2016 Race to Global Oneness
Primordial Awakening to Universal Consciousness
By Debra RaeEd.: Printed with full permission
Despite escalating wars, and rumors thereof, ours is an increasingly united, albeit complex world. More than ever, all reference to the future demands global perspective—economically, geo-politically, and religiously.[i] Internationalists hold promise of presumed perks—e.g., harmony and security—and, to those ends, incite primordial awakening to universal consciousness.[ii] By ballyhooing the collective common good, academics join politicians and religionists alike in championing practical politics. For example, come June, Director of the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly Andreas Bummel[iii] will join presenters from Yale and Johns Hopkins for a two-day event in Brisbane. There, within the context of planetary integration (as if straight from the Baha’i playbook)[iv] academics will explore challenges relating to world democracy, justice, and security in view of regional crises.[v]
Global Oneness Day,
October 24 (Kah, Hope for the World Update, 7)
While the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes seventy-eight feet as the
largest wave ever surfed,[vi] it pales in comparison to
today’s tidal wave of one-world interfaithism. Those riding the wave’s crest—from
virtually all of the world’s major religious groups[vii]—are
expected to increase in number, hence influence, by 2050.[viii]
Enthusiasts apprehend their
sacred selves[ix]
and, along with fellow demi-gods,
advocate for official sanction of a Global
Oneness Day.[x] Come October, “enlightened” participants will engage
in Drumming Circles, Sunday Oneness Services, and a major telesummit featuring
New Spirituality gurus Neale Donald Walsch,[xi]
Barbara Marx Hubbard,[xii]
Ken Wilbur,[xiii]
Jean Houston,[xiv]
and Ervin Laszlo.[xv]
In persistent effort to unite our world, the
United Nations has instituted an annual International Day of Peace and Vigil,
supported the Buddhist Yun Lin Temple, the Mennonite Central Committee, the
Aetherius Society,[xvi]
Church of Scientology,[xvii]
and In the Light.[xviii]
Celebrations and concerts, rituals, ceremonies, meditations, and prayer
meetings all herald world harmony.
Additionally,
the first continental North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) Connect Conference
will draw trend-setting interfaith groups as United Religions Initiative[xix],
the Parliament of the World’s Religions,[xx]
and the New York City-based Temple of Understanding.[xxi] Problem
is, deceptive, one-world cries for "peace and
safety" are destined instead for sudden destruction.[xxii]
The
Sacred Self: PantheaCon, Paganicon, Festival of Faiths, International Day of
Yoga
(Kah, Hope for the World Update, 4-6)
Self-god
purportedly paves the way for global co-existence. Toward this end, February
2016 will mark the twenty-second year for PantheaCon, serving the pagan
community in the Bay Area of California with workshops on goddess spirituality,
ceremonial magic, shamanism, and (you guessed it) green living. In March,
Minneapolis, MN will host the annual convention, Paganicon, a nationally
recognized event, drawing pagans (including Druids and Wiccans) to their sacred
fires and rituals. Participating at the Kentucky-based Festival of Faiths,
otherwise known as “the Sundance of the Sacred,” will be a potpourri of Hindu
teachers, Islamic scholars, prominent mystics, and even an ambassador under six
US presidents, Thomas Graham, Jr.
Dubbed a petri dish for postmodernism,[xxiii]
attendees of the Burning Man festival postulate “what the world could be” under
pagan influence.[xxiv]
A standard-bearer of transformation and counterculture events, this
clothing-optional event in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada is certain
to inspire self-discovery, inclusiveness, and visions of global utopia.[xxv]
Never mind the fate of pagan societies historically relegated to ignominy.
Pagan pride is alive, well, and slated for global celebration with over one
hundred public events to be held mostly in the US,[xxvi]
Canada, and Brazil, but increasingly in Chile, England, and Italy.
