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Over thousands of years, different beliefs, priorities, ways of thinking, and religions emerged from various cultures.  Yet differences in religions were never meant to fuel hatred and wars, or breed discord and violence.  While seeming differences exist among the world’s great traditions, their most important principles are, in fact, universal.  They can be found within every one of the great religions.  The differences in religions only make life, love, and God easier for each culture to understand and assimilate.

Sri Ramakrishna

God has made different religions to suit different aspirations, times, and countries.  All doctrines are only so many paths; but a path is by no means God Himself.  Indeed, one can reach God if one follows any of the paths with whole-hearted devotion....

People in ignorance say, 'My religion is the only one, my religion is the best.'  But when a heart is illumined by true knowledge, it knows that above all these wars of sects and sectarians presides the one indivisible, eternal, all-knowing bliss. 

- Sri Ramakrishna, an Indian holy man

What God Really Wants You to Know presents the simple and positive principles of life shared by all the world’s major religions. These truths can bring us together, instead of driving us apart.  They comprise a foundation of knowledge that God has consistently given to us.  By focusing on this set of comprehensive and guiding truths rather than our far-less-important differences, we can transcend the hatred, ignorance, and greed that have caused so much of our past destruction.

Alcee Hastings

Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily. One possible reason for this may be that people do not know enough about other people's beliefs.

- Alcee Hastings, U.S. House of Representatives

What God Really Wants You to Know identifies and extracts from scriptures thirty-three universal principles that are common to all seven major religions – Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. With over 800 quotations from sacred texts, the book reveals the simple philosophy that takes shape from those principles. It's this philosophy that can lead us to a path of wisdom, love, and unity. To travel that path, we need to embrace the true understanding of life's purpose, who we really are, and who and what is God. We also need to understand and apply the essential responsibilities required for living a joyous, peaceful, and loving life. Finally, we can benefit from a simple philosophy that ties our understanding and essential responsibilities together. In What God Really Wants You to Know, the universal principles are organized to facilitate understanding, as well as to illustrate their relationship to the other principles and how they fit into a general philosophy of life. Topics covered include:

We stand at a crucial time in human history.  Our planet continues to experience large-scale suffering, including starvation, disease, terrorism, war, and hatred. Now, in the twenty-first century, we also have the technological ability to destroy life and civilization as we know it. We have reached an important fork in our evolutionary road. Which path will we choose: our divine evolution or much needless suffering? When applied, the wisdom and eternal truth of the concepts outlined in What God Really Wants You to Know will enable you to:

Whether you follow a recognized religion, participate in a less traditional spiritual practice, or pursue the spirit of your own heart, What God Really Wants You to Know is a beautiful collection of spiritual teachings that can empower you to choose the path of peace and live with greater inspiration, strength, and wisdom.

 

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