What is IDEAS

An acronym for an "Institute for the Development of Effective Applications of Spirituality", IDEAS is a virtual group of pluralists, interfaith believers and progressive religious leaders.

We believe strongly in a "spiritual democracy" and are saddeded by the amount of friction and war caused "in the name of" religion.

A couple of quotes to set some context:

• Religion is a great force — the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get at a man through his own religion and not through yours. - George Bernard Shaw
• So many gods, so many creeds — So many paths that wind and wind While just the art of being kind Is all the sad world needs.
• You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being. - Albert Einstein
• God uses Atheism as a stone to break the encrustations of religion - Sri Aurobindo.
• Such religion as there can be in modern life, every individual will have to salvage from the churches for himself.
• Human things must be known to be loved; but Divine things must be loved to be known. - Blaise Pascal

Do let us know your thoughts and we will be happy to begin a discussion with you.

• As a youth, do you feel uncomfortable with the beliefs of your parents? Are you seeking questions and will a deeper understanding of the metaphysics or spiritual laws of the universe help?
• Are you put off by dogma and superstition, and has your "scientific" study made you question how a Cosmic / Divine can exist if science hasnt proved it?

We invite you to read / know more about:

• Explore the Gap — link
• Code Name God — link
• Jay Lakhani's Legacy — link
• What lies ahead — link
• Essays on the Bhagavad Gita — link - the metaphysical colloquy that will yet liberate humankind.