Spiritual Education
The Christ Path Mystery School
What is Christianity, and what are the benefits of transformation?
In our modern society, many wisdom traditions and practices have become abandoned or long-forgotten. Yet, these practices are rooted in the core beliefs that Christ taught to the masses on how one can obtain spiritual freedom. His teachings reveal the most simple, yet challenging truths of how a man can save his own life…by losing it. How does losing one’s life equate to spiritual freedom and saving your soul? By learning how to become one with God.
While these primary principles identify the key components to attaining oneness with God, the Christ Path Mystery School Model lays the foundation for how we can achieve an open heart, and exchange the experiences of ‘hell on earth’.
When this new condition of ‘heaven on earth within our hearts’ arises, we are fulfilling God’s will of “on earth as it is in heaven.” This is not a physical place, but a condition of the heart where the virtues of love abound, for all.
If you have contemplated any of these questions below, then we hope these teachings will illuminate within your heart a new understanding of Christ’s life, and how we can truly emulate Christ’s path to oneness with God.
What is the good news of spirituality? What does the gospel of Christianity offer the world today?
Do you truly experience and feel unity with God and others in your life?
When we talk about salvation, what are we being saved from?
If Jesus is some kind of a savior, exactly how does he save us?
What about all the other religions that offer spiritual answers and practices?
Do feel disconnected and your heart knows there must be more to this thing called ‘faith’?
An introduction to our five-part series
Growing into God means understanding how to become one with God. Mystics and teachers from the earliest history in Christian wisdom led the way. Now, we see the Life of Christ is the transformative model for how we get there.
What is a Mystery School?
Thousands of years ago, when people outgrew the limits of the religions of their day they would seek out mystery schools. They wanted to accelerate their spiritual development and reach new heights. Most of us don’t think of Christianity as a ‘mystery religion’ even though the word mystery appears multiple times in our New Testament text. To understand this better, we need to look at the early history and what is known as the roadmap to a spiritual life.
When I read a story of Jesus, as a mystery teacher, it all lit up for me; I’m one of those aspirants who wanted more out of my faith than conventional religion, even progressive Christianity could offer me. – Pastor, Gabrielle Chavez
3rd Century History – Purgation, Purification & Unity
The 3rd century theologian/mystic, Origen of Alexandria, draws from three books of Jewish wisdom literature – Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs which provide a metaphorical “map” of the spiritual life. Like Proverbs, with its emphasis on right living and moral conduct, Origen saw the first stage of the mystical life as involving purgation or purification of all that impedes our search for God. The second stage, corresponding to Ecclesiastes, marks the illumination that comes as we learn to access the wisdom of the Holy Spirit within. Finally, the joyful eroticism of the Song of Songs represents the union with God that is the promise of the contemplative life.*
For over 25 years, Rev. Gabrielle Chavez has been living, teaching, and evolving a curriculum for the great initiations of the Christ Path: Incarnation, Baptism, Transfiguration, Resurrection and Ascension.
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