Prayers and sacred readings - About

Cinnaminta brings together the global network of people who would like their prayers or sacred texts to be read out aloud in a special place and the people in those special places who can read prayers and sacred texts for others.

Cinnaminta provides you with the opportunity to share in the spirituality of a far away place which is of great significance to your religious or cultural beliefs. Our experience is that both the requester and the reader obtain great spiritual satisfaction from this type of event.

By taking part in the Cinnaminta reading out aloud service you will become an active part of a global expression of your faith and discover the joy of being an active member of a world wide expression of faith through reading out aloud. You will be able to reach out, share, and develop your faith through contact with other cultures around the world. You will be able to cross closed borders and cultural divides as a virtual traveller with minimal environmental impact.

The Cinnaminta reading out aloud services are provided by the members for the members. When a few of your prayers or sacred texts have been read out and you have seen the recordings, think how meaningful it would be for somebody else if you could provide a reading for them in one of the special places that you can get to.

We expect that people will find all sort of ways to use the Cinnaminta services, such as group readings, chanting, singing, translations and others that we have not thought of. The spirit of Cinnaminta is to help break barriers and develop understanding and tolerance through connection and sharing with others. Can you offer to read out aloud the sacred writing of a religion or belief system which is not your own? This can be an enlightening experience and can enable you to discover, through first hand experience, the common truths which are at the core of the major belief systems and so often expressed in wonderfully rich and powerful language which is a joy to read out aloud.

The Cinnaminta team are looking forwards to seeing how Cinnaminta will help to connect faith systems and break down the polarisation which seems to be creeping across the world. We hope that the experience will enrich your life but we have to admit that we don't know quite where it will lead. The possibilities appear endless - how will you "leave no footprints, only vibrations"? Discover how you can use Cinnaminta to achieve this.

We would welcome any suggestions for ways in which we can improve the service to support your ideas for co-operative communication through shared reading of prayers and sacred texts for others.