Do research of various peoples (at least 20, preferably all from different continents) following the same algorithm.
Do research of family histories of various dynasties those you know personally or not. At least 20.
Do research of various approaches to management at least 10.
Do research of various approaches to parenting at least 15.
Do research of various approaches to family relations at least 15.
What else are you interested in?
What choice will you now make in faith and religion, in political movements?
What will you now think of those of a different opinion? Of those who make different choices and act differently?
Key points
It would be great to attend a school where all religions and beliefs are studied in one and the same careful manner.
The One who created such a riot of species, forms of life, and civilizations actually had the trouble to provide people with plenty of paths and opportunities to come to Him.
The trick is not in finding out whos right. We just need to accept that all the paths have one and the same source and lead us to one and the same home, however differently
Those who rejoice at being a part of the «elite» dont even realize that they are not the exception, that they are being controlled too. They understand it much later than those who arent in the «elite».
It is indeed time-consuming and complicated, from the point of view of our mortal coil. We always want to achieve a quick result and we dont care that aggressive methods are deprived of faith and dont take into consideration the lives of those who were created by the most divine being or beings. Its not much, as far as our soul is concerned. But this is a much more careful and gentle way.
You should propagate your ideas not through violence. But by way of example. Sincerely! Because it is really good, because you like it. Because you do it out of love not only towards yourself and your ideas but to those around you!
The challenge is to see beauty and wisdom in the generous diversity and learn how to make your own choices while respecting the choices of others.
Surprisingly enough, having one and the same path for everyone is a way to self-annihilation of the system in general.
Put aside the myth of the single path in religion, politics, and the question of nations. Put aside the conflict of duality (either this or that) in all other matters. Then the excuse for wars will just disappear. But there is yet another problem. Those who want to have wars will come up with new myths and new excuses. It will go and on until the masses realize it!
In order to get beyond limitations you should first acknowledge the abundance of diversity and take interest in it
The myth in a nutshell
There are many paths to God. Each person or a group of people has their own path. In different periods of time, there are different paths too. In different periods of time, there come different people who create certain paths.
A Soul Prayer for PEACE
Thou art the one who has many names and forms
To whom many paths lead
The one who lives in everything and yet everything lives inside thee
Who guides and always endows with freedom of choice
Help me understand thy intentions and lessons.
I am the one that remains eternal among the perishable
The one that stays real among illusions
The one that stays unchanged among all the changes
The one that is called to serve thee while being true to oneself.
Help me find peace and awareness.
Thou art the creator and true master of everything, so help me
Serve thee and take care of thy creations
In freedom from fears, passions, attachments, and sins
On the path of knowledge, gaining reason and goodness
In the revelation of love and compassion
In unity therewith, and therefore, with everything thou created.
2. The Myth of the Need to Forget about Your Body, Emotions, and Mind on Your Way to God
Your experience
How well do you know your body? And how well do doctors know human body?
How well do you know the bodies of other creatures that inhabit our planet? How well do scientists and researchers know them?
How well do you know bodies in general? How well do scientists and physicists know them?
And what does it mean to know a body? What do you think about bodies? About your own? About the bodies of other people? About the bodies of various species inhabiting this planet?
And what do you feel about your body and the bodies of other creatures?
And what do you know (just like in previous questions) about emotions and mind? About your own feelings and thoughts? Do you recognize them? And what about feelings and thoughts of other people?
What do you know about shapes and forms?
What do you know about essence and content?
About the myth
Lets discuss it using the example of Christianity (or any other religion). God made man. In flesh and blood. And what was done to man by fellow man in the Middle Ages? What was done to the divine creation allegedly in the name of faith? What was done to it later in the age of colonization?
Was it a declaration of the will of God? Or was it just a cover to conceal the pursuit of power, riches, and keeping them no matter the cost?
And suppressing the wonder of fleshliness, the brilliance of emotions. Suppressing the genius of thought, destroying others! By double standards, among other things (when some people are allowed something and others are not).
Why thrust your nose into someones bedroom and dictate what they should do, in which position, and how many times? Why have such limitations and control?
Why pry into someones private life? Why forbid feeling something and allow only a tiny part of the wide range of feelings?
Why force something so violently and aggressively, telling what one can think and what one cannot?
There are powerful historic examples behind all these questions. Powerful and yet tragic! For not only books were burnt but people too. Talented. Beautiful.
Who gave them that talent? Who bestowed upon them sensuality? And intuition? And minds eye? Who bestowed upon them intelligence in all its forms? And beauty? Oh, right. There is the Devil. And yet we were made and endowed with gifts by God. In any case, this is a divine creation, we dont have any right to control it. However, some people conceited themselves to be near as great as God and began to pride themselves. Others understood the simple truth and yet were not able to abandon power and its gifts. Suppression, control, jealousy, neglect (devaluing), and destruction wont bring you to God Neither will pridefulness and pursuit of power. Ignorance and clinging to ones passions. In this regard, maybe we should study the works of various spiritual teachers and Eastern masters of various religions to get a deeper understanding and analysis?
Perhaps, instead of making fires for the wrong books and people, we should have taken a different path. The one that is fast in terms of our soul but long and tiresome for those who are attached to worldly passion. The path of decent examples, discussions, learning, stories, reflection, mentorship, etc.? Meaning the path of the freedom of agreement, acceptance, and choice. The path of the creation of beauty and comfort (thats it!), creativity and art instead of violence and fear, destruction and hate, instead of strangling the potential of the Great Creation We should have taken the path of freedom (freedom from our own ignorance, our fears, power, riches, pridefulness, arrogance, vanity, etc.).
Oh, how much the church opposed progress (not all the clergy really serve the Almighty, since some people choose to serve their own or someone elses interests by way of religion). How much it opposed paganism that provided, perhaps, even more opportunities for harmony with ourselves and the world around us or probably just interfered with the goals of certain people. Those in power dont like to share and they will never support those who can potentially overthrow them or provide a competition. But Christianity is not the only example. How about killing of infidel even though they were made by Allah? Otherwise, where did they come from? Were they made by someone else? And does it mean that Allah is not alone? That is somehow contradictory, wouldnt you agree? Alright, we wont kill them. But we also wont let our children be happy, we wont let them and their loved ones be together. Well, thats an option. How much there was told, written, and sung about this! How many dramas and broken human lives. Why not cancel God at all (you never know, right?) and make a political and economic system our top priority, acquiring the right to do whatever we want?