Path to Higher Consciousness

Keys to Enlightenment Program

The Keys Enlighten Programs, formerly known as A Path to Higher Consciousness (2007-2009), as well as formerly (1990-2007) the Christian Metaphysicians and Mystics Society (CMMS) and recently renamed by its founder Mary Saurer-Smith, acts as a spiritual support group for individuals who experience an ongoing sense of the divine presence within, practice abstract reasoning and apply abstract ideas to practical living, and/or have had a direct encounter with God through a vision or abstract creative ideas or a sudden influx of light producing revelation. The students discuss, study, and practice spiritual ideas, believing spiritual understanding is vital to soul evolution and that understanding emerges more rapidly through study of how the universal laws operate in the mind as well as in other fields of energy.

CMMS Deshae Lott Ministries Inc is organized and operated for purposes that are beneficial to the public interest, most directly the advancement of education in the area of spiritual and religious inquiry. CMMS Deshae Lott Ministries Inc conducts public discussion groups, forums, panels, and lectures. CMMS Deshae Lott Ministries Inc has a racially nondiscriminatory policy as to its adult students in that it does not discriminate against applicants and students on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin. As a by-product of its educational ministry advancing adult education and religious and spiritual understanding and to the extent that personal philosophy informs students’ public behaviors and, at times, to insubstantial extents in terms of organizational donations, CMMS Deshae Lott Ministries Inc will offer some relief of the poor, the distressed, or the underprivileged; will work to eliminate prejudice and discrimination; will demonstrate reverence for life including respect for human and civil rights; will support community improvements; and will facilitate and participate in constructive communications among fellow citizens. The particular religious beliefs of CMMS Deshae Lott Ministries Inc are truly and sincerely held by its students who freely convene in support of these beliefs. Moreover, the practices and rituals associated with CMMS Deshae Lott Ministries Inc's religious belief or creed are not illegal or contrary to clearly defined public policy. The CMMS minister facilitates classes, discussion groups, and meditation groups of 4 to 20 students. For CMMS Deshae Lott Ministries Inc, Rev. Deshae E. Lott, Ph.D., typically leads this educational ministry for adult learners. The group meets in Bossier City, Louisiana. Certified Teachers include Renee Beyer, Diane Boyd, and Christine Locke. Barbara Jarrell also shares our believes in her various ministerial roles, including but not limited to leading a weekly spiritual study group. Guest speakers and students will occasionally lead the meetings if the minister is ill, out of town, on vacation, or if someone else’s expertise compliment the current area of study. The minister or her appointed volunteer-assistant may distribute digital or print study guides on a weekly or per-series basis. Remote students (those who reside out of town and/or participate in group meetings via Internet interface, the telephone, email, and digital sound recordings) and absent students will have access to digital recordings of weekly meetings and digital or hard copies of study guide materials. The group convenes weekly, typically in the evening, for meditation, lectures/presentations, discussions about presented materials, and prayer.

For two weeks between each unit of study, the group will meet for meditation, discussion, and prayer to process further the completed course of study before moving on to the next educational topic; occasionally the group will meet to hear educational presentations by guest speakers. CMMS ministers and students strive to serve as an inspiration, influence, and guide to individuals who are seeking an uplifting path in their search for greater enlightenment; CMMS Deshae Lott Ministries Inc is designed explicitly for adult education related to this area of study. 100% of the minister’s work will be devoted to assisting and encouraging people in their search and discovery of greater spiritual realization through small discussion or study groups, meditation groups, and individual spiritual guidance or counseling. The minister will work an average of 10-15 hours weekly.