Soup kitchens for Seekers
Feb 27, 2011 16:14:08 GMT 9.5
Post by paul on Feb 27, 2011 16:14:08 GMT 9.5
Years ago I used to belong to an AMORC lodge that worked a ritual with Masonic undertones en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Mystical_Order_Rosae_Crucis
A friend in the lodge dreamed that the lodge was a soup kitchen. Many came for the soup but few wanted to know how it was made.
More recently I used to attend a Theosophical Society group that put on an interesting talk each week. The talks tended to be only loosely connected and seemed to me to be a form of spiritual tourism - a brief look but no depth of experience. Thus the attendees came intermittently for some spiritual entertainment but did not seem inclined to achieve anything as a group or even much as individuals.
Arguably Masonic lodges often suffer from similar troubles.
So why are humans so disinclined to undertake inner work?
A friend in the lodge dreamed that the lodge was a soup kitchen. Many came for the soup but few wanted to know how it was made.
More recently I used to attend a Theosophical Society group that put on an interesting talk each week. The talks tended to be only loosely connected and seemed to me to be a form of spiritual tourism - a brief look but no depth of experience. Thus the attendees came intermittently for some spiritual entertainment but did not seem inclined to achieve anything as a group or even much as individuals.
Arguably Masonic lodges often suffer from similar troubles.
So why are humans so disinclined to undertake inner work?