Interfaith Dialogue (Kah, Hope
for the World Update, 4)
In February, the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week will
coincide with a Toronto film festival exalting the Paradigm of the Sacred Bee. By
gathering nectar and pollen from spiritual gardens of Moses, Jesus, Buddha,
Mohammed, Krishna, Master Peter Deunov,[xxvii]
Master Omraam
Mikhaël Aïvanhov,[xxviii]
and other spiritual traditions, the “sacred bee” ostensibly ensures human
survival by combining science, art, and spirituality into a collective, sacred
attitude.[xxix]
Arguably,
attitude and dialogue matter but, in the real world, they cannot possibly bridge
the chasm between diametrically opposed, counterintuitive worldviews.[xxx]
True, Tibetan Buddhism is among many pagan religions broadly accepted today,
even in the West, but the wellborn son of a feudal lord who summoned fortune
tellers at Buddha’s birth doesn’t hold a candle to the son of God. Despite
Buddha’s title, Tahagata, or “truth-winner,”
Jesus is Truth personified.[xxxi]
Whereas Buddha’s religion was devoid of the supernatural, the Spirit of the
Lord was upon Jesus to heal, deliver, and restore.[xxxii]
While Jesus assumed the intrinsic character of a slave, Buddha felt elevated
above peers;[xxxiii] and unlike
Buddha, who abandoned his wife and son at his Great Going Forth, Jesus never
broke sacred vows.[xxxiv]
Better
to cast down imaginations that challenge the knowledge of God.[xxxv]
Forging
fellowship of light with darkness is folly.[xxxvi]
Case in point: Chrislam—that is, “ecumenical
reconciliation” between Christianity and Islam. Truth be told, correct
practice—i.e., orthopraxy—depends on orthodoxy, not congeniality, as Chrislam
would have us to believe. Keep in mind the Qur’an explicitly subjugates People
of the Book (Jews and Christians) as second-class citizens, subject to
burdensome fees and Sharia Law. Believers are allowed to live, yes, but only
under Islamic terms.
Moroccan scholar Fatema Mernissi fingers the
centrality of fear within Islam, but the Bible equates God with love that casts
out fear.[xxxvii]
In the
words of Caesar Farah, “Allah may vary his ordinances at pleasure, prescribing
one set of laws for the Jews, another for the Christians, and still another for
Muslims.” In contrast,
with the God of the Bible, there is no partiality, no variableness—not even a
shadow of turning![xxxviii]
According to Dr. Moorthy Muthuswamy, “About sixty-one
percent of the contents of the Qur’an … speak ill of the unbelievers or call
for their violent conquest; at best only 2.6 percent of the verses … show
goodwill toward humanity." To “gently unite” with Islamic zealots is inconceivable;
nevertheless, the Doha
Interfaith Conference intends to promote the same with interfaith dialogue
aimed at resolving world conflicts by restoring peace and harmony.[xxxix]
ISIS has yet to
get the memo, but no problem. By
merging “science” with spirituality, attendees of the annual Science of
Consciousness conference commission assistance of quantum and neuroscience, artificial
life and virtual reality, transformational encounters, paranormal experiences,
and—of course—yoga to realize the vision.[xl] However,
as offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divine nature
is like an image formed by the art and thought of man.[xli]
Even so, today’s “inner voice of humanity”
purportedly begs for “a pure moment of one” whereby, contrary to biblical
mandate,[xlii]
the clear boundary between physics and metaphysics is obliterated; and
scientific study of the universe (cosmology) defers to its worship
(cosmolatry).[xliii]
The UN-endorsed International Day of Yoga may well create “elevated” consciousness,
but “yoking with Brahman”[xliv]
is an unlikely solution to climate change as proponents suggest. Truth be told,
God Himself is sovereign over laws and principles that govern nature. Even the
storms do His bidding.[xlv]
Conclusion
While the Bible advances no cosmic plan for
global enlightenment, collaboration and empowerment apart from the Lord, Jesus
Christ, what it does offer exceeds human imagination and desire.
