The Church of Cymatics

To begin with:

Religions suck.

They're the literal worst. The world over, despite their divine origins, the major religions have become little more than socially-accepted cults that infantilize the masses, demonize whole groups of other humans and use a self-serving concept of God to justify endless wars for profit and power.

As a result, the word church carries a lot of baggage, doesn't it?

"The Church" (pick any of the big ones) is demonstrably responsible for unforgivable scandals involving such deviousness as sexual predation, social oppression, immoral financial chicanery and political corruption.

To be clear:

This is not that.

Though there are definitely redeeming qualities within every faith tradition, the generally nightmarish history has turned many people (myself included) off or away from the very idea of a church.

Why would anyone want to devote their life or entrust their spiritual development to hypocritical people and organizations that engage in such obviously evil endeavors?

That being the case, you may ask: why is this a church?

Let me explain.

Why a Church?

Despite the present-day toxicity of most major organized religions, I refuse to throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.

A strong connection to spirit and soul remains a vital source of inspiring guidance and basic goodness for the majority of humanity. 

A Pew Research study based on data from 2010 reveals that 84% of the global population identifies as "religiously affiliated." In addition, many of the remaining 16% of unaffiliated folks "hold some religious or spiritual beliefs... even though they do not identify with a particular faith." 

This Harvard Medical School study shows how spirituality can lead to better health outcomes.

Personally, I was raised in a religiously neutral environment, in which attending Church was primarily a way of connecting with our neighbors. I asked a lot of questions though, and was always encouraged to find my own answers (Are you there God? It's me, Dave).

In middle school, I asked and was often invited to attend services at Temple Israel with the family of my best friend. In college, I studied Buddhism, yoga and attended Bible study. To this day, a lifetime of existential anxiety compels me to seek ever-deeper answers about who I am, why I'm here and what it all means.

This seeking is what ultimately led me to Āyurveda, Vedic Astrology, a Master's degree in Metaphysics and a Doctorate in Divinity. Part of this degree included ordination as a Minister in the Wisdom of the Heart Church.

In the gradual process of recognizing and accepting my calling as a professional human development guide, I was always confronted with the conundrum of how to design an authentic, economically ethical and regenerative delivery system for these gifts. A series of serendipities led me to the conclusion that a Church is the best way to organize the information, activities and fellow seekers to whom my life is devoted.

And so, here we are.

To be an ordained, non-denominational Minister in the Church of Cymatics is a personal, political, economic and spiritual choice. Here are a few reasons why I've chosen this path:

• First and foremost, as an innately gentle, generous human born into a world dominated by late-stage, extractive, colonialist capitalism, I have always struggled to relate to business and money in a healthy way. Have you ever felt the same? As an unincorporated 508(c)1a faith-based organization, the Church of Cymatics is as removed as possible from the realm of economics, requiring the absolute minimum level of interaction with a demonstrably corrupt financial system that manufactures scarcity and depends for its survival upon widespread wage- and debt-slavery. Distance from this system allows us to stay focused on our spiritual mission to share illuminating, liberatory information and activities with as many people as possible.
• Then, here are two somewhat-selfish-perhaps but nonetheless-super-important factors:
  • As a well-qualified but unlicensed practitioner, the umbrella structure of a Church with an auxiliary Private Membership Association provides significant legal protections for all involved by invoking our First Amendment right to freedom of religion, speech and assembly.
  • The Constitutionally-enshrined separation of Church and State also bestows bountiful tax benefits. I am not inherently opposed to taxation because I truly appreciate and enjoy civilization (roads, firefighters and public education, for example). However, if the financial fruits of this healing work are going to serve a globe-spanning military empire that overthrows, undermines, surveils and rains bombs on innocent humans, I do not consent. The Church of Cymatics is committed to using the resources it stewards in service of a more just and peaceful world.
• Finally, the modern biomedical paradigm (including mental health) offers many miraculous solutions, and in recent years is leaning more and more towards the power of consciousness in any healing process. However, there is much progress to be made towards incorporating a truly holistic view of human nature in the pursuit of health and happiness. The Church of Cymatics offers helping professionals of all walks the opportunity to integrate an explicitly spiritual approach into their professional practice.

In summary, I believe that the overlapping crises we are facing — personally, relationally and collectively — are the symptomatic outgrowth of a fundamentally spiritual problem. Humanity is in transition from one paradigm to the next; the poles are shifting and what was the North Star is True North no longer.

At this vital moment in history, there is an upswell of humans ready to release themselves from oppressive old power structures and take full responsibility for their own soul mission. That's what I am here to do, and that is why the Church of Cymatics exists — to empower people with the knowledge and skills necessary to spontaneously Self-organize into an interdependent system more harmonic than this planet has ever known.

That's the gist of it. For more specifics about operations and agreements, I refer you to The Fine Print.

For now, I wonder:

Does any of that make sense to you?

Why? Or why not? Let me know!

Why Cymatics?

Every spiritual tradition throughout all of human history has emphasized the power and importance of sound vibration. The earliest extant written text, the Rig Veda, is essentially a book of hymns and chants. The famous opening words of the Torah or Old Testament are: “In the beginning, there was the Word, and the word was God.” The practice of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and beyond all center around song. Even our modern word for the vastness of creation, the universe, means “one song (or poem).”

The Church of Cymatics orients its metaphysical belief structure around the concrete science of cymatics – the study of how sound and vibration create, maintain and transform the seemingly solid matter that forms the perceivable world. Combining ancient understandings with modern, Nobel Prize-winning science, the Church of Cymatics endeavors to inspire human creativity and connection through accurate comprehension of the all-pervasive pattern language that composes our cosmos, from micro to macro.

Church Doctrine 

There are Five Laws of Inner Physics that describe the simple math and science informing the faith and practice of the Church.

These Five Laws are summarized below.

If you'd like to go deeper, check out the Inner Physics Starter Kit which includes the Multi Dimensional Essentials course.

Ultimately,

the Church of Cymatics exists

to empower people

with the knowledge that

we are intimately interwoven

within the web of all beings,

and to facilitate the cultivation

of the skills necessary 

to spontaneously Self-organize

into an interdependent system

more harmonic than this

planet has ever known.

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For more about the practical agreements and economic policies that govern the Church of Cymatics and its auxiliary private membership association, The Inner Physics Forum, please read The Fine Print.