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TOWARD THE ONE, THE PERFECTION OF LOVE, HARMONY, AND BEAUTY, UNITED WITH ALL THE ILLUMINATED SOULS, WHO FORM THE EMBODIMENT OF THE MASTER, THE SPIRIT OF GUIDANCE.

AGREEMENTS CREATE REALITIES

On every level of being it is agreement between beings that create realities. We see this in our human relationships. To the degree that there is agreement between beings there is a shared and manifest reality. To the degree that there is disagreement between beings, there is a shared and manifest unreality. This is true on every level of being, from the agreement between atomic particles to form molecules which form elements and so on, to the agreement between cosmic beings (all the stars and all the galaxies) to form the one song of the universal harmony, the music of the spheres.

This is reflected in the Sufi philosophy of love, harmony, and beauty. In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan, “Love is the essence of life; harmony is the means by which life attains its purpose; and beauty is the result of life.” Sirkar Van Stolk, in Memories of a Sufi Sage, Hazrat Inayat Khan, gives some examples. “One could say that love is the essence of a lifelong friendship; harmony is the means by which it is sustained; and beauty is to be seen in the acts of kindness and thoughtfulness resulting from it.” “As the Sufi mystic sees it, God’s love is the force which makes the plant grow; and the harmony of its development – the balance of colour, the symmetry of petals – manifests as beauty.

The principle of agreement or harmony underlies Lama Foundation’s process of decision-making and guidance through consensus. In the spirit of the Quakers meeting in silence, waiting upon the Lord, to hear the spirit of guidance, consensus is more than agreement between beings to pursue mutually beneficial interests; consensus is seeking agreement with reality, to live in harmony with nature, with the way things are in the creation.

Lama Foundation is an experiment in consciousness. Given the impermanent nature of reality, the experiment, to be viable, must continually and subtly adjust to the way things are in the present moment. Therefore, guided by our statement of purpose and living spiritual tradition, the most effective way to adjust to the present moment is to “as-is” the situation, to affirm the principles that are actually working and to let go of principles that no longer serve us.

BACKGROUND MATERIAL

New Mexico law requires a non-profit corporation to have a Board of Directors who constitute and are responsible for the operation of the corporation to fulfill its statement of purpose. The Board of Directors appoints the officers of the corporation (who may or may not be also Directors) to take charge of the practical functioning of the corporation. Generically the officers may be President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer.

A corporation is a legal person with all the rights and liabilities of a natural person. Unlike natural persons, corporations exist in perpetuity. The corporation itself is responsible for its liabilities. The individual Directors, protected by the “corporate shield,” cannot be held personally liable for the debts, etc. of the corporation, except in cases of extreme malfeasance and gross neglect of duties.

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