Seminary Program

This is where we post the essays from many of our Universal Life Church Seminary students. When students finish a ULC course, they write a comprehensive essay about their experiences with the course, what they learned, didn't learn, were inspired by, etc. Here are their essays.

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Monday, April 17, 2006

Master of Religion

Universal Life Church Religion program
Rev. James Connor

I have very much appreciated what has been brought out by this course. The technique of it is in the developing of our clear awareness and focusing it in a particular way so that we can accurately discern what is happening while we express the Lord in every day, momentary living.

Human beings are certainly wrapped up in themselves and even when it comes to religion, apparently, everything is geared to benefit man. The salvation for man’s sake is supposed to be supreme. Well, presumably, if human beings are here on Earth, they should have some purpose. This purpose would relate to the overall picture and be included in the universe; therefore, the function of man is important in the overall picture. As long as the view is self-centered, as it is from the human standpoint, as though the end and aim of everything is to please man, then he is living in a fool’s paradise, which could hardly be described as God’s paradise. The earth was not created for man, but man for the earth. There is a difference!

As we recognize that we are vibrational beings, realizing what is in our consciousness; the truth of each person is that which observes the observer, described as “God” and is eternal. What a person focuses on is what manifests in his or her own life, giving thanks in all things is the only way to success and fulfillment.

We have often spoken of something coming down from God out of Heaven, which will take form through human beings and be expressed on earth. The capacity of consciousness in man provided by reason of the fact that he has a physical body, allows this creative process to occur when there is a right setting in the conscious of which human beings become aware. He did not cause the events to appear, he merely provided the setting for their appearance. The Lord then, is not missing in action. The events, which occur in such case, indicate the emergence of the creative _expression of God, within the range of human awareness. The consciousness of man is then not separate from the creative expression from God. Here is the true reality of oneness.


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