The Path of Loving Kindness and Service to Humanity
This concentration awakens in us the understanding that "our neighbor is our self".
As expressed by Hazrat Inayat Khan:
The great teachers gave to the world that simple philosophy which even a child knows: to love one another, to be kind, to be sincere and to serve one another
The teaching and practices of Kinship revolve around the cultivation of 5 core values, each building and depending upon the others:
- Respect for all
- Cultivation of Sympathy that evolves into Empathy for others
- Understanding and Friendship toward all
- Tolerance and Forgiveness as a way of life
- Developing a sense of Unity, which is our interconnection with and our dependence upon all life on Earth
The Kinship Concentration offers the following activities:
- Service Circle Ceremony – for the benefit, service, and blessing of humanity
- The Kinship Pledge
- Informed use of the Iron, Copper, Silver, and Golden Rules of Hazrat Inayat Khan for personal transformation
- Sharing in Service Projects
- World Meditations - a set of meditations done for the world as a whole
- Personal Development that offers training and resources to: Promote awareness and understanding of our diverse gifts; help us to better understand our underlying assumptions and motivations; Explore ways to leverage differences to positively impact others in their homes, workplaces, and communities