President’s Message

Spiritual Exploration.

Via a recent newspaper cartoon. “Dustin”
“”Hey Bud, have you ever thought about “Life’s Big Questions”? I mean, how is it that we came to be in this place in Life?”
“Duh, Dude… your parents never taught you about the birds and the bees?””

For many of us, that question does pop up, somehow or somewhere in our life, maybe as we grow older, or after a life changing trauma, or deep meditation. What sparked that thought? Was a teacher or a book involved for that question to arise, or was it just a glimpse of your awakening? What is “awakening”? Not the morning coming out of dreamtime, the big “Awakening”. What’s it all about? Then the question becomes, what is “it”? The big IT, Life! What is Life all about? What’s the meaning of Life?

A Spontaneous Awakening. Da Free John, a spiritual teacher from Long Island, NY, claimed to be self-aware as a child, and having it “taught out of him”, then having to re-learn “who he is”.
Buddha, shunned his family wealth to meditate under the bodhi tree, became enlightened and eventually traveled the East teaching his philosophy that has lasted for ages.
Another teacher, Sadguru, from India with millions of followers, sat on a shady rock to meditate, awakening to a crowd about him a day or so later, and began his teaching journey.

Holy men and Teachers have passed on their lessons and wisdom for endless centuries. Western culture has long been enamored of the Eastern meditative practices, from leaving or transcending the body, mystical abilities and finding or experiencing God-consciousness, Awareness.

So, then, Who are we? What are we? What is our path, what is our destiny? Are there answers? Is there one answer, one path, four, ten or many? How many paths to enlightenment, awakening, If that is the goal? Or does it matter or not, to you?

And so like Dustin and his dude buddy, it may or not be an important question that needs answering. But for those who question like Dustin……

Join us, one another, to explore these and more questions at our “Spiritual Exploration” gatherings. Sessions will be in the NCUU sanctuary, unless otherwise publicized. on the Fourth Friday each month, @ 3-5 pm,
Everyone is invited and welcome.

Namaste! Chas