I doubt anyone reads this but I have a problem with the TMO.
First let me reiterate that I was a member long ago. I really didn't need to rejoin I have all the monographs, I can see them from where I sit right now. But, a lot has changed in that time.
My main problem I guess is that I am having a difficult time reconciling the TMO with my religious beliefs. While I realize that the TMO says its not a religion, it still uses religious terminology to present its opinions. While I can appreciate this tightrope walk that it tries to maintain, at the same time I have serious doubts about its validity. It seems to me to be simply another persons interpretation of what constitutes the TRUTH, and frankly, with the exception of its longevity, has no other basis other than the apparent zeal of its members to verify its opinion of what truth is.
To be honest I have also not been welcomed back with open arms. Members of the TMO, assured of their specialness in their apparent smugness, do not reach out or in any way that I can determine that backs up their lofty beliefs, and that is what they are, beliefs, with any action. Words are fine, we all have them, but there is no proof I can see that any of it, in a group sense, leads to any concrete actions that lift up mankind. As I said, talking about how the world is a mess and how we can hide behind a mask and a cloak and meditate that it will lead man back to an exalted state in unity with its creator is all well and good, in a rather childish way, but where is the good work? Where is the heart that hides within the cloak.
I have no doubt members mean well, but frankly the TMO comes across as a private little club of supposed illuminated souls who play act a drama with no real recourse of action. Id like to think differently but based on the total lack of communication from members as well an intuitive reaction I get that its nothing more than just another group of people who talk a good game but as a GROUP do nothing concrete to uplift mankind.
Jesus the Christ said, Love GOD and Love thy Neighbor. Is it really necessary to play act to do that? I hope whoever, if anyone, reads this doesn't take offense, but really, what does it really have to do with anything that matters?
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From what I've read, it sounds like you'd like to believe in what the Order professes, but have had difficulty reconciling its teachings when you see no evidence of anyone living the teachings, on this site or elsewhere.
What does Martinism mean to you? Also, how do the teachings and your faith not coincide?