Church of Life

Church of Life

The Church of Life seeks to promote and nurture life, sentience, and understanding. It is an umbrella organisation for a variety of individual sects. This non-religious alternative is for those who do not follow the tenets of organised religion and faith-based teaching. The church was founded to represent the needs of post-Enlightenment man in a world dominated by religious institution. The Church does not make demands of its adherents, rather it provides a community to counter-balance the weight of traditional dogma.

There may be as many sects as there are individuals, as each sect caters to the spiritual needs and beliefs of its members. Each sect has its own source of spiritual strength. Spiritual enlightenment may have been reached through any number of means, including meditation, a process of reason (including atheism and deism), or organised religion.

Virtuous Sects

Some sects are known to practice various forms of virtue ethics as a means of fostering their goals and are thought to trace their lineages through the chivalry of the Middle Ages to the time of Alexander the Great and the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. One such sect espouses meditation on "quality", "integrity", "commitment", "honour", and "energy" as a means of honing the mind and creating a fertile ground for virtuous acts.

The Not Zen sect

A sect in the Church of Life. Adherents typically practice zazen and explore koan, although they are not Zen Buddhists and do not derive their lineage from one of the recognised Zen masters. This sect is for those who have reached some level of enlightenment and are masters of their own spiritual progress.

An example of Not Zen haiku."A golden leaf falls,"
"A tear streaks down from my eye" –
"You must seize the day"

ee also

* Secular Humanism
* rationalism


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping — Reverend Billy at Occupy Wall Street, where he has shown up several times to support the protesters. The Church of Life After Shopping (formerly known as the Church of Stop Shopping) is an activist performance group based in New York City, led by …   Wikipedia

  • Church of Christ, Scientist — Classification Christian Geographical areas United States Founder Mary Baker Eddy Origin 1879 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Congregations …   Wikipedia

  • Church of St. Paul the Apostle (New York City) — Church of St. Paul the Apostle U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • Church of the Holy Cross, Two Mile Ash — Church of the Holy Cross, Two Mile Ash, on the High Street The Church of the Holy Cross is an ecumenical church located in Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes, England. The church forms part of the Watling Valley Ecumenical Partnership. The church… …   Wikipedia

  • Church of the Holy Sepulchre — This article is about the church building in Jerusalem. For other uses, see The Holy Sepulchre (disambiguation). The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also called the Church of the Resurrection by Eastern Christians, is a church within the walled Old …   Wikipedia

  • Life Church — * LifeChurch.tv, Life Covenant Church * Life Church Boston, Life Church Boston * Life Church Ministries, Life Church Ministries, Inc. * Life Church South Korea, Life Church South Korea * Life. The Changing Church, Life. The Changing Church …   Wikipedia

  • Life church — * LifeChurch.tv, Life Covenant Church * Life Church Boston, Life Church Boston * Life Church Ministries, Inc., Life Church Ministries, Inc. * Life. The Changing Church, Life. The Changing Church …   Wikipedia

  • Church History —     Ecclesiastical History     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical History     I. NATURE AND OFFICE     Ecclesiastical history is the scientific investigation and the methodical description of the temporal development of the Church… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Church of Scotland — Modern logo of the Church of Scotland Classification Protestant Orientation Calvinist Polity …   Wikipedia

  • Church Statistics —     Ecclesiastical Statistics     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Statistics     In dealing with statistics, both theoretically and practically, it is unimportant whether the men, matters, or actions subject to observation are… …   Catholic encyclopedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”