When civilization evolved in different regions of the world,
the same concepts developed in different languages and different ways. Just as
things were labeled differently, Gods were also labeled differently.
Depending on socio-cultural concepts, environmental conditions
and needs of development relevant to that period, the religious texts
elaborated on principles of religion in various ways. However, all religions
broadly talk about the same beliefs, values and virtues of life.
For example, all religions uphold truth, honesty, sacrifice,
supremacy of a higher intelligence called God and repeated occurrence of
demonic entities which need to be defeated by application of higher
consciousness.
There are differences in rituals practiced which are due to
regional thinking differences. However, FIRE connotes a religious symbol as all
religions use fire in some way to worship God. For example, the Hindus use the
DEEPAK, Muslims use INCENSE STCKS and Christians use CANDLES. Fire symbolizes
life force.
Religious practices are bound to be different in different
parts of the world as they were developed in isolation of rest of the world.
All religions, upheld today, are derived from ways of worship developed in
centuries where communication was almost nil between countries. Hence, each
sect of people found their own tribal ways of accessing God which overtime,
grew as religious beliefs.
Differences in thinking are natural given climatic and
language differences. Muslims developed the BURKA system for women because
desert climate was too hot and protection was needed. Hindus developed a PURDAH
culture when the Muslims invaded and attacked uncovered women. Similarly,
Christians nuns are completely covered up to appear non sexual. The ritual
arose because of a climatic need but was understood as a sexual covering and
superimposed in cultures where climate was not hot.
That is derivation of religion by people who are perverts
and powerful, but insist on being considered sensible. If three people are brought
up on three different regions of the world, each would find a unique way to survive.
However, survival by itself would hold the same meaning for the soul
irrespective of climatic and language differences.
Due to communication gaps between masses, the leaders who
travelled from one area to another spread miss-understanding among people and
created enmity for personal gains. Women were looted sexually to make the men
feel helpless ; while religious institutions were demolished and plundered for
money which was amassed by the king ; not common public.
Even today, if we pick up any religious text and study the
meaning underlined in the words, be it the Bagdad Gait, The Bible or The Quran –
we find that they all mean the same though the stories told are different,
pertaining to regional specific.
God upholds the same values in all religions.
The soul does not belong to any religion. The same soul can be born as a
Hindu, a Christian, and a Muslim or in any of the various other religions of
the world, as it wants to have different experiences. Each religion uses a
different way to express the same feeling. It is like using different kinds of
vehicles to reach the same place.
Each God represents a type of energy; yet, energy is one whole. It
cannot be divided as it merges as one. Spending a life and dying as a fanatic
is a waste of effort from the soul’s perspective because in the celestial
realms, God is not divided. The celestial realms may be viewed as corporate
houses where each type of God works to bring harmony in the lives of people who
follow its ideology. But, the Gods don’t fight against each other as there is a
power of Oneness above the division of labor.
It is the individualized human mind that wants to be one up on others in
its zeal of competition, which creates division. Humans have branded everything
as superior or inferior in the spirit of competition including God. Under the
robe of competition only one God can be superior. Irrespective of which race
the soul is born in, it wants the God of that race to be superior. For example,
Dev was a fanatic whether he was a Muslim, a German or a Hindu.
From Devi’s example, fanaticism appears to be a mental disease for a
reincarnating soul. The fanatic thought process continues life after life
irrespective of the fact that the soul is born into a different religion in
each life.
Devi’s soul wanted him to realize that he has to fight against its rigid
thought process which makes him want to make one race supreme or one
perspective supreme.
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