--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- jyouells2000 wrote: > > > > A Course in Miracles has avoided hierarchical > > organizational structure and most of the > > structural problems we talk about here... > > Chapter 3 of Robert Perry's _Path of Light_, > about a Course in Miracles, has been a huge > influence on my worldview. Yet I'm told by > a friend who used to work for Perry that he's > engaged in a fight for the purity of the > teaching, as any true believer will do. > Granted, there's no central organization > with a hierarchy and power structure. > Instead it has independent interpreters > and teachers, who may or may not agree on > the teaching. Hence - to buttress John's > point - there's no master organization > that can excommunicate apostates.
This approach has also helped the 12 step programs to thrive... One of it's basic tenants is that there is no leader, but the God of your choosing- 'Higher Power'...and they avoid political stuff, and any type of advertizing or pursuance of fame, or money... >
