Cathedral Contacts[From The Rosicrucian Digest April 1934]
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"Cathedral of the Soul" is a Cosmic meeting place for all minds of the
most advanced and highly developed spiritual members and workers of the
Rosicrucian Fraternity. It is a focal point of Cosmic radiations and
thought waves from which radiate vibrations of health, peace,
happiness, and inner awakening. Various periods of the day are set
aside when many thousands of minds are attuned with the Cathedral of
the Soul, and others attuning with the Cathedral at this time will
receive the benefit of the vibrations. Those who are not members of the
organization may share in this unusual benefit as well as those who are
members. The book called "Liber 777" describes the periods for various
contacts with the Cathedral. Copies will be sent to persons who are not
members by addressing their request for this book to Friar S. P. C.,
care of AMORC Temple, San Jose, California, enclosing three cents in
postage stamps. (Please state whether member or not--this is important.) |
UNIVERSAL
RELIGION
THE Cathedral of the Soul is continuing to appeal to
the multitudes who feel that they want some contact with a universal religion
or a universal altar of worship where all of the various creeds and doctrines
of the different denominations and sects are laid aside and all human beings
come together to worship the one ever-living God, regardless of individual
attempts to interpret the nature of God and his Divine methods.
The soul of man is universal, and the Divine Essence
of life in man is universal. The soul knows no creeds or doctrines, and it
knows no distinctions in the moral code of life, or in the fundamental
principles of truth and justice. There cannot be a multiplicity of Gods, for
there can be only one and to this one God must we lift our hearts and minds in
adoration and attunement if we would seek to have the most sublime and supreme
of sacred harmony in our own beings. No matter what church, cathedral, temple,
or shrine we may enter in our journeys through life, the supreme test of our
religious devotion lies in our attunement with God. The traveller going through
many foreign countries is always tempted to visit the shrines, temples, and
churches which he finds close at hand, and soon disregards the distinctions of
creed and dogmas. To him the sacred music from the grand organ of a Roman
Catholic Cathedral, open at all hours for those who wish to meditate and pray,
is like a grand invitation to step out of the worldly life into the sublime
aura of communion with God. But on another day he may find the little church of
some Protestant denomination at the crossroads just as appealing, and just as
inviting for his sacred communion. The absence of the magnificent structure,
the decorations, and symbols, is compensated for by the simplicity and the
impressiveness of the sacred vibrations. The absence of the music is
compensated for by the Music of the Spheres which one may hear in the silence
of such simple shrines. On another day the impressive ceremony in some Jewish
Synagogue or the open door of some Jewish Tabernacle may afford him the
opportunity of once again approaching the presence of the Creator of all living
beings. In the Mosque of the orientals, and in the open temples of the Near East, he will find again the spirit of worship, and
the opportunity for heavenly contact.
If the heart and soul hungers for Divine communion
all of the ornaments of creed and dogma, and all of the contentions of
sectarianism are melted away in the warmth of devotion. Above and beyond all of
the faiths and holy symbolism, higher than all of the shrines and all of the
deeds and acts of holy beings on earth, is the love and wisdom, the life and
power of one Supreme God, and to this God man ever lifts his consciousness in
seeking to ennoble the highest elements of his nature.
To hundreds of thousands today the Cathedral of the
Soul is the open door to universal love, peace, and power. Our little pamphlet
called "Liber 777" has been printed in so many editions that several
million copies of it have been put into circulation and are in daily use as a
guide to the privileges which the Cathedral of the Soul extends to all living
beings.
If you are a stranger to this great Cathedral, and if
you have not secured a copy of "Liber 777," you should secure a copy
at once, and not let another week pass by without the wonderful benefits of
whole-hearted, unrestricted communion with the Father of all the children of
this earth. The Cathedral of the Soul is like the large living room in the old
homestead where the great fire burns in the fireplace, and the unlocked door
offers a continuous invitation to the children and grandchildren to come back
to the old home, and in one grand reunion enjoy the warmth of the fire, the
love in the hearts of the parents, the spirit of attunement that pervades all
who come within the walls of the place, and the guiding protection of an
all-wise Guardian of the home.
Within this great Cathedral of the Soul the very
inner self of man finds peace and happiness. The intellect is inspired, and the
consciousness is strengthened. Health and happiness are sure to result from
such daily contacts with the sublime Cathedral of the Cosmic realm where
thousands of minds meet in unison with the same ideals, the same inspiring
hearts and minds.
The Cathedral invites you to come within its great
portals. At any hour of the day, in any place you may be, in any status of
life, in any problem, or any mental or physical condition you are welcome. Poor
and rich alike, the fortunate and the unfortunate, the devout and those who are
still skeptical are cordially invited to share in the benefits of holy
communion and Divine meditation such as that offered by the Cathedral of the
Soul.
If you are acquainted with the Cathedral make it your
business to have extra copies of "Liber 777" on hand, and when you
find those who are perplexed or in sorrow, or who are in ill health or
despondent, give them a copy of this book as you would give them a key to a new
life and a new path through life. Urge them to enter this Cathedral in the
moments of their private meditation in addition to whatever church services
they may attend on other occasions. Let them take their own religion with them
into the Cathedral, and there find that each word of it, each principle of it
turns into truth and becomes like unto all truth, for all creeds and all dogmas
are but attempts to name God, to speak of Him, and to reveal His inner self to
those who are seeking for the light of salvation.
Thus you may become a missionary in the great work of
the greater church. Bringing men and women closer to God will bring them closer
to the church of their own selection; and bringing those who are not associated
with any church into the Cathedral of the Soul will bring a contribution to
their joy and happiness which they will always appreciate.
Make all the Cathedral of the Soul what you will, and
as you will, but it will always be the meeting place of all minds and hearts in
the presence of the God of all.
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