"If you want to gather all your desire into one simple word representing God that your mind can easily retain, choose a short word rather than a long one .... But choose one that is meaningful to you. Then fix it in your mind so that it will remain there come what may.... Let this word represent to you God in all his fullness and nothing less than the fullness of God. Let nothing except God hold sway in your mind and heart."

The MeetingHouse has provided a modern quantum chant: “I am a part of the LIGHT, the LIGHT is within me, The LIGHT and I are One with the Eternal God. “

“The development of insight is a natural by-product of meditation practice-it awakens our faith as we penetrate deeper into the mystery of God beyond conventional discursive thinking. We experience a new appreciation of sacred texts through an intuitive understanding. Doubts based on textual disharmonies dissolve as the soul penetrates its own depths to encounter all embracing existence. Our increased capacity to concentrate makes it easier to keep attentive during prayer and liturgical ceremonies. “

Most humans try to hold onto pleasant experiences forever, but they are only transitory except at the moment of recall. Our brains try to sweep the disagreeable parts of life under the rug. And every so often, we throw up our hands in anger and frustration, wondering aloud, "Is this all there is to life?" Good Question: Is that all there is, myfriend?

Once humans realized the basic truth of the human condition, we began to see that what we thought was the answer may actually be the problem. The Enlightenment Period enabled the Reformation. Humans found that superstition, and fearful paranoia, the world of magic, was not all of reality. By choosing the dominance of logical analysis and the rational mind we escaped to what we thought was a better and different realm. We had discovered better science than alchemy so technology was on the way.

Tragically, we suppressed mysticism. We did the worst, even burning at the stake those who sought to keep mysticism alive. Mysticism had to go underground, particularly in the West. Science began to produce not only great improvements in the quality of life; but also, disquieting, even threatening, products. We evolved, and then came today, a time when uncertainty about the future prevails.

Scientific progress is not enough. We have begun to explore the great potential of the human brain. We are trying another way, a way like meditation. Using chants, mantras and or mandalas helps. Humans want life to be more than a materialized reality based on material goods.

The Meditative State will come to you. You will see it with your minds eye. For one, Rev. Cooper knows he is centered "there" when he sees nothing except a beautiful blue field of light. For others it may be a golden yellow light, or, a lovely lotus flower floating. You will see what it is for you. Breathe deeply. Regularly. Your mind, using your brain is capable of unassisted meditation.

Can science help us to achieve the Meditative State? There are powerful CD/DVDs that can assist you. Recent research on the effects of hallucinogenics such as, psilocybin, peyote, ayahuasca, DMT indicates that meditative experiences may, for some, stimulate changes in serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine and other hormones. The brain uses them, naturally. Science may assist us in finding pathways. But, why wait? There is much to learn.

The possibility of mystical technologies is of course unsettling. Consider the possibility that some scientist(s) finds a way to provide a blissful transcendental experience by ingesting some safe substance. [Be Fore -Warned! In the 1950s the CIA (USA) studied the potential of LSD, among others, as a brain washing agent. Obviously, such a powerful substance could be abused by those who promote the advantages of an authoritarian  Church /State - As better than the Way of individuals seeking to maximize their personal human potential.]

[Consider that the Incas of Peru had an authoritarian culture, writing was prohibited, and the collective memory was thereby controlled by the authoritarian leadership. The vast majority were drugged with daily chewing of Coca leaves. The Incas founded the first known Happy Fascism, designed to prevent the growth and maturation of the human personality. During the pre-history of Hinduism it is said that something called Soma was used by the religious to enhance mystical experiences. Soma may have been a hallucigen from mushrooms. The Sanskrit records provide no evidence of what it may have been. It is good that Hinduism escaped the happy fascism of the Inca church/state civilization.]