TODAY'S CONSIDERATIONS
"Science will someday advance to the point that it will confirm the validity of the non-dual teachings."
--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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[Continued from yesterday]
This was shared previously:
No institutions has come up with more concepts which have generated more false identities and more false beliefs than have cults and sky cults and ancient pagan religions which have evolved into modern religions. And no institutions have been more anti-science than those institutions which have been led historically by ignorant men and women who have felt threatened by the truth even as they purport to be the speakers of truth.
If truth is being pointed at, it is being pointed at when the pure universal consciousness speaks, never when the blocked consciousness speaks and never when a programmed, conditioned, domesticated, acculturated, indoctrinated, and brainwashed person speaks.
How could that point be offered with confidence?
1. By looking at my own indoctrination-based religious and spiritual experiences; and by witnessing objectively the experiences of thousands of persons I've talked with over at various points throughout the 70 years of the manifestation of the one persons call "floyd"; and by looking at the thoughts and words and actions of millions of persons throughout human history;
and
2. by then finding the source which has generated more beliefs among the non-realized masses than any other single source.
Granted the sources at first glance might seem to be quite varied, be they called:
The Bhagavad Gita or the Upanishads or the Vedas
(of which Maharaj said, “I have no faith in anything which has ever been told, not even what has been told by the Vedas. Only my own experience.”)
or
The Tripitakesv / The Tipiṭaka
or
The Torah and the Talmud
or
The Old Testament and the New Testament
or
The Kojiki / Furukotofumi
or
The Quran
or
The Guru Granth Sahib
or
The Kitab-i-Aqdas
or
The Book of Rites
or
The Agamas
or
any of the other near-infinite number of texts or popular books by those whom Maharaj called "The Big Name Teachers Who Should Be Avoided" and which are taken by persons to be "the most authoritative and sacred texts on the proper methods of worshipping and / or living in 'the right way'."
Yet they are not especially unique because they all share much in common. Why? As explained this way by Ken Surridge, that is the case because . . .
"humans steal from other religions when creating new ones;
"because religion does not need to be original but just needs to meet the insecurities or ambitions of its creators and adherents (at any given point in history);
"because religion weaves it myths in territories that are fantastical, like 'the afterlife';
"because these are areas in which it is easy to make claims (which cannot be disproved for believers or which will not be challenged or which will not be questioned);
"and because they appeal to the same drivers in people."
Thus, their claims "are likely to be alike."
And of concern to the wise who see sit back and see the volumes of ignorant lies which are being spread is the fact that those "claims" are nothing more than bogus concepts, "fantastical" fantasies, hollow promises, imaginary myths, and bizarre superstitions which for thousands of years have served as the basis for humankind's belief systems which have no factual or truthful or accurate or realistic basis at all.
Robert Longo shared this about the commonality of the content of those written works which contain the supposedly "holy" and "inspired" words of dreamed up entities in other dreamed up worlds::
"Many holy books share the same themes because they all try to explain things that humans understood at those times. Going back thousands of years ago, many of the now dead religions shared similar myths shared by the Abrahamic religions. Many included the virgin birth, the flood stories, etc. Many worshipped things that supported life, like the sun, trees, water, etc..
"Many saw similar shapes in the stars since our brains have evolved into pattern seeking machines. These stories were the best interpretation of nature that humans had at the time. It wasn’t until the scientific method came around that many of the myths were debunked. When we figured out what lightning was, the nordic realised Thor was no longer necessary. When humans realised how the tides worked, etc there was no need for Poseidon. There is a huge heap pile of gods that humans no longer have need for.
"Another thing that many religions have in common is the idea that if you do not follow the rules, you will suffer grave consequences. The idea of this is to control people. As the wanderer-gatherer people started to farm and start larger social groups, there needed to be control on behaviour. In a smaller group you could shun someone who violated group rules.
"As the groups got a lot bigger, governments formed. And to make sure you didn’t think you could get away with something, there’s an eye in the sky watching you. God. Imagine that. He loves you, but if you leave me, I’ll kill you. Or give you eternal damnation. Or you will come back in the next life as a slug (I need to brush up on my Hindu).
"As science gives us more and more explanations that the myths, the thousands-of-years-old myths, are false, all religions will slowly erode and their silly (and dangerous) explanations will become superfluous. At least that’s what I hope."
For consideration prior to tomorrow's post, consider what this book cover suggests is at the heart and core of beliefs:
To be continued.
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