Our Vision
The Center for Action and
Contemplation supports a new reformation—from the inside—
~ In the spirit of a Cosmic Christ
~ Confirming people's deeper spiritual intuitions
~ Encouraging actions of justice rooted in prayer
~ With a new appreciation for, and cooperation with,
other denominations, religions, and cultures
Our Mission
“We are a center for experiential education, rooted in the Gospels, encouraging the transformation of human consciousness through contemplation, and equipping people to be instruments of peaceful change in the world.”
Our Core Principles
- The teaching of Jesus is our central
reference point.
(criterion)
- We need a contemplative mind in order
to do compassionate action.
(process)
- The best criticism of the bad is the
practice of the better. Oppositional energy only creates more of the same.
(emphasis)
- Practical truth is more likely found
at the bottom and the edges than at the top or the center of most groups, institutions, and
cultures.
(perspective)
- We will support true authority, the
ability to "author" life in others, regardless of the group.
(non tribal)
- Life is about discovering the right
questions more than having the right answers.
(primacy of discernment)
- True religion leads us to an
experience of our True Self and undermines my false self. (ultimate direction)
- We do not think ourselves into a new way of living, but we live ourselves into a new way of thinking.
(praxis over theory)
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