The World Celebrationist
Society
The organized body of Celebrationism and the home of all people.
About Celebrationist Absolutions
Official absolutions are issued by the World Celebrationist Society, the organized body of Celebrationism - an open philosophy based on ideas of inclusiveness, acceptance and the promotion of human tolerance, peace, happiness and growth. Absolutions are issued at the discretion of the Reverend Advocate, the leader of Celebrationism who works simultaneously as the non-governmental chief advocate, or Advocate General, who works in service to all people, regardless of their social or cultural affiliations, life history or societal status. Absolutions may not be bought, traded or awarded for any personal benefit, and generally are not solicited. Absolutions are solely issued in the spirit of growing greater societal understanding, offering alternative perspective and advocacy on behalf of those who are embattled in the most public of settings. Absolutions are not meant to resolve conflicts directly, but rather offer voice of external Celebrationist viewpoint, provide comfort to those at risk of feeling isolated or alone in the most difficult of times, and implementing illustrated acts of compassion on behalf of ancient ideas celebrated widely as being the fundamentals to human development and peace.
Gestures of Forgiveness
It is in our movement's mission to work compassionately in defense of those who have errored. Here you will find Gestures of Interhuman Absolution issued by the Celebrationist Movement in an effort to explore forgiveness toward those who offend in the most public of ways. We do this because in human nature there is inherent flaw, the degree of flaw is dependent on the context of each human being and thier biological predispositions, environements, experiences and a complex orchestration of variable. It is our position that regardless of offense, a person willing to be productive in their own growth and active in self-correction is entitled to the forgiveness of their fellow being. The Clebrationist Movement is proud to champion this important notion of compassion and tolerance toward any offender commmitted to productive correction and growth.
An Interhuman
- Absolution -
April 2015
Officer Michael T. Slager
Charleston County Sheriff's Office
It is difficult to understand why it is so easy for some to slip into such lost, inconsiderate and reckless understanding of the value and meaning of each human life. There is one single law that takes precedent before any other, and that is the law of respect for the life that we’re gifted with. We are duty bound to not only respect our own lives or the lives of those we have emotional bond with, but also the lives of every human who shares this experience on earth. There should be no distinction between our material and that of another, we’re birthed from the same body and extensions of each other. To offend against another is to be damaging to self. To close a life of another is to reduce the life of yours.
Michael Slager submitted to demotion of spirit and forfeited sacred elements of his own nature in needlessly stealing the life of Walter Scott. The value of what was taken away from this earth in the elimination of Mr. Scott’s life presence in our worldly existence is of profound loss and pricelessness. The consequences natural to Michael Slager’s choices in falling victim to reckless judgement and innate carelessness will undoubtedly, and with reason, be weighty and eternal.
We do ourselves no favors however, when we lose sight of the humanity of even the most reckless, damaging and lost offender.
The greatest disservice that we can apply as a world society is one of unproductive action. We will fuel a fire of immense consequence and vicious repetition if we do not take heed to the lessons available to us with every new, if redundant, public incident and human event. Perhaps among the most prominent lessons offered to us through our own sluggish progression toward unity, interpersonal love and the creation of a more comfortable society is the need for greater observance of fresh approach to viral offense.
Black men in the United States are continuing to be slaughtered and mistreated with alarming frequency. Our most powerful recourse in prevention, as is true with all societal challenges, is to learn and understand why those abusing and killing are offending and committing such profound thievery against America’s persevering class of struggle and neglect.
In progressing toward prevention and in the spirit of forgiving and compassionate humanity, we can only be productive in striving to understand why Michael Slager, and others like him, lose sight of their human sensibility. We need to understand, be it biological defect, psychological struggle or badly coordinated neurological function, why it is so easy for them to detach themselves and steal the precious lives of those they kill. We need to understand that two sided anger that fuels racist action and explore whatever preventative rigidity that exists in costing us a more united culture, not with judgement or closed mindedness, but with careful consideration and respect for human complexity.
