Religions Around The World

In the early morning hours, monks can be seen walking on their alms round in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Showing humility and detachment from worldly goods, the monk walks slowly and only stops if he is called. Standing quietly, with his bowl open, the local Buddhists give him rice, or flowers, or an envelope containing money.  In return, the monks bless the local Buddhists and wish them a long and fruitful life.
Christians Celebrate Good Friday
Enacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in St. Mary's Church in Secunderabad, India. Only 2.3% of India's population is Christian. 
Ancient interior mosaic in the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora
The Church of the Holy Saviour in Istanbul, Turkey is a medieval Byzantine Greek Orthodox church.
Dome of the Rock located in the Old City of Jerusalem
The site's great significance for Muslims derives from traditions connecting it to the creation of the world and to the belief that the Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey to heaven started from the rock at the center of the structure.
Holi Festival in Mathura, India
Holi is a Hindu festival that marks the end of winter. Also known as the “festival of colors”,  Holi is primarily observed in South Asia but has spread across the world in celebration of love and the changing of the seasons.
Jewish father and daughter pray at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Israel.
Known in Hebrew as the Western Wall, it is one of the holiest sites in the world. The description, "place of weeping", originated from the Jewish practice of mourning the destruction of the Temple and praying for its rebuilding at the site of the Western Wall.
People praying in Mengjia Longshan Temple in Taipei, Taiwan
The temple is dedicated to both Taoism and Buddhism.
People praying in the Grand Mosque in Ulu Cami
This is the most important mosque in Bursa, Turkey and a landmark of early Ottoman architecture built in 1399.
Savior Transfiguration Cathedral of the Savior Monastery of St. Euthymius
Located in Suzdal, Russia, this is a church rite of sanctification of apples and grapes in honor of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
Fushimi Inari Shrine is located in Kyoto, Japan
It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings. Fushimi Inari is the most important Shinto shrine dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice.
Ladles at the purification fountain in the Hakone Shrine
Located in Hakone, Japan, this shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine.  At the purification fountain, ritual washings are performed by individuals when they visit a shrine. This ritual symbolizes the inner purity necessary for a truly human and spiritual life.
Hanging Gardens of Haifa are garden terraces around the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel
They are one of the most visited tourist attractions in Israel. The Shrine of the Báb is where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh in the Bahá'í Faith, have been buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Bahá'ís.
Pilgrims praying at the Pool of the Nectar of Immortality and Golden Temple
Located in Amritsar, India, the Golden Temple is one of the most revered spiritual sites of Sikhism. It is a place of worship for men and women from all walks of life and all religions to worship God equally. Over 100,000 people visit the shrine daily.
Entrance gateway of Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple Kowloon
Located in Hong Kong, China, the temple is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong. The Taoist temple is famed for the many prayers answered: "What you request is what you get" via a practice called kau cim.
Christian women worship at a church in Bois Neus, Haiti.
Haiti's population is 94.8 percent Christian, primarily Catholic. This makes them one of the most heavily Christian countries in the world.

One Love Christian urges spiritual awakening in Atlanta mayoral race on Pride


Dr. Helmut Lucero Love’s book and campaign unite spiritual and economic vision

ATLANTA, Ga. — On National Pride Day, Republican mayoral candidate Dr. Helmut Lucero Love calls Atlantans to celebrate pride with unity in One Love, a gay spiritual belief he details in the Pride month release of his book, Wake Up to Your Life Magic – Your Roadmap to Riches, Love and Happiness.

A healthcare technology executive whose innovations have generated over $750M in revenue and impacted over 2 billion lives, Love heralds that this moment in time calls for “a spiritual, economic and political awakening to unify Americans and the world in a common belief in Love.”

“As every tribe and tongue is blessed with gay, so it follows that the gay belief in One Love unites all faiths, nations, and races,” says Love. “Pride, the day of gay liberation, is a day of human liberation from sexual shame to embrace a common love that transcends gender, race, orientation, class and ultimately reveals the common thread in all faiths.  Human pride is best rooted in reaching our highest spiritual selves, no matter who we are, to progress our world into the next millennium. ”

Born to a German father raised in Berlin, whose parents resisted the Nazis, and to a Native American, Latin mother descended from Mexican revolutionaries-turned-missionaries who stole-from-the-rich to give-to-the-poor, Love is a Texas born native who has called Atlanta home for 15 years.  Love believes the word is at a prophetic, critical turning point. 

“We must reclaim the spiritual wisdom of all traditions—from the first born sacrifice of Christ to Mohammed to Hindu teacher to Buddha and beyond—to overcome our divisions, and to manifest a better world for our children.  Our future excellence and wealth sharing will only come through the personal fire of transformation, where the ego is humbled, at every level of society.”

Love, a father of three and award-winning podcast host, uses his book, Wake Up to Your Life Magic, as the foundation of both his campaign and business consulting philosophy. He teaches creator-being leadership excellence, essential for resilience in the age of AI, and champions gay spirituality, heroic masculinity, elevated morality, and merit-based wealth sharing.

In his mayoral bid, Love challenges Atlanta’s growing wealth gap stemming from long-standing fraud, waste, and abuse.  With a background leading turnarounds and growth in mega-million corporate divisions at General Electric, IBM Watson and McKesson, Love calls for new economic creativity.

His inititatives include private-public-university partnerships to create technical solutions that both solve the city’s greatest social ills and can be sold abroad, better harnessing Atlanta’s diverse “New Hollywood” influencer power to create more Georgia-based commerce, and revisiting state-wide initiatives in transportation.

Love says, With federal spending cuts and AI threatening the middle class, we need a new kind of innovative mindset to see Atlanta and Georgia through a challenging economic time. In times of financial hardship, we must lead with our brightest and best.”

Love’s Five Pillars for Atlanta:

  • Protect Our Unity – Heal political, racial, and spiritual divides through One-Love values.  See video.
  • Protect Our Economy – Address AI job loss, expand housing, build transportation with city-state alignment, and ensure flawless execution of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 NFL Super Bowl 
  • Protect Our People – Surgically remove waste; scale financial literacy and entrepreneurial investments with merit-based approaches like those Love has innovated at his nonprofit, The Gayly Impact.
  • Protect Our Integrity – Champion ethics reform, blind trusts, and transparency in politics with a unifying commitment first to the white of our American flag – its Purity and lack of corruption, before red or blue.
  • Protect Our Cars (from Potholes!) – Improve infrastructure with innovative partnerships.

“As a loving Republican working across the aisle,” says Love, “I’ll unite Black and White leadership with spiritually awakened wealth to build a modern-day Atlantis—an Atlanta that shows the world the love that MLK dreamt we would demonstrate at such a time as this.”

About Dr. Helmut Lucero Love
Dr. Love holds a biomedical engineering degree from Texas A&M, a MBA from Kellogg Northwestern, and an honorary doctorate from Harvest Christian University. He is founder of The Gayly Dose, voted Atlanta Magazine’s #1 Podcast 2023, The Gayly Impact, a non-profit dedicated to financial and personal development, and DrHelmutLove.com, a consultancy devoted to transforming corporate leadership.

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