Guardians

An audio summary of the Guardians

The Guardians were a group dedicated to social transformation by reinvesting their professional talents back into the community. Originating in Chicago during the late 1960s, these individuals evolved from a small circle of supporters into a structured network of structural revolutionaries. Their mission involved fostering primal community, awakening deep consciousness, and providing the tools necessary for others to unleash their creativity. By acting as religious pioneers within secular environments, they served as models for nurturing societal growth and addressing systemic ills. Ultimately, the movement represented a collective commitment to global service and the responsible stewardship of human potential.

Historically the role of a Guardian was to be one who had decided to take the investment of their lives and return it to society. It is as if society invested in one’s becoming an engineer, and in return you invested in society by engineering a whole new society. If society invested in your becoming a doctor, you returned the investment by creating a whole new understanding of medicine in the local situation. Being a Guardian is simply returning the investment. Those who have decided to play the role of returning the investment are all paravocated. We are all in the same mission. We are all Guardians.

Guardians are religious guinea pigs on behalf of all. They are the presence of the religious to secular people, which gives others the opportunity to be the religious too.  The tasks of the Guardian include:

•   Building primal community
•   Awakening people to deeps of consciousness
•   Developing method skills that release creativity
•   Pioneering social demonstration
•   Finding ways to nurture people

There were 21 Guardians meetings held between 1971 and 1982.

1st Guardians Meeting  –  November 1971