THE
    ORIGINAL TRADITION 
    Historical/Mythological Overview 
    THE
    ORIGINAL TRADITION 
    The Power of Reality 
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    THE
    ORIGINAL TRADITION 
    The Power of Reality 
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    ORIGINAL TRADITION 
    The Power of Reality 
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    Mother
    & Sons 
     
    The Five Pillars 
    
      
        | The Original Tradition has five pillars. They are very
        simple, but not easy. Maybe you immediately like them. Then you are really blessed. Maybe
        you come to them because of bad experiences with other approaches. Then I hope this time
        it will turn out better for you. Maybe you just read about it and want to know more.
        That's okay too. In fact, the way you come to The Original Tradition is not in our hands.
        In reality, there are countless ways, as many as there are people. So, whoever you are, be
        welcome. | 
       
     
    1. Times of Decay 
    
      
        | Essential is that you acknowledge that we live in a
        time of decay, within and without. Aren't we in great problems, with our health, our
        relationships, our work, our contact with the Ultimate, the economy, the future, our
        youth, society, our culture and with the earth? Crucial is the question: "what
        exactly is being broken down?" Right, it is our ego-accumulations. Spirituality is
        all about (re) connecting to reality, hence, the requirement is that you are (become) a
        realist. So, aren't our times characterized by "me, me, me" and "more,
        more, more?" With other words by self-centered individualism, rude materialism,
        ignorance, addiction, indifference, carelessness, superficiality, corruption, and so on?  Not surprisingly thus, that essential values and norms necessary to keep up
        the culture are rapidly eroding. We are about to commit collective suicide. To spiritual
        people this is the moment "to cooperate with the decay, instead of resisting
        it". Let the ego-accumulations - the ones who have brought us to the verge of the
        abyss - die is their parole. By going back to the Origin our addictions will be broken
        down, while restoring contact with our True Self. By reconnecting to our Origin we are led
        back to the One We Really Are. And this, in its turn is a pre-requisite for renewal.  
        This goes against the common "dream come true" obsession.
        Although it looks "positive" and "hopeful", it is the ego's fear for
        being broken down that makes him produce yet "another dream". It becomes very
        clever in inventing dreams. In reality, it is escape behaviour. True renewal only emerges
        after you have "died to the old" e.g. cleaned up your mess.  | 
       
     
    2. Back to the Origin 
    
      
        | Fortunately you are not alone in this. As so often,
        when everything looks gloomy with no way out - in our case the fiasco of traditional
        religions and the current global crisis - the Ultimate interfered by revealing itself to
        the world. "God is dead (Nietzsche), long live the Cosmic Mother!" By Her
        Self-revelation a totally new understanding about existence has emerged. Suddenly, the
        crisis appears to be an opportunity. Why? Because the Ultimate Reality appears to be a
        Vacuum, in Which everything is dying while continuously being reborn. This Emptiness is
        also called "Cosmic Womb" or "Great Mother".   "Death and rebirth" is the governing principle of the universe. In
        practice, this means, that it is a Cosmic Law that our burden is constantly taken from us.
        Only when you accept the decay, the old, sick, accumulated, ugly, evil and fouling things
        have a chance to be broken down. Provided we don't hinder it. We hinder it by clinging to
        ourself, our thinking, emotions and desires. We even cling to our misery! However, from
        the first moment we let go e.g. giving our anguish back to the Mother She has to take
        it back, because this is Her Cosmic Nature. So, let go of your identifications and
        She is doing the rest: taking your burden from you. Our motto: "Die (ego) in order to
        live (your True Self)!" 
        Insight into the Nature of the Cosmic Womb is decisive. It gives us
        a foundation, not merely on belief alone, but on understanding. This has tremendous
        consequences for our contemplation, for instance. If I give my burden back to the Mother,
        while simultaneously imagining Her as an empty Womb, the latter taking every content back,
        then the power of my prayer will be accordingly. You will be supported by the Power of
        Reality, because you (re)connect to the Origin itself, not to some derivative or
        self-created image. Not only that. Knowing the Law of the Universe will give you security
        - through which you will be able to surrender without fear. You let go while knowing that
        She is doing Her part of the job.      | 
       
     
    3. The Birth of a New
    Self 
    
      
        | Deep down in Her Bottomless Womb destruction is
        transformed into rebirth. It is the unfathomable Mystery of the Mother. This applies to
        all levels of existence, to start with the Eternal Light (God, Buddhahood). The latter is
        born out of the Mother's Abyss. Since we are embedded in it, our surrender to Her is
        rewarded with the birth of the Light within us. This ranges from Full Enlightenment,
        Satori, our True Self to "simple" awareness. This is supported by our mantra
        "Mother of God"*. This is the most poweful mantra ever introduced, because it
        touches the untouchable Bottomlessness of the Mother, the Origin of all. * Additionally by "The Universal Way"
         
