"My true religion, my simple faith is in love and compassion. There is no need for complicated philosophy, doctrine, or dogma. Our own heart, our own mind, is the temple. The doctrine is compassion. Love for others and respect for their rights and dignity, no matter who or what they are - these are ultimately all we need." ~ Dalai Lama
Welcome to the site of Noetic Jediism, a community group of the Institute of Noetic Science and the open source unreligion. We want no less than perpetual human civilization in alignment with Natural Law, and we invite you to jump in and help shape this highly individualized and living spiritual and philosophical movement. What do we mean by "living"? We're adaptive, and we hear each others' voices. We strive for high ethics in our dogma-free, scientific approach to spiritual issues, and our tenets can be changed if they're found to be inaccurate or rooted in delusion. The age of the spiritually obvious and set in stone, such as "thou shalt not kill", was a necessary first step. But now we find ourselves in a much more complex, nuanced world. We find ourselves needing to discover how we best fit the Universe as individuals in harmony with each other and with Nature. We find ourselves culturally subject to chaotic egotism today, and sorely in need of legacy more imaginative than the selfish oblivion broadcast by the mass media; a compelling collective vision, a New Story of Civilization. Unlike a religion, which normally manifests as a temporal hierarchy run similarly to a corporation with elites espousing dogmas and expecting obedience and tribute, Noetic Jediism might be described in more libertine and democratic terms. As individuals without distinction turning toward the Universe and in pursuit of Natural Law, we seek enlightenment and the alignment of mental and behavioral patterns that engender beneficent and perpetual civilization. We are lightworkers and manifestors of a beautiful future through creative wisdom and mindfulness.
This is both a mystic and scientific process of self-discovery, an active relationship with the Universe through scientific, evidence-based spiritual practice rooted in ancient wisdom. We share the notion that this movement, if nurtured and expressed through ethical and positive channels over time, could create a groundswell leading human civilization on a transformative process, individually and collectively, through sustainability and toward perpetuity and Golden Age. If we could dare to imagine together a civilization that fits Nature via a timeless Natural Order that has yet to be fully envisioned, then we might achieve everything we know that we're missing in the idle and destructive channels and distractions we find presently described for us and so well-traveled around us, much to the disquiet of that still small voice of conscience within us. Today we find ourselves fully expressed in systems of physicality and arbitrary, top-down capitalism but we are spiritually lost. We seek resonance with the Universe and with deeper meaning, but we don't know where to look: we are worried by so many temporal distractions.
