…nor a cult, an organization, a society (secret or otherwise), a priest, pastor, bishop, minister, cardinal, cult leader or government.
I’ve touched on this subject before (here), but it bears repeating and expanding; it is, after all, the main purpose of this blog.
Spirituality comes from within. It’s divorced from organized religion.
Religion dictates, controls, and divides; spirituality empowers, sets free, and unites.
Religion condemns; spirituality justifies.
Religion oppresses; spirituality liberates.
Religion demands; spirituality gives.
Religion rapes and starves the spirit; spirituality protects and nourishes it.
If there are so many ‘gods’ and so many ‘one true religions’, then why is there global malcontent? Shouldn’t our world be utopia?
Are all these supposed ‘gods’ at war with each other? Are all religions merely armies of hate?
Why does humanity seemingly have an inbuilt need to ‘worship’ something separate from itself?
For my own part, I’ve formed an ‘impression’ (and only an impression, because I’m unable to provide ‘proof’) that we’re all co-creators of our complex world, the universe in all its complex majesty, and our lives.
This, for me personally, best explains why there are no gods answering prayers, why doomsday prophecies always fail (and always will) and why there’s so much inequality, injustice and hatred in our world.
Someone very special to me once opened my eyes to see and understand that we all, for the most part, have good hearts, and that we all, for the most part, have good intentions, but we’ve largely and mistakenly misguided ourselves in our search for spiritual ‘truth’, and I believe humanity was hoodwinked into doing so.
There can only be one truth. There can’t be several. It may have many facets, like a cut diamond, and may be as big and glorious, but it’s still only one truth. No one ‘owns’ it; no one can carve it in stone and create followers to control and oppress with it. It’s free – and it’s free because we were the creators, before the dawning of time; we chose, we decided, we created – in harmony, in beauty and above all, in love. We are the divinity we’ve searched for in vain, because we weren’t permitted to remember.
I can’t help but feel, in my heart and soul, that humanity knew this to be true, once upon a time, but it didn’t suit those who gave way to their own darkness. And in their lust for power and control, they created religion, filled it with ignorance and loathsome stories pushing inequality, misogyny, and fear – most importantly fear – of what would happen to those who believed in themselves, who loved themselves, and who dared remember their own divinity. And so began the ages of mass deception with which to imprison, oppress, and control.
Clearly I’m not a theologian, philosopher, or even a great thinker; I’m just me, one person, trying to make sense of the world I live in and my life, the same as everyone else. And what I’ve seen, isn’t the love professed and touted by religion, but the hatred and malice it incites, the bloodshed it provokes, and the utter waste, futility, and senselessness of it all.
If I was given just one wish, it would be that humanity wakes up…and remembers.
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