Michael Slager’s offense is of the most severe nature and the results of his action will carry penalty in every dimension of his soul’s existence. As justice oriented creatures, we will be sure to add consequences which we perceive to be fitting as well. In moving forward with our societal progression however, we must implement our justices with caring hearts, considerate minds and compassionate spirits.
The World Celebrationist Society calls on Michael Slager to reflect, repent and grow. We offer him the forgiveness of a community sympathetic toward his weighty flaws and the pains natural to the blindness which leads to offenses equal to his. We welcome him, and all other offenders, to a family of consideration and thoughtful, open understanding in the name of a progressive and greater humanity.
Rev. Advocate Michael, Sust. Imp.
The World Celebrationist Society &
The United Celebrationist Movement
An Interhuman
- Absolution -
February 2015
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
in response to their continued acts of atrocity against the will and well being of the world’s people
Perhaps the most difficult task in the human experience is to love our enemies, it is a task that we’ve been called upon to meet by faith traditions and their spiritual guides for countless generations even still. We’re tasked with this challenge simply because it contributes to a greater spirit than that which fuels our suffering brothers and sisters who offend in the reckless and most atrociously damaging ways.
To hold hate is to nourish the pain that the offenders pierce us with. It burdens us through its black hole nature with its weighty, all consuming force. The brand of negativity natural to hate has the incredible power to transform us into elements outside of our selves and dilapidate the shining spirits within us.
The anger I feel when I see the irreversible and devastating offenses that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant strike our earth with, my most human instincts become inflamed. I feel an inner scream to drop into a stream of hate. I start to want them to suffer the same violence that they subject the people of the Levant with. I want them to hurt. I feel an urge to use the pain I feel through their searing blows as fuel to promote an equal offense in death, theft and violence
The truth is, in contradiction to my most human passions, there is no such thing as justice in hate. There is only the option for greater action.
We’re best positioned for greater action when we work toward a greater understanding.
ISIL is indeed fueled by passion, and passion only comes from conviction in perception. We must assume that ISIL offends in the spirit of their beliefs through a misguided cacophony of reckless devotion and lost psychology.
We must also assume that if any of us were born with the same dispositions and into the same environments as those who are the most lost among us, we too would fall victim to the swathe of aimless upset and misery that lead to the dark offenses which they partake.
In understanding this, we’re left with little more than a call to compassion. We must sympathize with the pains of the gloomy existences that are so inevitably natural to the voided existences that are created when offenses of such dramatic nature are indulged in.
We must offer forgiveness not only to release our selves from the burdens that they inflict on us, but to inject the power of goodness to balance their offense with light -- in the spirit of concrete resolution -- a resolution of peace within our selves.
It is in this spirit of goodness and balance that the United Celebrationist Movement issues an absolution of unexceptional forgiveness to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for their acts of horrific damage and unconscionable violence.
The United Celebrationist Movement is the home of all people, we are the voice of forgiveness, tolerance and champions of humanity, in all of its flaw, on earth -- and in offering this service, the followers of ISIL need to know that they will always have a refuge of peace and forgiveness.
We call on the militants of ISIL to denounce their acts of violence and destruction and to worship Allah in a less self-serving, more pure devotion. It is the will of God and his people that you embrace peace. We will welcome your evolution into peace with a an open tolerance and compassion.
With the love of God and the blessed goodness of the human spirit,
Rev. Advocate Michael, Sust. Imp.
The World Celebrationist Society &
The United Celebrationist Movement
An Interhuman
- Absolution -
March 2015
Advocate General Michael, Sust. Imp.
The World Celebrationist Society &
The United Celebrationist Movement
This organization and its vision are born from a man of weighty imperfection. I am ambitious, admittedly egotistical and on occasion, self-serving.
I periodically exercise imperfect judgement, I have an overtly sexual nature, certain things provoke inner chords of inappropriate sensitivity and I am concretely stubborn in my convictions.
I regrettably slip into reckless judgement of others now and then and can be blinded by my dreamer’s outlook. I have a provocative disposition and a hunger to challenge conventional belief, yet I find myself frustrated with those who challenge and misunderstand me.
