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11.16.10
- The following is merely some food for thought for any and all who may have found cognitive dissonance, conflicting Truths, among their current Knowing and life-long, accepted foundations, structures, religions, philosophies, and social, familial, political, or otherwise man-made belief paradig
What Do These Contraversial, Yet Thought And Feeling-Provoking "Words" Really Mean? And, Why Do So Many People Of This World Use Them Assumptively Synonymously?
What Is Religion?
How About Spirituality?
Most all of us have heard the term, “Spiritual Awakening.” In hearing this term for the
first time, what came to your mind? What did it make you envision or feel or think?
I would imagine the answer to these questions varies for each Human Soul…
...especially if one thinks about the first time they heard it.
Many people will make an automatic translation to Religion, having already associated the terms, Spiritual and Religion, almost making them synonymous. However, they are not. In fact, upon True reflection and consideration… not to mention Experience… it might very well be valid to say that these two terms are very opposing, rather than alike.
What is religion, anyway? How many of us have truly pondered this question, or thought to delve deeper into it than what we’ve simply been taught? This includes all new-age beliefs of those channeling and connecting to Higher Belief systems. There are many documented definitions of the term (religion), and certainly its meaning and perception has changed over time. Let’s take a look at just a couple of the more defining and comprehensive definitions that have been documented:
One Webster’s Dictionary version defines “religion” as the following:
The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety
Encyclopedia Britannica states “religion” this way:
Religions, by which are meant the modes of divine worship proper to different tribes, nations, or communities, and based on the belief held in common by the members of them severally
…There is no living religion without something like a doctrine. One the other hand, a doctrine, however elaborate, does not constitute a religion. – C.P. Tiele
There are many definitions of the English word, religion, but I didn’t feel a need to take up an entire chapter listing and pondering them all. I think most people globally would agree that the above definitions basically cover the concepts and ideas of the term, regardless of one’s personal religious beliefs. After all, we’re not debating religious beliefs here, only attempting to accurately define the word.
Now, what about the word “Spirituality?” …Another term provoking a variety of differing thoughts. Here’s a few brief concepts laid out from Webster’s on Spirituality, as well:
“Consisting of Spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a Spiritual substance orBeing. Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments or the mind; mental; intellectual.”
“The quality or state of being Spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness”
I should also mention that a few definitions of Spirituality include an association to a religion. Obviously the two terms can be correlated if one is loyal to a particular religious doctrine, recognizing its esoteric nature. However…
… Why did I say earlier that these two terms are not necessarily the same in meaning, and often times, rather opposite? Well, the first word, religion… regardless of which religion we refer… is based on man-made belief structures and doctrines. All religions, not just Christianity… claim to be based upon actual past events… past attesting to the Word or other sort of witnessed declarations from a Higher Power. All religions profess past visitations by the Divine. They all profess having received the ultimate messages, lessons, etc… They all profess being told of what awaits us in “the afterlife,” meaning “Heaven and Hell,” although the terms used to describe these places do vary. But, most of all, and most important, is all religions claim to know exactly how we should live, and what we should and shouldn’t do in order to stay in the good graces of the Supreme Being in charge, the One who created All.
In fact, upon further study, the similarities in the religions that served and/or continue to serve their time on this planet, are greater than one might imagine, even including the virgin birth. (This will be further explained in the nearest future of posts) But, here’s the rub… Who is right? … A more than reasonable and fair question, wouldn’t you think? After all, if you are a religious person who believes that there is an “afterlife,” and that upon death, based on how you lived your life (according to your religion) your Spirit will either spend Eternity in a beautiful “Nirvana-esque” place, or a fiery nightmare unlike any imagined… then isn’t this question quite crucial?
When considering the vastness of our Planet, its many races and cultures, differing histories, developed traditions, and adopted belief structures, and, consequently varying religions… One must stop and think… Why? If the One True Creator/God wanted us to all adhere to one religious structure, and only one book, why did the entire Planet not receive the exact same messages and Truth, nor did they receive them at the same Time and Space in our history? Or, maybe we did.
Maybe the “Truth” was delivered to all cultures. Maybe all religions are right, but have interpreted Truth in varying ways, using different names and parables to convey the messages. Maybe all religious texts contain the same basic information if only we could look past the Human influences there in.
~~We must divert from our story for just a moment, but I promise to return soon. This is for your consideration only. Please, if only… simply ponder the following. And, please… PLEASE understand that I am not a scholar of religion… nor am I suggesting that the Bible is THE answer, for absolute Truth is not about religion or any religious text. The texts that exist with us currently are but “clues…” Please understand that I have not read any text other than that which was placed in my life… The Bible... and I’ve only read but a piece of it.
I do know this, however, the Bible is but one form of Truth. All texts contain the same… In fact, the point here is to suggest that all religions hold the same Truth. After all, there is only One Truth. This is why nations, races, and peoples of varying ideas argue, to the point of insanity (war) as to whom is correct… We must STOP THE INSANITY. We are All right… yet, we are all blinded by the veil.~~
However, due to my limited Human experience, I must look at the text in which I have been provided, believed, and yet, have battled for a lifetime. Suddenly, Truth is revealed in its most simplest and straight forward of forms. Having read maybe 5% of the Bible up to this point, and having never made “sense” of the obvious until now… I wish to share the knowledge that is NOW opened to ALL.
All religious books, including the Bible, the Koran, or any other I am respectively not referencing simply due to the lack of need, not out of disrespect…were written by Human Beings… not a Supreme Being. God did NOT write the Bible, or any other religious doctrine. Hell, even some of the most Highly revered icons of currently practiced religions, such as Jesus, Mohammed, The Buddha (Siddhartha), didn’t physically participate in what was/is written of Themselves or the messages they came here to bestow.
Describing the Bible (or any other religious text) as The Word of God seems a bit presumptuous, at the minimum, when you really think about it. In fact, our best and current information regarding this subject touts that the Bible was written some two hundred years, give or take, after the death of Christ.
However, on the “flip,” when One experiences “The Great Awakening,” One realizes that what was once up is down, what was once left is right, right is wrong, etc… we see that this “book,” among its brother and sister books is actually giving us Ultimate Truth… if only we can see and hear.
The Space has just recently been opened for us to see and hear… Let’s begin with the “book” in which I have been provided. For those of you who have experienced another “book,” another “Truth,” please know the same is applied…
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