Tenets Of Temple Of The Hidden Other

Temple Of The Hidden Other believes that a set of values and intentions help define ones journey and travels through life. As such, and in an effort to assist in explaining what it is Temple Of THe Hidden Other actually is and aims for and hopes to help facilitate, the following tenets are the core of our foundation and aim. These are the roots of our foundation and dictate our growth as an indvidual, while also steering the ship as we evolve together as a community.

+ Purpose

noun

the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.

an intended or desired result; end; aim; goal.

determination; resoluteness.

verb (used with object), pur·posed, pur·pos·ing.

to set as an aim, intention, or goal for oneself.

to intend; design.

verb (used without object), pur·posed, pur·pos·ing.

to have a purpose.

+ Growth

noun

the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.

size or stage of development: It hasn't yet reached its full growth.

completed development.

development from a simpler to a more complex stage: the growth of ritual forms.

development from another but related form or stage: the growth of the nation state.

adjective

of or denoting a business, industry, or equity security that grows or is expected to grow in value over a long period of time: a growth industry; a growth stock.

+ Community

noun, plural com·mu·ni·ties.

a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

a locality inhabited by such a group.

a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists: the business community, the community of scholars, diversity within a college community, London's Jewish and Muslim communities.

a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe.

Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.

Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.

verb (used with object), pur·posed, pur·pos·ing.

to set as an aim, intention, or goal for oneself.

to intend; design.

verb (used without object), pur·posed, pur·pos·ing.

to have a purpose.

+ Enlightenment

noun

the act of enlightening.

the state of being enlightened: to live in spiritual enlightenment.

(usually initial capital letter)Buddhism, Hinduism. prajna.

the Enlightenment, a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.