time to go deeper. Its not enough to seek an intellectual orientation toward other traditions. We need to plunge into their mystic heart and let them transform us.

This is exactly what Ramakrishna was up to. He did not politely approach Christianity and agree to tolerateit. He enfolded Christ into his own blazing heart and met him there, in the fire of love. He kept a picture of the child Jesus and Mother Mary on his altaralong with Kali, Krishna, Tara, and the Buddhaand offered incense to them every morning. He repeated the name of Allah throughout the day with profound devotion and experienced a vision in which the Prophet Muhammad merged into his own body. He adored the Divine Mother in every form; it was through her that he experienced all differences reconciled. Ramakrishna actively practiced diverse faith traditions, and their particular objects of devotion regularly brought him to tears of ecstasy.

Immersion in the well of any single spiritual tradition seems to dissolve the forms that limit the Divine. Repetition of any of the Holy Names carries us to a place that transcends all naming, where we rest in the One Reality. Ramakrishna says that it is not necessary to renounce the formalities of religion. When you place your devotion at the feet of whatever spiritual ideal is most natural to you, formalities of every kind will simply disappear from your being.

Id like to offer a few suggestions for activating your interspiritual quest.

Choose at least one religious tradition different from your own and participate in a service. If you are a Jew, consider taking communion at a Christian church that permits you to receive the Eucharist, and taste the Unknowable on your tongue. If you are a Buddhist, attend a Torah study group and engage in deep inquiry. If you are an agnostic,join in the Dances of Universal Peace and let your heart fly open. Dont be just an observer. Participate. Suspend your disbelief and show up as fully as you can.

Make an extra effort to explore the beauty of Islam. During a time when the political dialog and media messages have demonized Islam and labeled all Muslims as Arabs and all Arabs as terrorists, it is especially important to vanquish the cartoon images we may have in our minds about our Muslim brothers and sisters. Recall that for seven centuries, during the Convivencia in Spain, Jews, Christians, and Muslims not only lived side by side in an atmosphere of religious tolerance, but they also actively collaborated on some of the most important works of art, architecture, literature, mathematics, science, and mystical teachings in the history of Western culture. This all happened under Muslim rule. The commitment to welcoming people of all faiths is still a beacon that shines from the heart of Islam.

Its natural to feel shy when you enter the sacred spaces of other religions. But you may be surprised by how delighted people are that you would show interest in and respect for what is dear to them. Dont be afraid that they are going to try to convert you if you step into their midst. Disarm your heart and let yourself feel the love your hosts have for their Beloved. You may never return to that particular church or synagogue, mosque or zendo. You dont need to. But when we say yes to the God of Love in an unfamiliar, and potentially uncomfortableform, locks fly off the doors of the heart, making more room for the Mystery to dwell there.

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