Though I try and have moderate success, on occasion I can even struggle to understand those who are different from me.
(I’d also add that I am addicted to carbohydrates and have a sharp repulsion to hearing people chew in noticeably audible ways.)
It could easily be assessed that I’m very much a student of my own philosophies and messages.
I am the embodiment of imperfection. I have and will continue to make mistakes with my endeavors, including this very one -- which is responsible to very delicate and important purposes and serves people in challenging commonly held outlooks, offering very specific enlightenments and in inspiring thought and action.
I am also very genuinely concerned about the way we commonly operate with each other. I’m a stern believer in the power of each individual and the potential of our race. I sense that we can be greater than what we are and how we do things as products of existence. I know that we can progress to a more vibrant, comfortable and productive future of creation, compassion and love for ourselves.
I do not always like other people, but I very deeply care for them. I believe in service to each other in working harder to understand one another. I will forever be a staunch defender of the human being and our potential to excel in achievement and personal evolution.
I’m blessed with wisdom and a transparent understanding of our creature and creations. I am every bit the thoughtful and considerate mind that you might hope me to be. I will proudly work on behalf of anyone who asks me to serve them and I do this all with a well-meaning heart and as a spirit of service, passion and appreciation.
I hope that as I continue to lead this movement, those who follow will embrace these human qualities in me and forgive any unintentional offense that might be perceived or felt as I journey forward as the lead thinker, provocateur and student of this project.
Rev. Advocate Michael, Sust. Imp.
The World Celebrationist Society &
The United Celebrationist Movement
An Interhuman
- Absolution -
January 2015
Brian Williams
Anchor, NBC Nightly News
Amidst the increasingly impassioned support for the lynching of NBC Nightly News anchor Bryan Williams, and with the interest of exemplifying the spirit of our mission in practice, we endeavor to acknowledge Mr. Williams' humanity, both in flaw and in respectable achievement through well-earned and recognizable service to the news industry in which he has committed decades of his career. In recognizing this very humanity, we acknowledge the admission of error in misrepresenting delicate and important information relating to heroic action on the part of America's service people during conflict.
It is not our position to justify or explain Mr. Williams' actions, but instead to offer our support and forgiveness to a fellow man who appears to have fallen victim to the prominent, tricky and indeed harmful practice of embellishment.
Dishonesty, be it in the variation of embellishment or otherwise, is not unique to Mr. Williams. It, in fact, is a practice that we all fall into indulging in on a regular basis to one degree or another. Scientific studies have shown us that not only is dishonesty prevalent and widely practiced, it is something of a common operation quite natural to the biological human.
With this knowledge comes opportunity not to accept the indulgence of dishonesty as our unavoidable default setting, but to recognize it as something natural to the human brain - as natural as the power within our selves to realize the potential harm of coming too closely to allowing this natural mechanism to be an unchecked operation.
With the power that we are blessed with, to feel what is most productive and healthy for our spirits, we must utilize our inner strengths to grow past the more potentially harmful operations embedded in the mechanics of our biological survival mechanisms, and work to nourish the sister sense of righteousness and emotional and spiritual productivity. In embracing these senses seeded in each of us we must embrace the implicit power of truth.
It is vital that people refrain from taking any delight in the burdens of Mr. Williams' consequences. We must keep perspective and not allow our selves to become blind to a fellow man's humanity or their journey, even when we are faced with the illusions natural to the guise of fame.
Regardless of what variables contributed to Mr. Williams' dishonest representations, we accept his on-air apology as being heartfelt, well-meaning and with acknowledgement of wrongdoing, and call on all humanists to do the same. We'd encourage Mr. Williams to commit to the journey of improvement, growth and self-correction that we're confident he is aware is available to him, and that is available to each of us with every mistake. We welcome a continued successful career and place our trust in the talents and ethics we believe have served him for the better part of his long established endeavors in professional life.
Rev. Advocate Michael, Sust. Imp.
The World Celebrationist Society &
The United Celebrationist Movement
