Every culture and religion begins by holding certain truths as sacred and virtually unquestionable. Gurus claim that the past clouds your future, what future does the past have? It is empty rhetoric. Cultivating discernment on the religious or spiritual path in areas like, power, sex, scandals is not going to enlighten us in any way. Into blinding darkness enter those who worship ignorance. Into greater darkness enter those who believe that religion can give them salvation. Isn’t it ridiculous to believe that by expressing regret for past actions God can offer salvation?
The world is a human jungle out there, do you really think by embracing the lord’s name offering prayers or meditating for ten years will make you less neurotic than the next person, or that suddenly you will be enlightened with the meaning of life? All the religions with their standard templates (holy book) a god, and institution (church/mosque) with appointed earth managers (Pope, Priests & Mullahs) preach that they can show you the purpose of life? Then why haven’t they shown us the meaning so far? Religions are also plainly confused and unconscious when they claim that there is “a purpose to life” that transcends the ordinary and will unfold. A real honest record of the purpose of our life still awaits birth; none of the religions, spiritual gurus has a truthful answer.
What is “nirvana”, “salvation” and enlightenment how will you when you achieve this, yes it is sacred, is it like a fit of sneezing? In our religious system people seem to develop deep insights but narrow knowledge and consequently more of what is embodied is shrouded in a fog of intimidating complicity. Religion and enlightenment are strange bedfellows and both serve as reason’s point of departure. How can anything in the realm of human experience remain totally immune to rational scrutiny? The idea that Religion once considered beyond scrutiny must eventually be refashioned into propositional claims that are susceptible to criticism, a process of rationalization of holy cows and the sacred.
Animals don’t look for salvation they just live from moment to moment. Why should we give so much importance to life, if we know we have to die? Life must be enjoyed because death is not a myth but salvation is.
We may have begun by imagining the divine as the sole source of our moral codes, but when we are awakened to the possibility that these codes can be challenged, when exposed to rational reflection; our capacity for self direction eventually outstripped our original experience of religious awe! As Marx stated “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of a soulless
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