INTRODUCTION
" INTERI
" Shintoism was founded by Dr. John J. Williams, ( An ordained Baptist
Minister) after he was hospitalized when his motor vehicle caught fire
and he suffered burns to 40% of his upper body. It was at this time that
he experienced an " out of body " experience when his heart stopped due
to a reaction to the pain killer morphine .
It was during
this hospital stay that he drifted in and out of consciousness and many
questions he had about religion, life and death and the universe in general
were revealed to him in countless dream-like communications with what appeared
to be spirits or energy entities. He was allowed to " see " the meaning
of life and the roles we are assigned in order to continue in the afterlife
or spirit world .
After his release
from the " burn unit " he studied various religions and found that secular
shintoism was the one which seemed to meet the basic criteria in relation
to his perception of what path one must follow to be assured or granted
the possibility of continued existence after physical death based on his
religious enlightenment .
When his wife
experienced the same " out of body " experience a few years later, and
recounted her experiences, he knew that he had stumbled upon the most probable
path to follow in order to prepare himself and others for existence after
physical death . ( He studied reports on "out of body" experiences and
found that it was a very common occurrence among people from all walks
of life )
Research has
shown that millions of other human beings experienced almost exactly the
very same type of " out of body " experiences throughout recorded history,
and that " being drawn into the tunnel" is a common part of 99% of all
such experiences, this, coupled with Dr. Williams other revelations during
this stressful episode of his life, laid the groundwork for the creation
of the " INTERI " Shinto sect.
He chose
the name " INTERI " because it means " Enlightened or Intellectual
" in Japanese . It follows the tenets of the original 13 sects of Shintoism,
but uses modern technology and scientific basis to explain the various
aspects which make such a unique religious path .
One of the unique
aspects of " INTERISM" is that it employs the traditional Japanese martial
arts as a vehicle to unite oneself with the universal energy known in Japan
as " KI " . This unification is known as " AIKI " and involves transfer
of internal energy between oneself and the various other containers on
our world .
INTERI SHINTOISM
is more than merely uttering meaningless chants, trying to induce an altered
state through meditation, or following mindless doctrines born of an era
of intellectual dwafism .
It it more than reading a few books
and accepting their contents as absolute truth . It is more than following
the whims of a charismatic leader or buying into a myth without reasonable
evidence to support it as possible, let-alone, probable .
It is an on-going effort to dwell
into all aspects of human experiences or activities in order to better
understand life and our role in this universe . It is an active effort
to seek what is most likely, and dismiss that which is neither logical
or in our best interests as human beings .
There is no mystecism in understanding
God and what prophets throughout history have revealled as the true path
to spiritual survival . However, we must be willing to strip-away the thousands
of years of conditioning ploys and schemes used to control and enslave
people .
In effect, Interi Shintoism is
a modern interpretation of the lessons or guide-posts left by all the religious
prophets that have led to an organised religion or spiritual following
throughout mankind without the need to use negativity toward any religioius
belief in order to justify our own existance .
Our purpose or intention is not
to concern ourselves with the path taken by others under numerous religious
banners but with concentrating on our own efforts to seek what, to us,
seems to be the best path for our own spiritual survival after physical
death .
If we isolate ourselves from any
religious group, we might be closing the door of oppertunity to find more
pieces of the puzzle which we need to see the overal picture of spiritual
salvation . It is for that religion that Interi Shintoism must act in a
friendly and respectful manner toward anyone from any other religious following
or organization .
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