Ultimately, by His doing, the believer partakes of the divine nature—but only
in measure and in strictest accordance with God’s plan. As recorded in John, Chapter 17, Jesus
prayed to the Father that His followers would all be made “as one” together
with the Father and Him (God incarnate).
To realize this destiny, the Christian
disengages, not from terrestrial illusion, but rather from sin, defined
biblically as “transgression of law.”[xlvi]
Jesus’ redemptive work bridged the sin gap and thereby provided believers access
to Christlikeness.[xlvii]
In no way do they commandeer His godhood, but Christians share a common portion
of the Father in much the same way that human offspring possess the nature
of their biological parents. In fact and indeed, God’s children are fashioned over
time so as to reflect “a measure of stature of the fullness
of the Christ.”[xlviii]
Primordial awakening to the universal consciousness has nothing to do with it!
[i] Carl Teichrib. Forcing Change, Volume 9, Issue 12,
December 2015. Endnotes are drawn from this online publication.
[ii] Bible Prophecy
Anticipates a new, one-world order in the bogus name of peace (Dan. 2, 4, 7; Re. 12, 13, 17) inclusive
of:
·
Its
totalitarian nature, 2 Th. 2:4
·
Its
nature-worship component, Ro. 1:25; 1
Cor. 15:39
·
Its
“one mind” promoting what it claims to be the universal good, 2 Ti. 3:5; Re. 17:13-14
·
Its
fall from traditionalism (e.g., nuclear family to alternative lifestyles), Ro. 1:26
·
Its
heightened sense of human potential; humankind measuring all, 1 Jn.2:16 & 2
Ti. 3:2
·
Its
moral relativism; its calling light dark and dark light, 2 Pe. 2:1, 2, 15
·
Its
escalating ethnic issues, Mt. 24:7
·
Its
celebration of pride and ascent to the “higher self,” 2 Ti. 3:2; Ro. 7:24
·
Its
one-world religion which mirrors ancient mysteries, Re. 17:5
·
Its
animosity toward Christians, 2 Ti. 3:12
·
Its
broad expanse (peoples, nations, multitudes, tongues), Dan. 7:3; Re. 13:1: 17:5
·
Its
false gurus of “Christhood,” Mt. 24:5; 2
Ti. 3:13
·
Its
misplaced self-image, 2 Ti. 3:1-5
·
Its
misplaced loyalties, 2 Ti. 3:1-5
·
Its
misplaced godliness, 2 Ti. 3:1-5
·
Its
global brain trust, 2 Th. 2:10,12;
Dan.11:39
[iii] Known as an international advocate of a global parliament and
world federalism, Andreas Bummel is co-founder and director of the Committee for a Democratic United Nations,
a non-partisan and non-governmental group located in Berlin.
Andreas
is a Council member of the World
Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy in New York. http://www.bummel.org/#about, Accessed 5 January
2016.
[iv] Hutter, Manfred (2005).
"Bahā'īs." In Jones, Lindsay. Encyclopedia of Religion 2. (Detroit, Michigan: Macmillan
Reference). 737–740. Accessed 6 January 2016.
[v] Gary H. Kah. “Global
Calendar of Events 2016” (Noblesville, Indiana: Hope for the World Update. Winter 2016). 6: The Practical Politics of Global Integration
in Brisbane, Australia, 13-14 June 2016.
[vi] “Surfer Rides World
Record 78-Foot Wave.” BBC News. 12 May
2012. Accessed 29 January 2013.
[vii] With the exception of
Buddhists
[viii] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/12/22/15-striking-findings-from-2015/,
Accessed 6 January 2016.
