Our Vision and Our Foundation
September 26th, 2008Posted in About Us
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Our organisation exists to further understanding of spirituality. The word spirituality is a bit nebulous, and we mean it in the sense of being connected with a deep reality and truth that come from understanding the universe and universal order. As an organisation we neither affirm nor deny the belief in God or gods – the definition of God is grossly different in different faiths (many Buddhists and Sikhs, for example, would say that they do not believe in God but that they search for all that is True – a far cry from a divine creator). In many ways, our organisation exists to promote a deeper understanding of spirituality and personal fulfilment. This type of spirituality cannot be acquired through rituals and blind acceptance of faith. We understand that some people feel that they understand their spirituality through meanings implied or deduced from their interpretation of religious scriptures or the experiences of their prophets or icons. However, we want to bring the shortcomings of these approaches to an objective and deeply questioning audience, and base our guidance aspects such as psychology, sociology and a deep desire to do away any rituals that stand in the way of objective search for truth and universal principles. We will encourage lifestyles that enable people to lead lives that are not bound by worship of idols or icons. We will encourage lifestyles that are based on enabling the advancement of understanding of reality and universal truths. Some might terms this as advocating a moral lifestyle.
Our organisation does not charge for its services at the point of delivery. People can make donations or become members if they agree with our objectives. We will hold meetings, conferences, workshops, and produce literature in any manner that ensures delivery to the widest possible audience. We aim to reduce religious barriers in terms of people understanding basic humanity of all. Our aim is to foster love of natural order to the extent possible under natural order. We aim to discourage belief in the supernatural, the occult, and miraculous occurrences.
Our organisation does not aim to undertake scientific research by itself. As an organisation, we feel that there is an overwhelming body of scientific evidence that supports our foundations, aims and objectives. However, if it does transpire that there is a particular aspect of psychology, sociology, or natural sciences that would merit research, then the organisation may ask its members or other grass roots supporters to make donations to enable research post(s) to be funded.
Our Constitution is available on request, and we’ll post it under the constitution section as soon as possible.
