What is religion?
Religion is near identical with culture - a philosophy of life based on insights that derive from metaphysics.
And since metaphysics was said to be the first philosophy, and Greek philosophy was a reformulation of religion into a new term,
we can say that religion, philosophy and metaphysics not only are connected, but that in many ways they are merely different terms for what originally was the same thing.
I say "originally" because all these terms or concepts have slided apart from one another and diverted from their origin, and not in a good way.
The more division that happens, the more you can expect the concepts to be taken and understood erroneously.
That everything is connected and founded on repetitions, reflections and equivalents is a fundamental law,
and the true meaning behind the expression "all is one" or "all is in one, and one is in all", etc.
The word "religion" originates in the Latin word religio, the origin of which has been speculated to be "reconnect" or "reconnecting",
which suggests reconnecting to a particular source or origin.
And so we must distinguish what religion originates from - what it was in its essence - and what it later became in various cultures or in the psyche of the individual person.
In other words, what is of interest here is what the term religion SHOULD refer to, not necessarily what it is considered to be among the masses.
When different individuals and cultures use the same word but mean different things, then it becomes a problem.
Thus it is often necessary to either clearly define words and terms before they are discussed, or invent a new word or term that is less likely to be misinterpreted.
In Timeless Education I try to do a bit of both. In part, I try to analyze, explain and clarify old terms in texts and videos like this one.
And partly, I invent and reformulate old terms into new ones as part of a new teaching.
I could say that the term "timeless education" has the same meaning as the term "religion." But then you would just say, "Oh, so timeless education is just religion."
But no, it's not religion as you understand it because you do not know what I mean by religion.
You do not know what religion really is, or what it was meant to be. Almost nobody does.
Timeless Education also has the same meaning as philosophy, psychoanalysis, science, politics, etc.
And normally people do not get all this in a single package, properly developed. Timeless Education is universal religion free of all nonsense.
I could make it very easy for myself here and just say:
"Religion is not what you think it is. Real religion is the same as Timeless Education."
"So if you want to know what real religion is, go and read up on Timeless Education."
And, obviously, I think you should do that. But I want to talk a bit more about religion and explain some things,
since people often want arguments and support for this kind of assertion.
It is often said that all religions are fundamentally the same, with the same message, and contain the same truths.
But this is an incompetent way of expressing it, a lazy-minded repetition of something people have heard. And as a result, the counter arguments are often stronger.
It is more precise to say that all religions derive from the same source, that they were originally meant to be the same, that they SHOULD be the same,
but that they, through misinterpretations, human partiality and incompetence have over time deviated both from their original form and from each other.
So, no, today's religions are not the same. And because of that, the majority of them can not be called real religions.
They are empty shells and rituals that long ago died and have lost their essence.
And ancient enlightened people knew and accepted that all religions sooner or later must die, to be updated and give way to a new formulation of timeless wisdom that reconnected to the source.
I brought this up in my video on Norse mythology and ragnarok.
That the gods fall during ragnarok is partly a metaphor for the coming death of the old religious system.
That's why antiquity had so many different religions with similar gods and systems.
Same thing with the monotheistic religions. Christianity and Islam were both reformulations of Judaism.
Christianity attempted to clarify that the scriptures should not be taken literally by, among other things, raising the point that "the letter kills but the spirit gives life."
Islam attempted to clarify that all religions were originally valid by saying that all people had their own prophet.
But even these two religions died very early. In their true essence, they only lasted for a 100 years, max.
So the lifespan of a religion is very short.
Just because people still call themselves Muslims or Christians does not mean that the real religion, its essence, has not already died a long time ago.
People are very superficial. They think that a label and some routinized rituals mean something.
People do not sense their own lack of substance, and that's why they can defend empty rituals and literal interpretations,
even though the scriptures often were formulated so that a literal interpretation becomes absurd.
Only by sensing that the religion does not feel right and does not fulfill deeper needs can the individual genuinely begin to seek
and perhaps find the right interpretation or the origin of his religion.
Every prophet and originator of a new religion has experienced disappointment with the former religion.
Real spiritual individuals and religious are SEEKERS, people who question.
But what is this source from which true religion originates?
The source consists, in its essence, of two things.
The first thing is a self-insight that one's own true identity is an inner observing emptiness or observer.
In the East, this is the original goal of meditation, and in Christian tradition it is called "mysticism."
However, "mysticism" is a term that, like religion in general, has different interpretations.
Some Christians believe that "mysticism" is to get in contact with God or Jesus as an external invisible gestalt, or a literal voice that speaks to them, etc.
But these are later misinterpretations and superstitutions that are often transmitted by quacks.
It is very easy for charlatans to exploit the term "mysticism", and through it claim anything.
So I avoid the term "mysticism" because I do not like the word and I don't know how people interpret it.
But this part of the source of religion refers to the inner source of yourself.
What you are when you peel away everything that is temporary and changeable and connects to what remains and is permanent. You as an internal observer.
And it is this observer who is universal man, who is in God's image, not the rest.
The second thing that is the source of religion is a kind of source code or formula that expresses the principles of ultimate reality or highest natural law.
This source code is called various things such as "Logos", "Tetractys", "Religio vera", "The Word", "the cross to take up", "God's name", "Jod-He-Vau-He" (or "JeHoVaH"),
"Yin-Yang", "Ishvara", "Trimurti", "Odin-Vili-Vé", etc.
Out of this formula or source code, all well-known religious concepts are derived, such as non-dualism, the Creator, Karma, Almighty guide, the light of the world,
sacrifice (such as humility and acceptance in front of reality), arithmetics, numerology, astrology, inspired texts, etc.
The purpose of religion is to preserve this source code as sacred and transmit it so that this ultimate guiding principle never dies out.
Because without it, only lies and falsity, conflict and disorder, arise, mainly in the form of dualistic thinking - the "devil."
And for people, even extraordinary people and philosophers, it's virtually impossible to reach the right conclusion in terms of reality on their own since people are too partial.
The second purpose is to heal people and make them more healthy and capable of taking responsibility by giving them proper education in self-knowledge,
especially deeper self-knowledge of the inner observer.
So true religion is unity with the inner witness and hard metaphysics, i.e. philosophical principles, process logic,
and the accompanying meaning of this, such as communicating a worldview born from the answers through storytelling. This is "reconnection to the source."
Everything else is pseudo-religion and pseudo-spirituality.
For more infomation >> What's inside a Bass Backpack? - Duration: 9:02. 
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét