I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion and it is the spirit. Khalil Gibran The truth is in all the major religions, like pieces of a puzzle. Eastern religions are closer to the truth in some ways than western religions, and in other ways, they are farther away. It is the same with western religions. If you combine the truth in western religions with the truth in eastern religions, you will see a more complete picture, so make the two one, as the Bible says. The word “religion” means “unity. Thus, there will not be a real religion until they unite with each other as just different ways to see the ultimate truth. It is a good thing that the truth is spread out through all religions. It shows that the Holy Spirit or collective unconscious does not favor anyone. Only people that are able to see the truth in other religions will be saved, and that is the way it should be. If you cannot see the truth in other religions, you cannot see it. The differences that are causing the conflict now, a great negative, will become a great positive. The differences will unite religions and make them all necessary, equal, and legitimate when the truth is seen. Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as fact, then you are in trouble. Joseph Campbell Pieces of the puzzle, or explanations of the truth, are found in many different places. Our task is to find them and put them together into a complete picture. Example: Western religion does not say much about the knowledge of the balancing opposites, but ancient Egyptian and eastern religions do, such as Taoism, Buddhism, etc. The Bible just deals with it using good and evil. Eastern religions have creation myths, but the truth is not in them as clearly as it is in the Bible; at least they are not as clear from my perspective. Muslims pray five times a day, and acknowledging God/life many times a day is absolutely essential. I call it spiritual exercise. They have no pictures, statues or other images of God, and this is very important, because images mislead people. The Bible does not talk about reincarnation, but Buddhism and Hinduism do. Religions such as Scientology, Unification Church, New Age, the Mormons, and all the great independent philosophers and poets also have different pieces to the puzzle. You just have to remember that there are also a lot of things that are not true. You have to remember that even the founders or prophets of a new way of seeing life misinterpret their own inspired revelations. When you see clearly, you will see the true and false in all religions. Most of the truth is found in science and nowhere else. Truth is also found in philosophy, novels, movies, music, poetry and the performing arts, etc. There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. George Bernard Shaw
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:30:59 +0000
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