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Topic: Dale Pond
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Some time ago I had an insight to view religions and political issues as issues of MIND. This sets aside any and all of the various issues of dogma and doctrine and let's us view disparaties as aspects of mind dynamics. In other words there is only LOVE which is to say Whole Mindedness. A religious mind-set is a belief in things or interpretations of ego which is split-mindedness. Therefore all religions are self-created interpretations of what someone thought about some point. These of course rarely if ever reflect a Whole Minded view. As such they are only partly true and can never be wholly true. They are illusions, opinions, interpretations and generally considered as accepted dogma. This is true for any religion or belief system. If we approach this with the idea there is a more comprehensive Whole Mindedness available to us - what would it be? Immediately we would be obliged to step outside of narrow interpretations, historical references, prejudices and all such petty determinations as to quality or comparitive importance of discrete points of argument. Should we consider the whole picture as One Picture the relevant point is the Law of One which is to say Love as a natural principle. For Love to be valid all humanity must be considered as One humanity, in complete sympathy throughout. In such a case all is sympathetic to all else, NOW - opinions and interpretations notwithstanding. It is the shallow ego that cannot see the whole as whole but divides, segments and analyzes minute details for comprehension. The Whole Mind can see from a higher perspective everything as One, complex yet integrated whole of many parts. So it is the ego and its perceived need for separation that brings in fear and ignorance such that unity is impossible. Therefore religions are egoic constructs of diverse interests but never of the Whole Mind. Therefore the matter with religions is not about historical or "sacred" issues but an issue of whole mindedness versus split-mindedness (ego). In this view if we define insanity as believing in illusion as truth then all religions are a journey through insanity to fulfill a hopefilled dream of sanity (Whole Mindedness). If there is a mandated belief in certain sectarian dogmas (as you point out) then an adherent is obliged to live in and perpetuate some form or other of insanity. Now if a religion or belief system has a "way out" of the egoic construction which leads to Whole Mindedness then it may be used or useful in healing the rifts of separation through a process of personal awakening which is to say recovering one's natural state of Whole Mindedness. If a religious belief system does not do this as a point of application then it is misleading and does not serve followers in as positive manner as it otherwise could. All religions possess some manner of nurturing Love and peace. This is probably the saving grace in them. It is through learning this Love that leads one to awakening to Whole Mindedness. If it were this point alone being emphasized we would all be living in peace and harmony. But sadly to say each religion brings in devisiveness of diverse manners thus creating more separation instead of more unity across sects and belief systems. To me if we could but focus on this mind side of things all arguments concerning minute points of divergence would disappear because they are not part of what we are doing - waking up or remembering who we are. We are here healing our MINDS - every single individual upon this planet. And that is ALL we are doing. |
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