DAY 2
Day 2: Awakening the Heart: Reclaiming Sacred Space
February 2 @ 8:00 AM PST
Faith Traditions: Islam & Hinduism
Presenters: Jamal Rahman & Arun Wakhlu (Swami Amano Gaurav)
Host: Steve Kramer
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In a world increasingly shaped by speed, noise, and fragmentation, this 60-minute experiential gathering invites us to return to what is most essential, intimate, and shared—the awakened heart.
Drawing on the lived wisdom, teachings, and writings of Imam Jamal Rahman and Arun Wakhlu (Swami Amano Gaurav), this session reaches beyond belief systems and doctrinal boundaries to the direct experience of peace, presence, and common humanity. Here, sacred space is not something we enter from the outside—it is something we remember from within.
Through music that dissolves boundaries, stories that gently soften the mind, laughter that restores innocence, and moments of deep, attentive silence, participants are guided toward a felt sense of unity and belonging. This is not a lecture about peace, but an invitation to taste peace directly—to experience the stillness, joy, and compassion that arise when the heart is allowed to lead.
Rooted in the shared understanding within Islam and Hinduism that the heart is the meeting place of the Divine and the human, this session offers a living reminder that sacred space has never been lost—only overlooked. Participants are invited to leave behind striving and concepts, and instead depart with something quieter yet more enduring:
a remembered wholeness,
a softened and awakened heart,
and the knowing that peace is our nature, and sacred space is already here—now.
