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Safe Harbor in a Turbulent World
As each day brings us scenes of sectarian conflict and heart-wrenching misery, I wish I could share what I’ve learned with these poor, afflicted people and help them find a safe harbor.
My daughters and their families are Catholic, my son Jewish, his wife, Buddhist. My sisters are Unitarian, one brother follows the Tao and another ranges through many schools of thought. My in-laws include Spanish and Irish Catholics, Conservative and Reformed Jews. All are good, moral people. I can see that each of their beliefs has its place and purpose for them, and helps them navigate life.
But different beliefs can separate people, creating dissension and discord.
When my husband and I agreed to divorce, I found that my church would accept me only if I denied my marriage through annulment, which would be very expensive and make my children’s births legally ambiguous. I told my father I no longer felt our church was for me. He was furious. He tried to dissuade me, not from the divorce, which was needed, but from leaving my church. When I wouldn’t comply with his wishes, he sent me away, telling me never to come back to his home.
I did move away, and met the man who would become my second husband. Then his parents tried to dissuade him from marrying me because I was not of his faith! But he accepted me and we made our marriage work. We raised our son in the Jewish tradition, and I investigated many beliefs, looking for a safe harbor. I always loved Christ’s message but was surprised how differently it was interpreted by divergent groups.
Then I got a job working for a boss who had a cheerful and kind way of running things – a breath of fresh air in the working world. I wondered what made him tick. One day I asked him about a beautiful wooden box on his desk. He said it had been hand crafted by fellow students at the school where he studied the Lemurian Teachings, derived from an ancient civilization on a continent that had once existed in the Pacific Ocean.
I had heard of the “lost continent of Mu,” and was intrigued. When I found the Lemurian Fellowship was a distance-learning school, so you could study at home wherever you lived, it didn’t take me long to write. I wanted the calm, cheerful faith my boss had!
I learned that the Lemurian Philosophy is based on Christ’s teachings and it was presented in a straightforward, inclusive way. As I read the lessons and corresponded with the teachers, the history of the world and how things came to be as they are, made more and more sense. How each belief system began was revealed, along with the need for everyone to understand and use basic virtues and universal laws to create a better and happier life. We aren’t really so different from each other, after all.
My years as a Lemurian student working to understand and apply tolerance, so difficult to practice consistently, have enabled me to more calmly accept decisions my beloved family members have made, as their own and right for them. If this simple thing could be done by everyone, all could find this safe harbor and how much closer to harmony the world could be!
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It took much courage and tolerance to navigate to our “safe harbor”! I believe if you are sincerely looking for the truth, you will be led to it.
This is very helpful to read. There are seemingly so many extreme views being expressed on TV, the internet, in religions, politics, etc. it makes my head spin. It’s calming to hear about a philosophy that seems to embrace all just the way Christ did. To have so many members of a family following so many different religious beliefs would be educational to say the least!
The day I got an unpleasant reaction from my wife due to my tactless comment to her, and her kind remark upon my apologies, I realized we can truly live in a safe harbor in a turbulent world if we only learn to set good and pleasant causes into motion which invariably bring peace and harmony into our life and affairs as taught in Lemurian Philosophy.
Heart felt and poignant and a great message. Look forward to more.
When I was 8 or 9, my father told me to go to church. When I asked him “which church”, he said, “Just ask questions and make up your own mind.” Eventually that advice led me to the Lemurian Philosophy!
We all seek the same thing — peace of mind. I was not raised Lemurian but I am a student of this philosophy. Using easy-to-understand words to teach and share deep and profound wisdom, the Lemurian Philosophy shows how to achieve this not-so-easy goal–peace of mind — the pearl of great price.
Well said Emerald!
Lemurians respect all religions, believing every path that seeks to connect people with God holds important learning for those drawn to it. This writer expresses unusual tolerance for the many aspects of belief and practice she experienced in her family. She is even tolerant of others’ intolerance, and that ain’t easy.
Do you know of any other philosophy that tolerates all religions? Or that stresses practical results that help us transcend the imbalance and unrest that prevail in the world today?
I, too, was raised in a very conservative religion. And for many years, as I grew up without a father and spent my teen years on the streets, it was a strong influence in my young life. So I continued in this religion until I was in my early thirties. Then I realized there were just too many unanswered questions for me to continue in this belief. I began a search which eventually led to the study of the Lemurian Philosophy. My questions were fully answered and I feel a fulfillment in my spiritual life that was never there before.
I love this story with its patient inclusivenesss pointing out that we are all really just brothers and sisters. This blog readily brings to mind the story of the first civilization on this earth as depicted in The Sun Rises where the differences were not based upon religion, but rather a deep-seated tribal identity and where these differences were overcome by seeking a better, more secure, and noble life.
So glad. Thanks.
My dad came from a conservative Christian background and studied for the ministry before deciding he had too many unanswered questions. My mother’s parents were spiritualists who attended séances for many years, later moving into Christian Science. But both my parents were drawn to the Lemurian Philosophy, eventually became Order members and raised their family in the Lemurian Way. I know of Catholics, Jews, and Buddhists who are enthusiastic Lemurians. I believe forward-thinking people of many traditions can come together in this very constructive and hopeful program.
So do I, uncle.