RELIGION AND SPIRIT ARE NOT THE SAME
RELIGION IS A STRUCTURE.
SPIRIT IS AN EXPERIENCE.
RELIGION ORGANIZES MEANING THROUGH SYMBOL, STORY, AND INSTITUTION.
SPIRIT IS THE DIRECT ENCOUNTER WITH AWARENESS, CONSCIENCE, AND INNER KNOWING.
CONFUSION BEGINS WHEN RELIGION CLAIMS OWNERSHIP OF SPIRIT,
OR WHEN SPIRIT REJECTS ALL STRUCTURE WITHOUT DISCERNMENT.
RELIGION WAS BORN TO PRESERVE INSIGHT.
OVER TIME, INSIGHT WAS OFTEN REPLACED BY BELIEF.
SPIRIT NEVER REQUIRED BELIEF.
IT REQUIRED ATTENTION.
TRUE SPIRITUALITY DOES NOT ATTACK RELIGION.
IT TRANSCENDS DEPENDENCE ON IT.
POST 2 — THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT
THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT ARE NOT IDENTICAL.
THE SOUL IS SHAPED BY EXPERIENCE—
MEMORY, EMOTION, IDENTITY, AND GROWTH.
THE SPIRIT IS AWARENESS ITSELF—
THE WITNESS, THE GROUND OF CONSCIENCE, THE STILL CENTER.
THE SOUL EVOLVES.
THE SPIRIT OBSERVES.
RELIGION OFTEN SPEAKS TO THE SOUL THROUGH SALVATION.
GNOSIS SPEAKS TO THE SPIRIT THROUGH AWAKENING.
WHEN THE TWO ARE CONFUSED,
FEAR, GUILT, OR SPIRITUAL INFLATION ARISE.
INTEGRATION OCCURS
WHEN THE SOUL LEARNS TO ALIGN WITH THE SPIRIT.
POST 3 — WHAT GNOSTICISM REALLY MEANS
GNOSIS MEANS DIRECT KNOWING.
GNOSTICISM WAS NEVER A REJECTION OF THE SACRED.
IT WAS A REJECTION OF IGNORANCE MASQUERADING AS FAITH.
THE GNOSTIC DID NOT OPPOSE CHRIST OR GOD.
THEY OPPOSED THE IDEA THAT TRUTH COULD BE INHERITED
WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING.
BELIEF WITHOUT INSIGHT BECAME BONDAGE.
OBEDIENCE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING BECAME EMPTY.
GNOSIS IS NOT ANTI-RELIGION.
IT IS PRE-RELIGIOUS.
POST 4 — THE SONG OF GOD AS SYMBOLIC TRUTH
THE SONG OF GOD SPEAKS IN THE LANGUAGE OF VIBRATION.
THIS SONG IS NOT A SOUND.
IT IS COHERENCE.
WHEN THOUGHT, EMOTION, AND ACTION ALIGN,
LIFE FEELS HARMONIOUS.
WHEN THEY CONFLICT,
LIFE BECOMES DISSONANT.
SUFFERING IS NOT PUNISHMENT.
IT IS MISALIGNMENT HELD TOO LONG.
AWAKENING IS NOT RESCUE.
IT IS REMEMBRANCE OF ALIGNMENT.
POST 5 — ROSICRUCIANISM AND THE INNER SCIENCE
ROSICRUCIANISM IS NOT A BELIEF SYSTEM.
IT IS A METHOD.
IT TEACHES REFINEMENT OVER REJECTION.
INTEGRATION OVER ESCAPE.
RESPONSIBILITY OVER SALVATION.
ALCHEMY IS NOT CHEMISTRY.
IT IS THE REFINEMENT OF PERCEPTION AND EMOTION.
LEAD IS THE UNEXAMINED SELF.
GOLD IS THE INTEGRATED SELF.
NOTHING IS DESTROYED.
EVERYTHING IS REFINED.
POST 6 — THE BEAST AS UNCONSCIOUS PARTICIPATION
THE BEAST IS NOT EVIL.
IT IS MOMENTUM WITHOUT AWARENESS.
IN RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE, IT APPEARS AS SIN.
IN PSYCHOLOGICAL LANGUAGE, AS COMPULSION.
IN SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE, AS UNCONSCIOUS PARTICIPATION.
