What is the fine line that differentiates guidance from control or limitation? This was my growth theme in the mid-nineties as I was volunteering my time as a teacher with the Church of Divine Man (Berkeley Psychic Institute).
The passing of the founder of CDM, Lewis
Bostwick, became the catalyst for the creation of OAR. Lewis had a
vision of psychic institutes scattered throughout the world. In his last
year, he shared with me the insight that his task was only to plant the
seeds for this vision.
Seed in hand, my exodus from the nurturing but controlling mother organization was sparked. In 1996, along with a few former members of CDM/BPI, the Order of The Ascended Rose was born. CDM/BPI was created to train psychics, but, again in his last year, Lewis told me if he had it to do over he would have set his sights higher. Learning from my teacher, OAR's focus is to train teachers.
Like CDM/BPI, our foundation is grounded in western esoteric knowledge. For example, the secret sequences coded into the first few books of the Bible are in base three. Therefore our foundation of classes is also a simple base of three: three introductory level classes and three programs in our seminary.
Also, three points is the smallest reference in the real world for creating defined space. All you need to be You is the space. OAR will not only provide that space for you, it will also teach you how to create and define it.
LVX
The words of Bhai Sahib spoke to me as part of my own spiritual process. I have walked thorough the fires of death, divorce, health challenges, and employment opportunities. The quote may sound somewhat harsh, but sometimes our experiences feel harsh. This does not mean that we need to suffer, it does, at least for me, mean that sometimes life needs to burn away that which does not serve us.
I have had my share of fires, and in 1996, I got a douse of water that helped extinguish the fire – The Order of the Ascended Rose. From the beginning I knew I had found the answer to my questions, and I knew I would get tools that would be available. So when the fires flared, I could extinguish them myself and when I could not, there was always someone in the organization to assist me. I am proud to have done my due diligence. With pride in my heart, I was ordained as The Right Revered Karen Koblentz, June 26, 2005.
Come play and see if we can fan the flame of your Divinity and make your light a little brighter.
"When does gold ore become gold? When it is put through a process of fire. So the human being during the training becomes as pure as gold through suffering. It is the burning away of the dross. Suffering has a great redeeming quality. As a drop pf water failing on the desert sand is quickly sucked up immediately, so we must become nothing and nowhere...we must disappear."
Bhai Sahib
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