What is Spiritualism...
Spiritualism’s main focus is to
promote an individual to have a personal experience with God.
Spiritualism is a religion that is
not based on a relationship with a particular Savior, recognizing
all prophets that came to mankind through the ages; not setting
one above the other. It is rather based upon the idea that we are all
to form our own relationship with God, and to obtain guidance and
accept responsibility for our actions based on our interaction
with that personal guidance. We are able to have that instant and
personal communication directly with God with no intermediary,
hence the reason why we do not give any one a fixed idea of God,
only that there is a God.
 Any attempt to personalize the
idea of God only limits the totality of that Intelligence, being
the reason Spiritualists sometimes refer to that idea of God as
Infinite Intelligence or Infinite Spirit.
Another significant difference is
the belief of survival of death by the personality, meaning that
we still think of ourselves the same after death as during our
physical life.
This is reasonably proven by
Mediumship, the bringing back loved ones in evidential form who
have gone through the change called death. It also removes
grieving when it is realized that our loved ones are still around
us from time to time and able to communicate with us and still
care about us and can be communicated with. Mediumship when done
in the true sense will produce a real understanding of this
existence and level of interaction to and from the spirit realm.
Another major difference is that
we believe that the nature of mankind is to be good, not a sinner.
We do not believe in sin and repentance, only spiritual
progression by Natural Law. We also do not believe in Vicarious
Atonement, meaning that you are responsible at all times, here and
hereafter for your actions and must compensate in some fashion for
them yourself, not a savior of some kind for you.
The basic philosophy of
Spiritualism does not say it is the only way, and does feel all
religions can produce enlightenment and believes that Jesus as
well as all other saviors and prophets were real people.
Our feeling is that your purpose
here is to unfold spiritually then use that to be of service to
others as you continue to unfold.
You need not aspire to be a medium
or healer to be a spiritualist.
Spiritualism is a science,
philosophy and a religion:
- A Science because it
investigates, analyzes and classifies facts and manifestations
of Spirit.
- A Philosophy because it studies
the Laws of Nature both on the seen and unseen side of life and
bases its conclusions upon present observed facts.
- A Religion because it strives to
understand and comply with the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual
Laws of Nature, which are the Laws of God.
Co-Development is what the
methodology is for enacting all which is spoken of previously,
that being we draw from those around us, our own mind and
experiences, and spiritual inspiration for our guidance.
This philosophy and movement of
Spiritualism when put into practice in your life will truly change
it and produce true freedom and confidence in oneself and can lead
others through your example to seek what you have. We also are not
a religion of conversion, only by example, through self-unfoldment,
and teaching those who come seeking are we to spread the truth of
Spiritualism.
See the
Declaration of Principles and Definitions
Good books; Becoming a
Spiritualist by H. Gordon Burroughs, The N.S.A.C. Spiritualist
Manual, The History of Spiritualism by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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