Unified Path of Light

Practices and Rituals

The spiritual practices of the Unified Path of Light. They embrace diversity and personal freedom: followers draw on gratitude, prayer, meditation, and sacred texts from many traditions.

In this section

  1. The Integration of Positive Thinking, Gratefulness, and Mindful ActionHow positive thinking, gratefulness and mindful action work together as one practice, drawing on Seicho-No-Ie, hoʻoponopono and other traditions.
  2. Gratitude Affirmations and Contemplative PracticesGratitude as a daily spiritual discipline, practised through affirmations and reflection, with four affirmations to begin from.
  3. Adopting Prayers from Various TraditionsUPL prays the prayers of many traditions as attunement to the divine light, with three examples: the Lord's Prayer, an Upanishad's prayer and al-Fatiha.
  4. Incorporating Various Forms of MeditationThree forms of meditation UPL draws on: Buddhist mindfulness and loving-kindness, the Shinsokan of Seicho-No-Ie, and Hawaiian hoʻoponopono.
  5. Engaging with Holy TextsUPL reads the holy texts of every tradition as symbol and teaching, not as literal truth: a text is a means and not an end.
  6. An Open PracticeUPL's practice is adaptive and inclusive: members are free to draw on elements of any tradition that accord with its core values.