Belief & consciousness

Religion & Consciousness 

The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. 
It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of that actually "grasp" reality. " Alan Watts"

With eyes that see connection and unity , you will find solutions to problems caused by separation.

I recently followed a harvard course on Religious Literacy by prof. D. L. Moore and this opened my eyes. The firmest `ground upon which to make claims is by learning what is means to “own” your own lens of interpretation. As you build understanding it’s important to continually reflect on the location from which you learn. What assumptions do your own perspective and background bring with them?
We need to look again and again and discover how deeply, social, cultural and political lenses are entwined.

Religions are so embedded with culture that we need to move towards an objective view. This is what I ‘ve tried to accomplish while traveling the world and living among different regions, cultures and religious beliefs. This is where I found the golden thread that connects us all. 

The insights that the holy books and old scriptures like the Thora, Kaballah, Bible, Holy koran, Nag hammadi writing and the Zohar have brought me, wouldn't be so profound if I wouldn't have experienced life so extreme as I did. Trying to see with the eyes of others, embracing differences and inclusion.  It's by direct experience, try and fail that we learn to understand the meaning behind words, we start to feel the deeper meaning behind life and we have to embody it! 

In  the spirit of American philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson when he said, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” 

It's always about connection.

With eyes that see connection and unity , you will find solutions to problems caused by separation.

Imagine if you could see life from a broader perspective , and by looking at yourself and others with a non judgmental view,

Seeing the one next to you as yourself, your empathy , your understanding, and tolerance wil grow.


In the past, people who had lots of intellectual knowledge were considered smart. Nowadays, everyone is googles best friend and in this information era this valuable gift is free accessible to all of us. We need to thank technology, however more knowledge is no solution. Connection is.


In the present era we need the penetrating insight that in a world where everyone is in direct contact with everyone within one press on a button, we've never been so isolated and dis-connected from real heart-felt connection.We have to embrace the innovation and creativity to solve the real heart of problems by thinking and acting "out of the box" , we have to move from knowing into action , and the wisdom to connect and integrate what was separated.


This new consciousness will develop the power to understand yourself truly and to embrace others with tolerance. We are deeply connected beings. Its always about creation instead of destruction. We have to connect and interact with the world in a way that goes beyond habitual behaviour, creating a world that transcends our current human-made systems. Soon we will find that these systems are out-dated , we can't build a new vision from an old foundation. We have to replace the foundation and start building from a new perspective. Taking the good things of the past with us and leaving the non-functional behind. As we grow, we start to see, feel and act differently, true satisfaction comes from true connection.  The recognition that love is light and all is one,

thats what Moses, Mohammed, Buddha and Jesus had in common. 

Religion

Organised Religion: By definition, is a personal set of institutionalised system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices; the service and worship of God or the supernatural.

One of the hallmarks of religion is its organization. It is a structured, frequently rule-based construct that to some degree governs the behavior of its members. Moral rules, laws, and doctrines, as well as specific codes and criteria, create the organized structure that contains the religion’s specific belief system. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In previous, more uncertain times, the rules and dogma of organised religion helped to give society a sense of certainty and helped to guide and comfort those whose faith was lacking.

At its core, religion is about faith. That is to say, belief in something based upon unconditional acceptance of the religion’s teachings. Unlike the scientific worldview, religions don’t require evidence to validate their claims.




Assumptions 

 
The analytical assumptions about religion: 

1.There is a fundamental difference between the devotional expression of a religious worldview and the study of religion which recognizes the factual existence of diverse devotional assertions;
2.Religions are internally diverse;
3. Religions evolve and change; 
4. Religious influences are embedded in all aspects of human experience;
5.All knowledge claims (including religious ones) are socially constructed and represent particular “situated” perspectives; 
6. Their is nothing inevitable about either violence or peace; both are manifest in three intersecting formulations: direct, structural, and cultural and both are shaped by conscious and unconscious human agency where religious influences are always operative.


Spirituality


Spirituality doesn’t dismiss faith; however, it often leans more heavily on direct experience of the soul. Spiritual practices such as meditation, yoga, silence, and contemplation allow you to make conscious contact with more expanded states of consciousness, thus helping to experientially validate the teachings rather than accepting them on faith alone. You know something because you have tasted the experience yourself and have allowed it to resonate, as opposed to taking the word of another.

. The spiritual aspirant recognizes that he or she is on a “pathless path” of self-discovery. They are following not a set of external rules, but their own inner call to spirit. 

Rituals and meditation

All traditions perform a form of meditation, the christians call it contemplative prayer, the most familiar ones are the buddhist and hindu forms of meditation, repetitive prayer or observing nothingness, transcendental meditation etc.


Rituals influences our brains, it literally brings us from our thinking brain to connect us to our higher brain parts. Meditation and prayer "in the right way" brings back coherence to our brains. However not in the old habitual repetitive way, we need to feel it.

Thats what many scriptures left out of their scriptures. We need to embody and feel the outcome of the prayer. Like we already are what we pray for. 



*Despite the best of intentions, religions can sometimes contain a subtle undercurrent of fear woven into their teachings. The concepts of original sin, divine judgement, God’s wrath, or eternal punishment can create a mental environment burdened in worry and anxiety over your worthiness and whether your actions will result in divine retribution or karmic punishment.  Hell does not exist. Hell is being unconscious. Hell lives inside ourselves ( our minds , our thought patterns) if we are not willing to attune ourselves in conscious (light) behaviour. If we are embedded with fear, anger, low frequency bad thoughts. That's hell and it can only exist in mind. Fear based convictions put humans on a lower frequency and lowers consciousness. This can cause , anxiety, fears, depression, extreme behaviour & exclusion.

All teachings refer to light and dark, this light is within us, we all possess that spark "called Life'. Live well. Think well, act well and love even if it doesn't love back.


As you can see, there are noticeable distinctions in the text; however, these comparisons aren’t meant to be absolutes or an attempt to polarize one against the other. Religious beliefs and spiritual beliefs differ in the ways in which they are practiced. However, each practice serves as a vehicle to lead you closer to the truth you seek. Whichever path or combination of the two you follow is the personal and subjective expression of your journey of awakening.


We all have the potential within us to become enlightened (beacons of light)  we must be willing to do the work and open ourselves up to wider perspectives of reality. Accept that we are only a grain of sand in the desert named Cosmos. 
With eyes that see connection and unity , you will find solutions to problems caused by separation.

Humanity

85%

Consciousness
Level

 below 207

Density 

low

Year

2020

It's very concerning to see that the majority of humanity lives on such low levels of consciousness. This is the real problem of planet earth *consciousness part 2 will explain more please read it. .press here


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