JOHANNESBURG STUDY GROUP

When studying the lessons, letters and works of the Order one comes to a deep realization that the writings are not the intellectualisation of the Founders, but that they are indeed the emanations of something much higher and Divine, as the style of writing, and the simplicity of the teachings strike a chord deep within the heart.  We term such writings as being truly inspired for no human agency can hold so much love, understanding and wisdom. 

These Teachings present the philosophy of Christian Psychology and Mysticism in plain, comprehensible terms and applied to the daily life. Not mere theory and metaphysical speculation, but a definite and comprehensible philosophy of life and Soul-growth, tested through years of experience, which includes a rational explanation of all forms of mysticism and Biblical Occultism, as well as the vital and complex problems of modern life and all after-death conditions.  These Teachings fulfil the needs of the awakened Soul who is seeking to know and understand how to apply the universal laws of the spiritual life under present and coming world conditions. While philosophical and comprehensive in their scope, they also answer the heart-cry for love, light and life.

To be efficient in life's day at school, a philosophy should be sought which is so all-inclusive that it explains: Where we came from, Why we are here, What the destiny is to which we are expected to reach, What our individual place is in the whole mighty scheme of the universe, And how we are to attain it.

To internalise the teachings of the OCM one needs to undertake a systematic course of study whereby one implements various exercises and disciplines into ones life.  This enables one to learn the more advanced lessons of the inner life or the "Mystery of the Kingdom of God." "Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God: but unto them that are without (unpurified and uninitiated) all these things are done in parables."

The higher spiritual attainment requires more than a clean, good moral life and good citizenship. It requires an active and persistent seeking for the Christ-consciousness as a personal, psychological and spiritual experience, putting aside all ideas of limitation as to the manner in which, or the religion through which that realization may come.

Personal help is given on a free will offering basis and but aims to elucidate The Teachings of the OCM as the most sublime philosophy given out to the Western world as far as mysticism is concerned.
We maintain that it is that man is intended to unfold and manifest his spiritual development right in the environment where the Great Law leads him in the various epochs of his life. And these Teachings are an effort to show man how he can thus unfold his true spiritual nature in the midst of his everyday affairs, and thus help on the evolution of all the world by radiating to everything he contacts, in all worlds, and kingdoms, the degree of spiritual radiation he has been able to manifest.

In reality, the Teacher who appears is just the thing that can teach us to take the next step. Sometimes it is a friend quite as ordinary as ourselves; another time it is a book, another an incident in our lives. But it is always just that thing which teaches us to take the next step.
Only as the student can grasp that these teachings are far more than the intellectual compilations of the authors is he ready to internalise the teachings in earnest, once he can sense the light of the Hierarchy back of this Order.

Questions may be asked on points in the Teachings, in the Bible or in any other teachings.  You may also write for advice as to your spiritual growth or whenever there is a need for help and sympathy.  To assist you to develop an interest in spiritual matters, to study spiritual teachings not only with the head (intellect) but also with the heart (intuition).  To implement a divine, constructive and all inclusive life philosophy into ones very being, for however lofty a philosophy or good a lesson, it must bring you some practical application, something that you can work into your daily life, otherwise that lesson or philosophy is of no account to you.

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