True Religion
Religion forms an integral part of any individual irrespective of which religion one truly believes in. Through the ages, religion has always served as school of thought that was employed to inculcate a sense of ethics, morals and values in people. Man in a social animal; but still an animal in his very essence. Thus the qualities that essentially differentiates a man from an animal is his discerning intellect and his somewhat diminished sense of instinct. Animals are ruled by instinct alone, but in man that instinct is somewhat dimunitively manifested. This enables him to function more efficiently and survive more amicably in society. Religion has always served a crucial role in uplifting man from his primal origins. Religion in every way is responsible for the evolution of man, for it has been instrumental in bringing him to this point in time.
While many will disagree with the aforementioned facts, they would not be completely wrong in doing so. Given the current times, we see that religion is often the source of much grief and destruction throughout the world. Religious extremism has slowly transgressed to take the form of terrorism in the current age. While many people may be content in placing all the blame for the said debacle on one particular religion, fact of the matter remains that in the end it is not the religion that is at fault. Man is a social animal, but an animal nonetheless. The problems that stem from religious extremism are necessarily problems that arise due to man. Man is inherently reponsible for corrupting every single thing of virtue that exists in this world. Religion, of course has been no exception to this rule. Religions all over the world have been sufficiently corrupted, modified and manipulated by man to suit his social, political and socio-economic ends. But even though such corruption exists, there still remains much to acquired through any religion.
Religion is best described as the way to reach God. It can be thus summarised as being a school of thought and action that trains an individual to make him worthy of realizing God. However there are certain limits to this outreach as far as worldly religions are concerned. Worldly religion can only introduce an individual to the concept of God. They can only take me so far as to cognize that there indeed is something that is beyond his scope of understanding. Beyond that there is little that worldly religion can accomplish. The only signifcant contribution that it makes to an individual’s spiritual journey, is that it invokes a desire in him to know God. It stokes the fire within his heart. Simply put, worldly religions have a sole purpose to fulfill; to lead any individual towards his inner religion.
The inner religion is an individual’s true religion. It is a school of realization that is unbounded by any social, political and economic agendas. It is a path of self-introspetion, self-realization and self-discovery that essentially leads an individual towards complete knowledge. The inner religion is what takes the individual towards the zenith of God realization. Ultimately it leads him beyond all existing dualities of belief, choice and desire. Through his inner religion man can learn all the secrets of this universe, as all the knowledge from conception to perception and ultimate manifestation is laid bare before his eyes. These aforementioned facts may sound a bit obtuse to a pseudo-intellectual, but be assured that these words come from experience.
Ultimately that is what true religion will lead you to in the end . It will lead you to experience God more completely than ever; it will lead you to truly understand, realize and percieve God for in the end, it will lead you to Him; neither figuratively nor symbolically but literally….
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December 26, 2009 12:57 am
