THE 7 PRINCIPLES

We try to live our lives in accordance with our Seven Principles which are:

1. The Fatherhood of God.

God encompasses everything.
We believe God is the totality of spiritual consciousness which pervades all of the spiritual and material Universe. The physical Universe is inconceivably big with millions upon millions of stars and planets. Matter seems almost limitless and yet it is formed of inconceivably small particles, molecules, atoms and electrons. The Universe is filled with energy, everywhere there are forces and motion, immense manifestation of energy displayed in suns and minute electrical charges of one molecule rubbing against another.

Science has proved that matter is formed from energy.
Spiritual philosophers state that energy is formed from the spiritual. So it can be said that absolutely everything is formed from the spiritual. The spiritual is not merely the foundation of all matter and energy but it “has soul”. A consciousness is able to outwork through it, which has knowledge, purpose and feeling and the total of this consciousness is, I believe, God. Science tells us the aggregate total of energy and matter in the Universe is finite. We believe that the spiritual is infinite and that the God consciousness is infinite.

The human has consciousness, understanding and feeling.
The higher aspects of human nature, love, compassion, sympathy and affection are but feint reflections of God’s omniscient power. God is the consciousness of the infinite spiritual Universe and by definition the whole of the material Universe which is formed from the Spiritual. God’s purpose is to unfold a Universal plan of growth, change and progress.

The ‘archetypal’ father is the creator of the child, the instructor, the nurturer, guide, support, the one we turn to for help.
The father may keep his distance but our welfare is paramount to him, his hand is constantly ready to guide us to safety in times of trouble. These are the qualities possessed by the Infinite Spirit, God. God possesses the creative, loving, nurturing consciousness. His Universal plan nurtures, on a small scale, us human souls and on a grander scale he nurtures the whole of creation. We all share this wonderful inheritance, God is truly the Father of us all.