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Service Ceremony and Vows
We are conceptual beings. The language we use
defines and limits our experience. We literally
become what we think. At the foundation of our ego
lie core beliefs about who we think we are. The
language used in the service, ceremonies, practices
and vows is a process of philosophical
re-education used to enlighten a confused ego-view.
The statements we make during our morning
service and retreat practices introduce a new
language system, a philosophical and cognitive
reorientation reflecting the attitude of an awakened
being. This new view is held as perfectly as
possible throughout the whole retreat. In this way
we are learning through neuro-linguistics how a
disciplined awakening mind thinks and
understands. Our new language reflects and
maintains the experience of Pure Awareness,
sacred laughter and sacred ritual in our daily lives.
This change of view is essential if we are going to
interrupt our ego’s immediate habitual response.
Un-awakened ego exploits new experiences for the
sake of self-inflation by incorporating those new
experiences into a familiar view.
Listen as you never have before!
Listen as you never have before!
Listen as you never have before!
Listen as you never have before!
Articulate, state,
Articulate, state,
Articulate, state,
Articulate, state,
ordain and understand!
ordain and understand!
ordain and understand!
ordain and understand!
Make these statements
Make these statements
Make these statements
Make these statements
from your pure heart!
from your pure heart!
from your pure heart!
from your pure heart!
