Religion...
Re•li•gionn
1.a) Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
1.b) A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2.The life or condition of a person in a religious order
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.
We all know what religion is, although the definition can really get debatable. What I'm talking about is the label kind. Example being with the spiritual leader aspect; Priest = Catholic, Rabbi = Jewish, Minister = Protestant, Monk = Buddhist...etc as applicable! Although I admit there are exceptions to every rule, these 'leaders' have often taken a stance in thier choosen 'religion', and proceed to teach and even sometimes enforce the system that is theirs.
Try this one on.
All religions are perfect...
All religions are a desire to attain the answer...
When we think we have the answer is when we stop asking the question...
When we stop asking the question we believe we have the answer...
When we believe we have the answer we then desire to share it with others...
When we desire to share it with others we think they need it...
When we think they need it we assume they lack it...
When we assume they lack it we see imperfection...
When we see imperfection we subconciously see ourselves...
When we see imperfection in ourselves we therefor see it in the world...
Then we ask Why...
Then we seek help finding out Why...
The problem today is that there is a generalized belief system in our world that says that we personally don't have the answer, but that someone, some organisation, some church or some religion does.
What if I told you that the only place that you (you the person reading this) can find the answer is within you, you are the only person who can answer that question to the extent that you (as a person) is fully asking...
WHY...
Religion is beautiful. In its truest form it is just good intentions. Lets say that the question being asked in the above paraphrase or dialogue if you will is World Hunger. Why does this exist? Perhaps religion is not the first place one would travel to find the answer, but you must agree that most people who consider themselves "religious" would say their answer would be centered around that which they call thier faith. Faith unfortunatly in our world is almost too often attached to ones religion. Hense the question most people (more commonly the "Religious" ones) are asking is "what religion are you?"...sometimes substituted with "What do you believe?" and even sadly "Where are you from?".
It is my belief that in order to be for something, you cannot be against anything. This is the paradox, in order for me to be closer to God, if you will, and find the answers through my faith I must not exclude the possibility that I don't know or fully understand something. That being said it would be the epitome of hipocracy to say that I am a single religion and not any other...especially if I was uneducated about the religion I'm essentially against. May be shocking but almost all are based upon the same foundations and focus on the same ideals. There are different books and different traditions but all are to be learned from that is truly consistant.
Generally the answer to the question is enlightenment, but in its most incomprehensable sense...except to the person that the answer is resonating from and within.
Peace
M@
1.a) Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
1.b) A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2.The life or condition of a person in a religious order
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.
We all know what religion is, although the definition can really get debatable. What I'm talking about is the label kind. Example being with the spiritual leader aspect; Priest = Catholic, Rabbi = Jewish, Minister = Protestant, Monk = Buddhist...etc as applicable! Although I admit there are exceptions to every rule, these 'leaders' have often taken a stance in thier choosen 'religion', and proceed to teach and even sometimes enforce the system that is theirs.
Try this one on.
All religions are perfect...
All religions are a desire to attain the answer...
When we think we have the answer is when we stop asking the question...
When we stop asking the question we believe we have the answer...
When we believe we have the answer we then desire to share it with others...
When we desire to share it with others we think they need it...
When we think they need it we assume they lack it...
When we assume they lack it we see imperfection...
When we see imperfection we subconciously see ourselves...
When we see imperfection in ourselves we therefor see it in the world...
Then we ask Why...
Then we seek help finding out Why...
The problem today is that there is a generalized belief system in our world that says that we personally don't have the answer, but that someone, some organisation, some church or some religion does.
What if I told you that the only place that you (you the person reading this) can find the answer is within you, you are the only person who can answer that question to the extent that you (as a person) is fully asking...
WHY...
Religion is beautiful. In its truest form it is just good intentions. Lets say that the question being asked in the above paraphrase or dialogue if you will is World Hunger. Why does this exist? Perhaps religion is not the first place one would travel to find the answer, but you must agree that most people who consider themselves "religious" would say their answer would be centered around that which they call thier faith. Faith unfortunatly in our world is almost too often attached to ones religion. Hense the question most people (more commonly the "Religious" ones) are asking is "what religion are you?"...sometimes substituted with "What do you believe?" and even sadly "Where are you from?".
It is my belief that in order to be for something, you cannot be against anything. This is the paradox, in order for me to be closer to God, if you will, and find the answers through my faith I must not exclude the possibility that I don't know or fully understand something. That being said it would be the epitome of hipocracy to say that I am a single religion and not any other...especially if I was uneducated about the religion I'm essentially against. May be shocking but almost all are based upon the same foundations and focus on the same ideals. There are different books and different traditions but all are to be learned from that is truly consistant.
Generally the answer to the question is enlightenment, but in its most incomprehensable sense...except to the person that the answer is resonating from and within.
Peace
M@
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