Five Keystones.
One.
Strive to be efficient, competent,
and autonomous.
Two.
Remember that you are fallible like everyone else; be ready to admit and forgive wrongdoing.
Three.
Uphold the rights and autonomy of others
as you would your own.
Four.
Endeavor to learn new things and
be educated by others.
Five.
Seek and follow your calling in life.
Six.
In all things strive for an equitable result
imbued with integrity and empathy.
The astute will notice that in fact there are six Keystones listed above. The Five Keystones are meant
to act as guideposts in our lives, a lodestar to guide our path.
The Keystones are not written in stone, nor should their words be taken too literally, or twisted to achieve an absurd result. The Sixth Keystone counsels us that all outcomes should comport with our innate knowledge of what is right, regardless of what words may be written on a page.
Origins
The Five Keystones are a distilled form of the teachings found in our holy scriptures, the World English Bible, a copy of which is available to all Members. Remember that our bible, and many other holy texts were written by men, and have changed through history. Their words may not perfectly match those of the Paraclete, but their message and the parables contained therein ring true to this day. This is important to remember, as it will help us properly understand the material we are reading. For example, many of these books use different words for the Paraclete, using terms like God or the Lord - all synonyms in this case, all referring to the creator of all things, the source of truth and oneness in the universe, the Paraclete. They also refer to the Holy Spirit, Savior, Jesus, and a Trinity - this is where the fallibility of man has, in attempting to understand the divine, created unnecessary linguistic terms to refer to one being. The Paraclete is all of these things, in different forms, manifesting itself to us in an effort to help us understand what may be beyond comprehension. The Temple only uses one word for the sake of efficiency and simplicity - we look to the Paraclete and the teachings of the Five Keystones.
