While members of the Church of Tzaddi come from different backgrounds and follow different spiritual practices, we share a common set of beliefs. We do not claim that ours are the only valid beliefs, as we recognize that all belief systems are part of the Universal Truth. However, these principles guide our personal beliefs and practices.
The 21 Principles were initially established by Founding Bishop Amy Kees in the 1960s and much has changed since they were written. Over time they have been interpreted by church leadership with acknowledgment of our understanding of emergent truth and the recognition that if we subscribe to the belief that “God is Love” (Principle #3), then faith should evolve to become more accessible and inclusive and more universal to reflect and honor that love.
Today, we may feel that some of the language no longer reflects how we see the world. Regardless, we still feel these principles reflect the essential basis of the church. We are open to conversation around the principles to find their essence so we can discern the truth in them that lasts through time as our language and perspectives change. There is value in reflecting on the truth of the old and watching how it changes over time as we gain new and broader understandings.
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We believe in supporting the highest and greatest good for all. We acknowledge each person’s Truth or chosen path, and accept that it is their reality. All are a part of the Universal Truth, which we are all seeking.
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We choose to walk a path that is in keeping with our Truth and our nature. We actively support only those realities or Truths that honor growth and free will rather than seek to do harm or manipulate others.
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We believe that God is love.
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We believe that the lessons we experience come from our own free will, either voluntarily, in loving sacrifice, or through having taken an action against our own Truth. We believe that the responsibility for our lessons lies solely with ourselves and that internal responsibility is different from outside “blame.”
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We believe there are no real “failures” in life, only varying levels of success depending on how we create and integrate our own learning experiences.
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We believe that each incarnated soul chose this life with full awareness of its primary relationships and the lessons that it wanted to learn. It is a part of each person’s path to become more aware of this life’s plan and to work through the lessons and to achieve conscious union with the soul.
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We acknowledge our direct access to all higher energies including the Creator of All that Is and that this access is limited only by the degree of our love, clarity, and intent.
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We believe that humankind can obtain divine guidance directly through our intuitive abilities, through direct channeling of energies of Light or from the Power within and that this is limited only by our love, clarity, and intent.
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We believe that humankind has innate intuitive abilities that many persons have not yet actively developed. We know that these are gifts given to us by God to be used for our personal growth and in service to the world.
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We believe that our physical body is the material expression and vehicle of the soul. We believe that each personality is here to learn the limitations of its beliefs, and to learn from and expand the wisdom of the soul.
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We believe that all paths founded in light and love lead to God and that we have been given free will on this planet to choose a multitude of paths and corresponding lessons/experiences/effects that increase our ability to bring beauty, truth, light and love to our world.
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We believe that we are all connected and that denying this innate unity produces conflicts and frustrations that we experience in our relationships.
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We believe that throughout time, many enlightened masters and spiritual teachers have performed extraordinary feats attributed to the presence and action of an ultimate or divine power. We believe that we have the potential to perform “miracles” as well and that we are limited only by the degree of our love, clarity, and intent.
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We believe that there is ancient knowledge that has been hidden for thousands of years that is now being revealed to those whose intent is pure and who will use it for the betterment of humankind and the Earth.
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We believe that the source of scientific knowledge is of sacred origin and that science cements all new knowledge into this ‘reality’ with theories and experiments. We believe that there are forces and energies currently unknown whose effect can be observed, measured, and explained as our scientific knowledge advances.
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We acknowledge the existence and missions of the Angelic and Devic kingdoms.
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We acknowledge the laws of this society. We take responsibility for having chosen to incarnate and live here and we understand that we have the freedom to move elsewhere if we do not feel in harmony with this society and its laws.
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We acknowledge the uniqueness and preciousness of the children. We are sensitive to their special needs and aware of their future missions of service in the Light.
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We acknowledge that we are not alone in the universe. Whether we desire it or not, we are part of an interplanetary society. While we acknowledge the existence of extraterrestrials, we own our responsibility to discern truths from untruths and to distinguish those working in the Light from those who do not intend the highest and greatest good.
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We acknowledge the gravity of the planetary environmental balance and support those who, out of love for Mother Earth, work to preserve, protect, and reclaim the environment, returning it back to its natural balance.
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We acknowledge that we have entered a new millennium, living in exciting times as prophesied in revelatory material. We believe in the cycles of life, and that after destruction, creation follows. We believe that in times of upheaval, disturbance, and chaos there is always hope, and we focus on the seeds of better tomorrows.