        It goes this way. Whispering "Mother" while breathing out,
        "of God" while breathing in, in both cases consciously feeling your breathing.
        Your breathing out, together with "Mother" is disappearing into the dark realm
        of your pelvis, a metaphor for the Cosmic Womb (Grail Vessel!), and dies there e.g.
        dissolves into nothingness, while your breathing in, together with "of God" is
        filling your thorax, extending it to all sides. The secret: the deeper your breathing out,
        the more poweful your breathing in. 
        By doing so God-Birth is taking place within you 24 hours a day!
        Both inner Light, clarity of mind and expanding energy are constantly transforming your
        system, making it more transparent for the Divine realm. Your insight, love, joy, strength
        and gratitude will grow accordingly. You experience in yourself the Cosmic Drama where the
        Divine is constantly born out of the Dark Abyss of the Womb! From that moment on you
        know by your own experience*. No need for following anybody, anymore..... 
        * And not only that. Since Divine energy is
        penetrating your entire system it can be consciously directed to areas that are most in
        need. That's why it can be "used" in healing f.i. See: "Mother Healing"   | 
       
     
    4. To Become Part of the
    Whole 
    
      
        | Usually, the spiritual Path ends here. Not with The
        Original Tradition. Some insights may help. Contrary to many popular paths - who claim
        that after Realization the ego has disappeared for the rest of your life - we know from
        experience that this is not the case. It will come back! Especially when this fact is
        denied......there is a realistic danger that the ego starts identifying with your
        Attainment, using it for its own purposes: status, power, money. The consequence: even
        after Enlightenment you have to work on personal integration. The
        same is true for many of the oppressed emotional contents of your psyche. It is quite
        ironical, that, while you think "your dream has come true" e.g. you will now
        enter a realm of harmony and peace, flare-ups of irritability, instability, anguish, anger
        and depression are the order of the day. Not that smiling "enlightened being",
        at all. It is a crucial moment in which you have the choice to acknowledge the state you
        are in or (once again) deny it. If you choose the former, you - like everybody else - have
        to go back to zero to start working on integrating these old parts into your New Self.
        Hard work! It took me about 20 years! 
        Last but not least, if your Realization doesn't become integrated in
        a meaningful context, in which it can find balance, your entire effort will be in vain. In
        former days the religious culture provided that context. Nowadays, we have to actively
        search for it*. I call it to become part of "Heaven, earth and the (new)
        community", once again. The way you do it is very personal. The goal is the same,
        though. Your True Self has to find a framework that supports "him" on the one
        hand, while providing "him" a fertile soil for pursuing its spiritual calling
        e.g. mission, on the other.   
        * Suggestions to become part of the
        Whole: "Existential
        Consciousness",   "Sovereign
        Living", "Mother Circles",
        "Healing Communities"  | 
       
     
    5. Transformation/Healing
    the Planet 
    
      
        | Finally, your integration efforts have to be extended
        to your direct environment, as well. The latter being nothing else but the materialization
        of your ego. Hence, to include the world is part of your responsibility. Those who
        "forget" about this last step just prove that their realization is not complete.
        The greater the Grace you received the more extensive your compassion with the beings
        "around you". In fact, everything is part of (your) limitless Space. So, you
        just love everything like yourself. Nothing special, nothing holy. This is the meaning of being a Chosen One. Applied to an entire people this
        is blasphemy, because the key characteristic of God (The Mother) is, that
        "He"/She is all-embracing, nobody or nothing excluded. Individuals do get
        chosen, though, often causing theological problems: "why him and not me if God loves
        everybody equally?" The answer: those who are chosen "have to pay it back"
        through their commitment. The more Grace you received, the greater your responsibility
        toward the Whole. 
        So, everybody differs with regard to the grade of commitment. Some
        less, some more, some much more. In order to support you in finding a meaningful strategy
        the Mother granted me Her program for saving the earth: "Transformation/ Healing the
        Planet in 7 Steps", to begin with a New Spirituality. So, that's how I got my
        mission. It didn't make me committed right from the start, though.....It took some effort
        to come out of my inner paradise, my easy going life and private security. At last, I
        didn't have a choice anymore*. 
        * Proof of how important it is to follow your
        spiritual responsibility e.g. the commitment to sharing: if you don't, even the inner
        Light becomes poisonous, causing all kinds of trouble, including
        sickness.      | 
       
     
    Summarizing 
    
      
        | In spiritual life everything depends on the Mother.
        She is the Cosmic Vessel of Transformation, in Which destruction is converted into
        renewal. Without Her the crisis is meaningless. Thus, surrender to Her Ultimate Reality,
        the Mystery of Her Bottomlessness. She is giving Essence back to life. It is a new step in
        evolution. Those who do entrust themselves "will be saved" will be renewed in
        this life! It is all about "to die in order to become reborn". If many do it,
        then the culture will be saved too. The New Self of many will initiate new impulses,
        everywhere. It is exactly as A.Toynbee said: "in times of decay people go back to the
        Origin in order to become renewed. It is these people, who, out of a new inspiration build
        a new culture". | 
       
     
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