There are many similarities between the mantras “Tao” and “Allah”. The root definitions of both describe God “without beginning and without end”. An Eternal Field. By meditating with them, we explore how these definitions of God resonate with The Lunar, or The Inner Moon, of ourselves. We can even recognize the moon in the symbol of Islam itself.
Although most prominent in Islam and Taoism, there also exist other descriptions of God as an Eternal Field outside of these two world faiths. With Taoism and Islam, we can unravel many deep mysteries of these mantras. For instance, “Allah” is a phonetic palindrome that resonates with its root meaning. Because “Allah” encompasses “The First” and “The Last”, we can see that this material world is “The Middle”. With “Tao”, it is also described as being “The Mother of The 10,000 things”. Describing God as our Universal Mother helps us see that all the virtues that a human mother aspires to be for her children… God is for us; That is … compassionate, generous, nurturing, Law-creating, etc…
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Xavier moved to Europe , in 1988. He speaks three languages (English, Dutch, and French), and has a bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory science. He has worked for years as a Biochemist, Toxicologist and Lab Technician in America, France and Belgium. He has also had an active interest in spirituality for three decades. Having traveled to various ashrams, pilgrimage sites, and meditation centers in India, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and New York City, he came across spiritual techniques used in Catholicism in Italy, Hinduism in India, Orthodox Catholicism in Montenegro, Taoism in China, and Islam in Turkey. On his journeys, he met privately with several spiritual guides and masters. All of them were open to questions about spirituality and why certain techniques were done. Many of his questions were about techniques surrounding affirmations, meditation, and prayer. The books Xavier writes condense six of these techniques into a series of unique books -- “The Six Steps of Scientific Prayer.”