THE BEAST FEEDS WHEN:
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FEAR REPLACES INQUIRY
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BELIEF REPLACES UNDERSTANDING
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IDENTITY REPLACES AWARENESS
THE BEAST IS NOT FOUGHT.
IT IS OUTGROWN.
POST 7 — WHY RELIGIONS CREATED SAVIORS
RELIGIONS CREATE SAVIORS
BECAUSE HUMANITY FEARS RESPONSIBILITY.
A SAVIOR ABSORBS GUILT AND DOUBT.
AN INNER PATH DEMANDS OWNERSHIP.
INNER TRADITIONS NEVER DENIED TEACHERS.
THEY DENIED SUBSTITUTES FOR AWAKENING.
NO ONE CAN AWAKEN FOR YOU.
NO ONE CAN INTEGRATE YOUR SOUL.
THIS IS NOT HARSH.
IT IS FREEING.
POST 8 — THE CROSS AND THE ROSE
THE CROSS IS EXPERIENCE IN TIME.
THE ROSE IS AWARENESS UNFOLDING THROUGH EXPERIENCE.
THE CROSS IS NOT SUFFERING.
IT IS LIFE LIVED CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY.
WHEN EXPERIENCE IS CARRIED WITHOUT AWARENESS,
THE BEAST RULES.
WHEN EXPERIENCE IS CARRIED CONSCIOUSLY,
THE ROSE BLOOMS AT THE CENTER OF THE CROSS.
THIS IS THE GREAT WORK.
POST 9 — SOUL CONTRACTS REINTERPRETED
SOUL CONTRACTS ARE NOT COSMIC AGREEMENTS.
THEY ARE REPEATING PATTERNS.
RELATIONSHIPS, TRIGGERS, AND CYCLES RETURN
UNTIL UNDERSTOOD.
THEY ARE NOT PUNISHMENTS.
THEY ARE UNFINISHED LESSONS.
COMPLETION COMES THROUGH INSIGHT,
NOT ENDURANCE.
POST 10 — WHY SECRECY WAS NEVER ABOUT HIDING
SECRECY WAS NEVER MEANT TO HIDE TRUTH.
IT WAS MEANT TO PROTECT IT FROM DISTORTION.
TRUTH GIVEN TOO EARLY BECOMES FANTASY.
TRUTH DISCOVERED IN READINESS BECOMES WISDOM.
TODAY INFORMATION IS EVERYWHERE.
INTEGRATION IS STILL RARE.
THE INNER SCHOOL WAS NEVER LOCKED.
IT WAS WITHIN.
POST 11 — RELIGION WITHOUT SPIRIT / SPIRIT WITHOUT GROUND
RELIGION WITHOUT SPIRIT BECOMES CONTROL.
SPIRIT WITHOUT GROUNDING BECOMES FANTASY.
INNER TRADITIONS EXIST TO HOLD THE MIDDLE.
THEY DO NOT DESTROY RELIGION.
THEY REFINE IT.
THEY DO NOT REJECT SPIRIT.
THEY STABILIZE IT.
POST 12 — WHEN SEEKING ENDS
AWAKENING IS NOT DRAMATIC.
IT IS WHEN:
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URGENCY DISSOLVES
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IDENTITY SOFTENS
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RESPONSIBILITY STABILIZES
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CURIOSITY REPLACES FEAR
SEEKING ENDS NOT BECAUSE TRUTH IS GONE,
BUT BECAUSE COHERENCE HAS REPLACED HUNGER.
SERIES CLOSING — THE INNER TRADITION CONTINUES
THE SONG NEVER STOPPED.
THE STONE WAS ALWAYS PRESENT.
GNOSIS WAS NEVER FORBIDDEN.
ONLY FORGOTTEN.
RELIGION TRIED TO PRESERVE IT.
PHILOSOPHY TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT.
INNER TRADITIONS TRIED TO STABILIZE IT.
ULTIMATELY, IT MUST BE LIVED.
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We are a branch of Cook Universal Ministry, under other names, Red Bull Illuminati Ministry, White Owl Illuminati, MCC Illuminati Ministry,Baphomet Illuminati by "Minister of Light" Dr. Michael Cook,D.Div. As I said before the Rosicrucian Order is within you not some lodge or outer world physical meeting place besides schools of Rosicrucianism are the outer part not inner secret order where The Secret Chiefs / Spiritual Rosicrucians members work within not outwardly but when your inner world is balanced in equilibrium, your outer world will change as well, if you have any comments, please comment.