The word “church” derives from the Greek kyrios,
“lord.”
In popular usage, a church is “the Lord’s
house.”
The term “Lord,” as used here, refers not to any
anthropomorphic “God,” or to any hierarchical power; rather it is an esoteric
cipher for the consciousness of transcendent unity that lies hidden, like the memories of
our dreams, just beyond the reach of our rational minds.
It is our thesis, based not on belief but on empirically
verifiable research, that this gestalt consciousness of all being is very real and very
powerful, and that contact, communion, and union with it is potentially possible for every
woman and every man on Earth.
The consciousness of transcendent unity is repressed, separated
off from the normal waking state, in the average member of early-21st-century
Earth society.
This oceanic communion seeps subtly into our awareness through
our dreams, myths, and emotions.
It is the source of aesthetic inspiration, creative imagination,
passion, and the sense of humor.
It is the mysterious magnetic energy that, at a touch, transforms
our dim, somnolent lives into vibrant clarity, splendor, and ecstasy.
It is the light reflecting from the eyes of a new-born babe and
of an aroused lover.
Universal gestalt consciousness is the Holy Grail that we all, knowingly or
not, spend all our lives seeking, or mourning the lack of.
According to the spiritual tradition that our proposed Church will acknowledge, this
higher level of consciousness can be accessed and integrated into our daily lives, through
techniques and technologies that have been discovered and refined in
“underground” laboratories since the time of Pythagoras.
Indeed, the secret science of consciousness
transformation predates civilization, and has roots in Neolithic shamanism.
Over the centuries its lore has been preserved and passed down
the generations, guarded by strict vows of secrecy and transmitted only to select
initiates.
This policy of secrecy was necessary for two reasons:
— firstly,
because of repression by social forces motivated solely by the pursuit of power and
wealth, who have a vested interest in maintaining public ignorance and superstition;
— and
secondly, because the tools of Illumination can be dangerous in the hands of those who are
unprepared.
We are moving now, however, into an æon
in which that which was formerly hidden must be revealed to all.
Our spiritually somnolent society must be awakened so that the
human race will be able to cope with the crises that lie ahead in the new millennium.
It is
“make it or break it” time, and Spaceship Earth will need all hands on deck when
we pass through the Straits of Aquarius.
Integration of higher consciousness with the normal waking self is the true goal of all
valid religious practice, whatever the symbols used to embody the idea.
Its attainment triggers a personal transformation or
“rebirth,” an Initiation; it is the only true “salvation.”
If a sufficient number of individuals develop this integration,
the infusion of new creative energy into human society will trigger a worldwide
revolutionary transformation, an evolutionary leap into the future.
This will constitute the onset of puberty for Homo sapiens.
It is to this personal and social transformation —
Revelation and Revolution — that our new Church will be dedicated.
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