Malkhaz Songulashvili

Let us meet in the field where they are no boundaries.

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“I found out that I could reconciled Muslims and Jews and Yezidis and people of faith or none in my heart to celebrate common humanity.”

— Malkhaz Songulashvili
Speaker
Malkhaz Songulashvili
Country
Georgia
Published
June 2020
Director's Note
Malkhaz Songulashvili demonstrate in a practical way how it is possible to reconcile people of different faith or not, gender identities in his beautiful Peace Cathedral in Tbilissi, Georgia. It was a special moment for me to take part of the Easter Celebration with them and see for myself how this is lived out in such a simple and beautiful way.
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I found out that I could reconciled Muslims and Jews And Yezidis and people of faith or none in my heart to celebrate common humanity. To see in people my brothers and sisters without dualistic understandings that we are on this side they are on another side. We are all together. We belong to each other. So in this church you can hear people preaching from Muslim tradition and Jewish tradition and we had some Hindus preaching from here. Because there is common spirituality which is beyond the traditions, beyond the religious frameworks. And as Djalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî would say that: Let us meet in the field beyond all the boundaries and this is a field where we meet can meet, embrace and learn from each others Religious boundaries do not help and have never helped. And I think we need to meet there. I think we need to nurture our spirits and souls and community from this source which is beyond the boundaries. We need to reconsider our understanding in relations with diversity. If it is possible to reconcile people in my heart it should be possible to reconcile people in real life.
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