Extended Omega Covenant

This is a complete copying of an article on evolution.faith. The article was considered too complex for the site.

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The Omega covenant is a very minimal moral system.

ω Do not commit murder or otherwise deprive people from immortality

λ Do not institutionally deprive people of immortality

α Do not spread hatred

Many people in the Omega Covenant will want to do a lot more than follow the bare minimum.

The bare minimum is intentional. The Omega Covenant is meant as a universal code that allows you to be granted the right to eternal life.

ω Thieves shouldn’t be killed to stop them from stealing, but if someone is in the process of committing a murder, it is reasonable to use deadly force to stop them if no other options are available, as they are forfeiting their eternal life by depriving another of it. It likewise applies that if someone has recently died and someone is impeding their freezing then they likewise are forfeiting their eternal life by attempting to deny it to someone else.

λ Institutionally depriving people of immortality is a bit of a more abstract one. As such someone forfeiting their right to eternal life is more debatable. As such this one is much more about personal conscience than law. Short of advocating laws that prevent immortality, sabotaging equipment, or stealing from immortality funds, this is up to personal discretion.

α Spreading hatred is even more subjective than institutionally depriving people of immortality. It is the end of the spiritual progression of the commandments from most easiest and most material, to hardest and most spiritual

Deterrence
A possibility of implementing the Omega Commandments is in using them to deter violations.

At its most basic and current interpretation people only lose the right to eternal life when they are actively depriving it from others, and depriving them of it may save others.

This allows killing in self defense, but it does not allow for executions. When someone is caught then they are no longer actively depriving someone of immortality.

One could argue however that if someone knows they will lose immortality they will be cautious to avoid depriving it from others.

This is a theoretically very reasonable position, and it is fundamental to a lot of justice systems. However it has three main flaws: firstly it may threaten the idea of salvation as a universal thing for everyone, secondly there’s evidence criminal deterrence doesn’t work, and thirdly it may take many decades for people to understand eternal life enough to take it seriously


 * 1) Salvation as a universal thing for everyone means shedding the idea that it’s a reward for good behavior. Depriving it from people as a tool to give salvation to everyone else is a potential workaround, but it threatens transforming the way people see the Omega Covenant. It is meant to be an expression of unconditional love rather than a reward for good behavior.
 * 2) Criminal deterrence doesn’t seem to work, at least when it comes to raising penalties for crimes causing them to be committed less. This seems to be evidence that people commit wrongdoings due to deficiencies in their spiritual states rather than as rational decisions. It is possible it may work for this purpose in the future, but implementing such a system especially in the 21st century is questionable, especially since people are not educated on the concept of salvation as a gift, and may think it is a reward. We’d need scientific evidence showing it would work to reduce murder rates before implementing such a system
 * 3) Lack of education might make such a system not work. Most people today don’t know they will get eternal life. Most just assume they will die anyways, so such a deterrence won’t work on them. It’s possible such a deterrence would work better on people 150 years from now who all universally agree they will receive eternal life.

Esoteric Omega Commandments
As mentioned here the treasure of Omega has two levels: the exoteric level of Eternal Life, and the esoteric level of the Hall of Mirrors.

The Hall of Mirrors means meeting all your social needs. It is the manifestation of the active element of Omega, while the receptive element is manifested in eternal life. More information on the distinction here. As such there can be three esoteric commandments for active Omega to bring someone to the Hall of Mirrors after they have already reached eternal life.

ω Do not hurt others

λ Treat others as your equals

α Love and connect with others

Moving to Lambda
As you practice the Omega Covenant it is understandable to want to move further to the Lambda Covenant, or at least to want some of its blessings

We may establish rites to help people move through from the Omega to the Lambda Covenants. Perhaps a rite similar to confirmation could happen where people ceremonially agree to the Omega Covenant, or something like baptism. It could help ease people into in-person practices too.

The mysticism of Lambda is not limited to merely those who agreed to the Lambda Covenant. Following the seven vaccines will give you spiritual blessings, and you should follow them from day one. The Lambda Covenant is merely an agreement to keep following them. It’s like the difference between working out on your own (Omega rehabilitation), vs making an agreement with your friends to work out every week (Lambda rehabilitation).

Ideally everyone should join by agreeing to the Omega Covenant, and then immediately looking at how to apply the seven vaccines to their life.

In the meantime joining our discord server can help with applying the seven vaccines to your life, and with getting the Church running