COCT MINISTRY
CHURCH OF COGNITIVE THERAPY
The Church Of Cognitive Therapy (COCT) aligns with global entheogenic spiritual communities that explore the sacred use of psychoactive substances beyond recreational contexts. The church emphasizes safety, ethical guidelines, and holistic mental and spiritual well-being while integrating traditional plant-based sacraments with therapeutic and spiritual objectives.
COCT Ministry is a modern entheogenic secular, religious, and spiritual movement that blends cognitive psychology, shamanic wisdom, and ceremonial plant medicine, offering a structured yet flexible path toward personal enlightenment, spiritual connection, and introduction to a global community of participation.
COCT Ministry is a pastoral trauma healing platform originally organized to heal veterans with PTSD, cancer, and addiction in 2003. Its origin was constructed using cognitive therapy, neuroplasticity, ancient ceremonial indigenous practices, and aligning with the animist belief in a Universal Divine Life Force that animates all things. These practices and beliefs were instrumental in curing a long period of depression and trauma for the organizer. The ministry's lineage is heavily rooted in veteran-to-veteran-led religious and spiritual practices.
The Golden Rule: Universal Concept
A Rule in Common: Norman Rockwell’s ‘Golden Rule’
"A group of people of different religions, races and ethnicity served as the backdrop for the inscription “Do Unto Other As You Would Have Them Do Unto You.” Rockwell was a compassionate man, and this simple phrase reflected his philosophy."
“I’d been reading up on comparative religion. The thing is that all major religions have the Golden Rule in Common. ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’ Not always the same words but the same meaning.”
– Norman Rockwell
The ‘Golden Rule’ – shared ethical understandings across religious traditions
"As the Dalai Lama makes clear in the rest of the book, the Golden Rule is merely an entry point to living a truly compassionate life. That said, the deep similarities of what constitutes an ethical life across so many religious traditions as these examples point out help point to a deep connection and unity across humanity – something which ought to be appreciated."
The Golden Rule Project
"Ethic of Reciprocity" passages from various religions: Bahá'í Faith to Taoism:
"THE MISSION OF THE GOLDEN RULE PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE PRACTICE OF COMPASSION, KINDNESS, AND EMPATHY BY SHARING THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF THE GOLDEN RULE THROUGH ARTS AND EDUCATION.
THE GOLDEN RULE PROJECT IS NOT RELIGIOUS, NOT POLITICAL, AND NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY AGENDA. WE PROMOTE THE GOLDEN RULE AS A BASIC HUMAN VALUE."
Karma, the Golden Rule, and Newton’s Third Law
"So whether we look at our actions through Newton’s law, the law of karma, or the Golden Rule, the conclusion becomes very clear. All of those immutable laws tell us that we should be very considerate and mindful with our actions because they always have consequences. In a sense, we create our own happiness, misery, or our hell and heaven.
Although we may never feel the results of our actions in this temporal world, those karmic consequences have more significance when seen in the light of our spiritual journey beyond this earthly life. Though these laws encourage us to be thoughtful about our actions lest we hurt someone, that is not the highest goal for us."
The ‘Golden Rule’
"At its essence, reciprocity is the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have done to you.
Essentially, this is the application of the principle of the golden rule across 14 different faith traditions. It does not say they are all the same, rather it reflects a broader equanimity between all faiths and faith traditions, and no matter your belief others believe similarly to you."
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