Fundamental Principles of Cafh
As human beings we each have the right to think and
feel and make decisions about our life without the
intervention of others. This right to freedom is basic
to our potential for inner unfolding and gives us countless
possibilities. Among these possibilities is that of
making commitments to ourselves, to others and to God.
Once we make commitments, the exercise of freedom consists
in our capacity to fulfill those commitments faithfully.
The right to freedom implies responsibility in exercising
it. The development of responsibility as we exercise
our freedom is what leads to peace and happiness.
Commentaries
The aim of the teaching of Cafh is to help us expand
our consciousness through a continuously updated interpretation
of life and the world. The expansion of consciousness
is what develops our sense of responsibility.
Renouncement forms the foundation of the teaching
of Cafh. The teaching of Cafh defines renouncement
as presence, participation and reversibility.
Presence
In relation to our sense of who we
are: being aware of the divine in ourselves and of
ourselves in the world and life.
In relation to action: we promote the unfolding of
society by first making the changes in ourselves that
we would like to see in others and society.
This leads us to:
Participation
We participate in the universal
context by expanding our consciousness.
We participate in the human context–that is,
with all human beings–by developing an open attitude,
permeable to the message of life.
This implies:
Reversibility
In the harmony of opposites: knowing
how to be fully in the present while remaining aware
of the eternal present. The particular and the general,
the individual and the collective, humanity and myself
represent two sides of the same reality. To attain
reversibility is to plant our consciousness in the
totality of reality
while recognizing the validity of all its expressions.
In personal problems: To place our personal problems
within the context of the problems of others and the
world’s. This leads us to understand the illusion
of seeking our own personal happiness separated from
the world in which we live.
Accepting the limitations of our understanding and
applying our will to the development of a
growing understanding of ourselves, our lives and the
world are the firm bases of our road of unfolding.
With these postulates and principles, Cafh promotes
our spiritual unfolding.
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