* The Church of Love - {The Cathars}
*
It has no fabric, only understanding.
* It has no membership,
save those who know they belong.
* It has no rivals,
because it is non-competitive.
* It has no ambition,
it seeks only to serve.
* It has no boundaries,
for nationalisms are unloving.
* It is not of itself,
because it seeks to enrich all groups and religions.
* It has no secret,
no arcanum, no initiation save that of true understanding
of the power of love and that, if we want
it to be so, the world will change,
but only if we change ourselves first.
* It acknowledges
all great teachers of all ages who have shown the truth of love.
* Its participants
will practice the truth of love in all their being.
* It seeks not to
teach but to be, and in being, to enrich.
* It recognizes the
whole planet as a Being of which we are all a part.
* It recognizes that
the time has come for the supreme transmutation, the ultimate
alchemical act of conscious change of
the world-ego into a voluntary return to
the Whole.
* It does not proclaim
itself with a loud voice, but in the subtle realms of loving.
* It salutes all those
in the past who have blazed the path and have paid the price.
* Its members shall
know each other by their deeds and being, and by their eyes,
and by no other outward sign save the fraternal
embrace.
* Its members will
dedicate their lives to the silent loving of their neighbor and
environment and the planet, while carrying
out their task, however exalted or
humble.
* It recognizes the
supremacy of the Great Idea which may only be accomplished
if the human race practices love.
* It has no reward
to offer either here or in the hereafter save that of the ineffable
joy of being and loving.
* Its members shall
seek to advance the cause of understanding, doing good by
stealth, and teaching only by example.
* Its members shall
heal their neighbors, their community and our planet.
* Its members shall
know no fear and feel no shame, and their knowledge shall
prevail over all odds.
* All those who belong,
belong to the church of love.
"The Church of Love" is a prophetic vision for our time
left by the Cathars,
the last known of whom were burned
alive in France in 1244 AD ...
"Love is the only religion, the only god, the only mystery that has to be lived, understood. When love is understood,
you have understood all the sages and all the mystics of the world. It is not anything difficult. It is as simple as
your heartbeats or your breathing. It comes with you, it is not given to you by the society. "
God is easy to know, if you do not try to define Him,
Just love your yourself and your
brother,
and you will know Him ...
