Basics

• Pure Spirit: All is Pure Spirit; therefore, we are Spirit in expression.

• Theosis: the unfolding of the reality of who and what we are: the various paths to unfoldment.

• Radical Reliance: habituation to conscious oneness with the One All: the convergence point.

• Henosis: the unfolded reality of what we are as one with the One All: transcending all paths and conditions into the Absolute.

Mission

Our goal is personal and global spiritual growth tied into the ultimate goal of the complete unfoldment of humanity and the cosmos to its fullest capacity.

Interests - Ministries

Rev. Lawrence C. Terry, D.Min. Ph.D.: 

• New Thought Metaphysics (Divine Science, Science of Mind)

• Eastern Orthodoxy (Mystical theology)

• Eastern Spirituality (Yoga, Buddhism)

• Pastoral ministry / spiritual direction / practitioner work

• Training / mentoring for ordination

Our Focus

Theosis - Transformation - Metamorphosis - Henosis

Topic Quick Links

[Theosis - Henosis - Metamorphosis]

[Science of Mind]

[Divine Science]

[Spiritual Science]

[Eastern Orthodox Mysticism]

[Yoga]

Mission Statement

Our path is one of radical transformation toward fully manifesting and expressing the fullness of our potential as truly integrated spiritual, mental and physical beings. This path is rooted in the perennial wisdom, enlightened by science and psychology, oriented toward cosmic and human deification, purposefully progressing toward conscious Oneness with Infinity.

By “path” we mean the determined and consistent development that is interpreted as a cyclical-spiral movement that is ever unfolding and which accepts material reality as real, good and part of a fulfilled life and not a burden that must be discarded. We must find the beauty in the material and physical, enjoy mental activities that challenge our mind to analysis and conclusions to our unique questions and issues of life and spirit as the essence out of which and into which we will resolve our lives into a final merging of our spirit with Spirit.

This cyclical-spiral movement is the continual evolution and involution that moves all that exists toward the fullest expression of the Ideal that only Spirit can reveal and that can only be comprehended intuitively. For me, the best understanding of this evolution and involution was expressed by the Anglican interpreter of New Thought Thomas Troward as involution being the passing of Spirit into form and evolution as the passing of form back into Spirit. In this cyclical process the whole is becoming in expression that which it already is: a being and becoming.

From the writings of Sri Aurobindo:

“. . . the world is a field of manifestation in which there is progressive evolution of the soul and the nature in Matter through Life and Mind to what is beyond Mind till it reaches the complete revelation of Sachchidananda (Being-Consciousness-Bliss) in life.” – From: “The Integral Yoga” page 29

Sri Aurobindo’s expression of the philosophy of Integral Yoga is also important in the unfolding of our philosophy: “The apparently inconscient Energy which creates is in fact the Consciousness-Force of the Divine and its aspect of consciousness, secret in Matter, begins to emerge in Life, finds something more of itself in Mind and finds its true self in a spiritual consciousness and finally a supramental Consciousness through which we become aware of the Reality, enter into it and unite ourselves with it. This is what we call evolution which is an evolution of Consciousness and an evolution of the Spirit in things and only outwardly an evolution of species.” – From: “The Integral Yoga” page 28.

Sri Aurobindo, in a statement that hints of Theosis states: “To arrive at the shortest way at the largest development of spiritual power and being and divinize by it a liberated nature in the whole range of human living is our inspiring motive.”

Thomas Troward brings a practical perspective to our work in a way similar to Integral Yoga. Troward taught that: “The Creative Process in the individual is the same as the Creative Process in the Universal.”

Finally, a contemporary interpreter of Eastern philosophy states that: “. . . Yoga, which lies at the heart of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, is a spiritual tradition (and) is concerned with personal growth and the ultimate goal of complete self-transcendence to the point of perfect inner freedom.” Quoted from Product Description of Georg Feuerstein’s book Yoga Morality: Ancient Teachings at a Time of Global Crisis appearing on the Amazon.com Website.

Perhaps the most important and central idea – even contradiction – is the truth that what we are seeking on the enlightenment path we already are. This idea is expressed so well by Georg Feuerstein: “ . . . as in Advaita Vedanta, this liberation is not real, for the Self is ever free, it is rather a becoming conscious of one’s true identity”. This kernel and essence of truth is the conclusion of Feuersten’s in-depth study “The Essence of Yoga” that appears in the book “The Essence of Yoga”.

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CONTACT US: REV TERRY AT SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT DOT ORG

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