Chapel of Awareness "missionaries" and "religion"

Chapel Guardian received an observation about something found on the Encinitas Patch web site (http://encinitas.patch.com/listings/chapel-of-awareness). The Chapel of Awareness has posted a double-talk description that seems to further show that the Friends of Chapel now running the church know little if anything about the real work of founder, Rev. Eugene C. Larr, and the philosophy of the Chapel.

Here is what they say:

"Chapel of Awareness follows a religion of the spirit known as Tau Sing. Rev. Eugene C. Larr held the first service of the Chapel of Awareness on December 24, 1972 in a building that was formerly used as a Methodist church. Visit the Chapel of Awareness website to read more about Tau Sing."

"Services: Missionary programs"

This is flat out wrong, in Chapel Guardians' view. Since when does Chapel send out "missionaries" as part of a program? What is a Chapel of Awareness missionary? The use of "religion" to describe Larr's and Chapel's contribution to spiritual development, is more alarming.

As the Chapel of Awareness leadership have worded it, their description of the Chapel of Awareness is vague and open to interpretations - a religion called Tau Sing, or a religion of the one spirit, Tau Sing. What does that mean? What is "Tau Singism"? Or "Tauism"? Or "Singism"? If Tau Sing is "the religion of the spirit", does that mean Tau Sing is God? Or is it a religion -of- spirit.

What exactly are the Friends of Chapel saying here? And where are the Friends sending their missionaries?

The Friends of Chapel, in Chapel Guardian opinion, seem to be trying to change Larr's vision of spiritualism -without- dogma and religion into a religion itself. This is the opposite of Chapel of Awareness's purpose.

Chapel of Awareness "spirits"

What business does Chapel of Awareness have advertising on a site for wine??

As the previous observation noted, this is yet again another example of what happens when an organization floods the internet with promotional listings that end up on questionable sites.

Do we really want people to search online and find this kind of thing? Sorry, Chapel, wrong kind of "spirits". Funny, but embarrassing.

Chapel of Awareness "spirits"

Chapel of Awareness now a spam vehicle?

A basic internet search today showed a top level result (showed up starting around 5a-m this morning apparently) that uses Chapel of Awareness as a spam vehicle for "replica adidas sunglasses wholesale - three years with Chapel of Awareness". This is embarrassing, and avoidable.

Why does this matter to our congregation? Well when you flood the internet with yourself across "business" web sites as the Chapel's current leadership have done, you open yourself up to this kind of abuse. Chapel's current Board of Directors had no business sending out Chapel of Awareness listings under "business" sites (questionable ones in some cases, web searches show) for what we thought was (used to be, at least) a church. Who wants to attend a church that's becoming an on-line spam vehicle?