Wednesday - August 29, 2007

The Silly Things Religion Prescribes

In reply to someone who wrote that they are trying to keep in mind that we are ever perfect:

It is true: we are eternally perfect in our true being–even when entangled (seemingly) in ignorance. We need only recover that perfection in our consciousness. We do not need to do any of the silly things religion prescribes.

1) We need not “please” God, because it is simply not God’s nature to be either pleased or displeased. Only ego-bound beings engage in such duality.

2) We need not “serve” God, because God needs nothing.

3) We need not worship God because such an act is simply impossible, considering our nature and God’s nature.

4) We cannot “praise” God because we don’t know what we are talking about.

5) We cannot “love” God because God is beyond being related to as an object.

6) We cannot even think about God, because God is beyond all thought or concept.

BUT: We CAN know that we and God are ONE. And that is all that is needed–ever.

There is a foolish theism and a wise theism. The Gita and Upanishads present the wise theism. The rest we can forget about. As Krishna says to Arjuna: “Be a yogi.”