[ix] No more than rehash of a very old lie,
enticement to be like god is a timeless seduction. Described in the Bible as a
beautiful, anointed cherub, Lucifer exalted himself above all others. He
purposed to usurp humans as crown of God’s creation; even more, he wanted to
become as god. With that very ambition, Lucifer seduced Eve to partake of the
forbidden fruit of knowledge, reserved for God alone. Earth’s first lady, Eve,
learned the hard way that “playing God” rendered no service to her relationship
with God, her family, or humanity at large. As a result of self-god delusion,
Lucifer fell as lightning from heaven; and both Adam and Eve were ousted from
paradise. To this day, self-esteem has become the unremitting mantra of
secularists and mystics alike. While secular humanists seek “a heightened sense
of personal life,” New Age mystics journey inwardly in search of an alleged
“spark of the divine.”
[x] October 24 likewise commemorates UN Day. In 1971
the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring United Nations Day an
internationally observed public holiday.
[xi] Neale Donald Walsch is
quoted as saying: “Our greatest invitation is to live in divinity, as divinity,
and with divinity in every waking moment.”
[xii] Barbara Marx Hubbard of
the World Future Society (which pinpoints who should be “sacrificed” to achieve
the world’s desired population level for optimum sustainability) accepts that
“we are Generation ONE, and our time is now.” The so-called “evolutionary
woman” is awakened and connected through the heart by a passionate desire to
express her unique creativity for the good Self and the whole human family.
Ultimately, it is she who will guide humanity as this planet transitions toward
a new world that ostensibly works for everyone.
[xiii] Former Christian and
now Buddhist mystic and Emergent thinker, Ken Wilbur identifies stages in one’s
growth process. No stages can be skipped, as each step is an ingredient to a
successor step to achieve one’s next highest Self until, at a certain point,
Oneness emerges.
[xiv] After Jean Houston
married Robert Masters in 1965, the couple gained notoriety for their work in
human potential. In 1982, Houston began teaching on "the ancient mystery
schools." Upon suggesting an imaginary meeting between Hillary Clinton and
the deceased Eleanor Roosevelt, she became known as “Hillary’s Guru.”
[xv] Dr. Ervin Laszlow
co-authored Oneness Declaration – Sixteen
Hallmarks of the New Consciousness. In his view, the wisdom of the One
Heart is awakened to the consciousness of Oneness to preserve our beautiful
planet.
[xvi] Firmly based in
theosophy, and founded by George King in the mid-1950s, the Aetherius Society
resulted from alleged contacts with extraterrestrial intelligences (“Cosmic
Masters,” telepathically contacted and channeled). The Society combines UFO
claims and yoga with diverse ideas from world religions.
[xvii] Starting in 1952 as a
successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics (metaphysical relationship
between mind and body), the Church of Scientology promotes a body of beliefs
and related practices created by L. Ron Hubbard. Dianetics. “Remember Venus?” Time
Magazine. 1952-12-22. Accessed 20 July 2007
[xviii] In the Light is an interfaith
organization on behalf of Hindu-Muslim relationships.
[xix] Founded by William E.
Swing, the non-profit United Religions Initiative is a global grassroots
interfaith network that engages people to cultivate peace and justice, to
bridge religious and cultural differences, and to work together for the common
good.
[xx] The 14th
Session of the Parliament of the World’s Religions met December 27-29, 2015, in
Kolkata, India, to endorse aims and objectives of the Provisional World
Parliament. Over the course of twenty-five years, 145 Honorary Sponsors have
come alongside acts, resolutions, and memorials that the Parliament adopts.
Sponsors represented a plethora of faith traditions. Many serve (or have
served) in key positions at the United Nations.
[xxi] Founded in 1960 by
Juliet Hollister and located in New York City, the Temple of Understanding is
an interfaith organization that, in its early years, convened large “Spiritual
Summits” in Calcutta and Geneva. The Temple brought together religious/
spiritual leaders of diverse traditions to engage in dialogue and thereby
address problems of intolerance, injustice, and religious persecution. The TOU
maintains a strong presence at the United Nations.
