Month: February 2015

Naked humanity under the shadow of the sense of belonging.

Killings especially the children with intention and disregarding the collateral damage are the clear sign of stripping down to the animal which has been clothed by the civilization.

Today instead of clothing the humanity with the civilization our sense of belonging to our belonging groups is stripping the real hijab of the human being.

Religions gave us the sense of clothing spiritually and wear our jewellery with pride, helped us to evolve to surpass our groups or nations, but still got stuck in the same politics of sense of belonging.

We came from the packs to clans to race to nations to religions and now its time to take the next step, a leap of faith into the humanity as a whole and at the same time respect the individual human rights. In the end of the day everyone of us want justice for all, whether it is at the level of the individual or nation. Our quest to achieve equality had brought us to accept our differences and live together in the western countries, which can be done in all over the world.

What makes you to qualify to be a human being, are we better than the chimps or the baboons?

compassion, sacrifice, forgiveness and love are our jewellery when you take these off, what you got left is a pure animal. Believing in certain path to God is not what makes a human being, it is practising spirituality and accepting the incompleteness of our knowledge. Killing over who is right has nothing to do with the spiritual knowledge it is purely the ego.

A murder is a murder, whether it is done by the individual for personal interests or for the belonging group, nation or a religion. You can do that to become a hero in your belonging group but when you kill some one you rob his/her family or loved ones of love, which can be called a spiritual crime because it is killing a helping hand to the humanity or God.

Self defence and revenge would be excuses to justify a perpetual spiritual crime for the politics of sense of belonging.

Understanding of self and sense of belonging can help the individual to strain out the politics so he/she can live a life of justice for self and all the others around.

When you are taught and you think, that you are different and or better than the others, you are influenced by the ego, and the ego is born from the sense of belonging to particular group.

If every group preaches that and works against the individual independence and the belonging individual has no sense of humanity and self responsibility, we will always have our wars and spiritual crimes regardless of the powerful religious teachings.

Sense of being an individual who is a CEO of his/her life would help the individual to break the boundaries and evolve from being a part of a group to be a part of the whole humanity.

In the past religions have made the individuals to stray from their belonging groups to believe and be secure in their boundaries, today the nations are doing the same so the clash is  inevitable. Today the group politics makes us clash as a larger group, so the problem is the same but at a larger scale.

By crossing the political boundary lines created by the communities, nations or religions, man can join the spirituality, God and humanity as a whole. Logically if you look at the physical globe there are no boundaries thus human being has to evolve further to cross all the self created political boundaries. If you keep dividing the globe with political boundaries on the name of peace, the peace will never be achieved because the more population means more disputes over the territories.

The path to heaven is one thing but living this life in hell is an other. Ask the victims of the violence, which one is more important, I choose my living years in peace, especially the inner peace over the hell or even the heaven. I would like to keep my spiritual hijab on, regardless of my belonging to any one particular group and I would preach the same to all. Evolve to reach your potential first then be passionate about your knowledge, if you are learning new things everyday you are not a finished product.

 

 

There is no human knowledge which does not need amendments as we evolve; whether it is religion or national constitution, nothing should stay the status quo. As time goes on we need to keep up with the changes in life—not too long ago there was no concept of computers, never mind the Internet, and in our society these are now almost requirements for social interaction. From scientific to technological to sociological to medicinal, every field has been constantly changing for the better to keep up with the need of our society—or, dare I say, mankind.

Having a cell phone is a miracle: just look at what you are able to do with it. Our planes carry hundreds of people and are equipped with autopilot technology; cars are self-parking and will soon be self-driven. We have broken down the genetic code; our ships can break the ice instead of getting stuck; we predict the weather and know about path of the storms… the list goes on.

Socially, we are creating equality and human rights to counter the racism and differences between people, from gender equality to sexual freedom, yet when it comes to religion there is a clear disconnect. We can’t seem to overcome some prejudices because of religious teachings.

If every year we have newer models for everything we invent, why can’t we change our religious knowledge according to the needs of the modern man, too?

The reason is this: man is controlled by religion, and not the other way around.

That tells you loudly and clearly that all of these religious systems are inherently political systems—and yes, spirituality is not even close to it.

Our brain is like an ocean, there is lot of stuff being entered every second of the day right from the day one of our birth or even before. As we grow we learn to mix and match just like 2+2 =4 the easy stuff and then we enter in the area of the hard stuff like the concepts of life or for instance God and spirituality. At this stage the 2+2=4is too simple or is black and white. God and spirituality is not a black and white issue, it is as I believe about creating the melody of the individual’s music which can be highly individual for all. It does not work the same for everyone because it’s not completely understood or I should say comprehended, so we use our assumptions. As an evolving entity, our assumptions have been proven wrong over and over yet we as individuals and groups insist on being correct with passion to the point we kill each other over our assumptions.

My comprehension of spirituality is that, it is not the prayer which is important, it is the real practical help to the needy. If you can do something for the humanity or even for the other creatures your actions becomes equal to a prayers. If you pray out of a fear of God but don’t help the individual who needs help, your prayers and sacrifices are meaningless because you are part of God who spouse to help the other part of God. God is an entity consists of all human beings spiritually and physically.

Spirituality means everything to do with humanity as a whole and singularly for the individual, not for one group of people exclusively. When it comes to spirituality, sacrifice and prayers should rate under the practical help of the real individual in need. If you think that prayer time is more important than to help someone in need, you are experiencing the disconnect between religious duty and spirituality.

There is no heaven for some and hell for others. If your sense of belonging to your group is above and beyond everything else, you are politically invested in your religion.

You as an individual are a CEO, so be spiritual before being religious.

Regardless of our evolution, we still get ready to kill the fly if it buzz around our food. Where should one draw the line is highly individual. I believe when it comes to safety and survival one has the right to protect him/herself and the loved ones.

We have been passing our knowledge to our new generations, yet we came from the generations who ate the food where flies have been the part of life, but now we know the harms can come from the flies so we react strongly for the cleanliness.

Some extremists can go that far that they don’t want to kill anything, even if there is a threat to themselves or their children. Sorry I have not been completely evolved yet, but I would change as the need arises. I don’t believe in having a cap on my knowledge.

I would not fast for religious purposes if I have diabetes which can drop the sugar to the point it can put one in coma and kill. As a human being survival is my first duty, then everything related to life can come in picture. Hypothetically or in reality every social duty is related to being able and alive. If one has trouble physically they should make amendments in the rules. First of all I believe God would not put someone in the situation where one suffers and dies in the process of following the rules. Second I know that fasting or prayers are some kind of sacrifice, so I would look for the alternative ways to do just that. All laws and orders or religious beliefs of human societies are the product of full tummy. If you are starving to death you have the duty to alter the rules and survive first. I believe if one is starving in a society where he/she has to follow the rules, the society has not fulfill its responsibility. If one is expected to follow the rules he/she need to have full tummy. I am no socialist but I believe in equal responsibility for all whether its the individual or the society collectively.