[xxii] UN
International Day of Peace and Vigil, September 21 (Kah, Hope for the World Update,
7) with 1 Thessalonians 5:3
[xxiii] Postmodernism
acknowledges no “grand metanarrative”—that is, no big story. For this reason,
truth is perceived as nothing more than a social or personal construction. It
is more often than not self-serving. Without God and His Plan, reality
dissolves into paltry bits and pieces (Isaiah 14:12-20; Ezekiel 28:11-19).
[xxiv] The
Bible expressly forbids paganism as an abomination that excludes adherents from
the Kingdom of God (Exodus 20:1-26; Deuteronomy 18:9-12; 2 Corinthians 6:9-11).
[xxv] The Burning Man (August
25-September 1) is a massive, transformational festival and clothing-optional
counterculture celebration of inclusiveness, radical self-reliance and
expression, and community. Building a temporary utopian community in the Black
Rock Desert of northern Nevada, tens of thousands engage in bohemian living,
“self discovery,” sexual adventurism, pagan encounters. At the end of the week,
a wooden effigy is ritually razed to the ground.
[xxvi] In 1892, the U.S.
Supreme Court declared, “Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be
based upon the teachings of the Redeemer of Mankind. It is impossible that it
should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent, our civilization and
our institutions are emphatically Christian.” Even so, people of other faiths
historically have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship. (The
Pluralism Project at Harvard University)
[xxvii] Also known by his
spiritual name Beinsa Douno, Peter Deunov (1864-1944) was a Bulgarian
philosopher and spiritual teacher, called “the Master” by followers. Touted as
“the most published Bulgarian author to this day,” he developed a form of
Esoteric Christianity. J. Gordon Melton;
Martin Baumann (21 September 2010). Religions
of the World, Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and
Practices. 59.
[xxviii] A leading 20th-century teacher of Western Esotericism in Europe, Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov (1900-1986) was a
Bulgarian philosopher, pedagogue, alchemist, mystic, magus, and astrologer. He was a disciple of the universal
spiritual Master Beinsa Douno,
founder of the Universal White Brotherhood practicing prayer, meditation,
breathing exercises, yoga of nutrition, and paneurhythmy dance. Aïvanhov taught
"perennial wisdom" expressed through ancient principles of initiatic
science —i.e., in the higher world, all things are linked—consistent with one’s
level of spiritual evolution. Cosmic laws govern the universe and humans—the
macrocosm and microcosm, respectively—with exchanges constantly taking place
between them. Esoteric Christians seek the "Kingdom of God on earth"
within the sacred self.
[xxix] The Sacred Bee Paradigm
gently unites world religions by means of science (providing healthful
nutrition and healing with bee products, called apitherapy), art (capturing the
essence of world religions likened to pollen), and religion (ancient folklore
surrounding Shamanic ways of the bee). www.sacredbeemovie.net. Accessed 4 January
2016.
[xxx] Talk is cheap. That is
to say, it’s easier for one to say he will do something than actually do it.
[xxxii] Luke 4:18
[xxxiii] Philippians 2:7
[xxxiv] John 14:6
[xxxv]
[xxxvi] 2 Corinthians 6:14
[xxxvii] 1 John 4:8,18
[xxxviii] Acts 10:34; James 1:17
[xxxix] Doha Interfaith Conference,
February 16-17 in Doha, Qatar (Kah, Hope
for the World Update, 4)
[xl] The
Science of Consciousness, April 25-30 in Tucson, Arizona (Kah, Hope for
the World Update, 5)
[xli] Acts
17:29
[xlii] 2 Corinthians 6:17;
Isaiah 52:11
[xliii] Romans 1:20ff
[xliv] Sanskrit for “union,”
yoga is the means for “yoking with Brahman” (the god-head in Hinduism). It
facilitates mystical union with a personal deity through the practice of
self-hypnosis to rise above the senses by abstract meditation.
[xlv] Psalm 148:8
[xlvi] 1 John 3:4
[xlvii] 2 Peter 1:4
[xlviii] Ephesians 4:13 (Young’s
Literal Translation)
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