“Main terey deevay baalda tun marray deevay ball malika.”
These are the words I heard as a boy from my mother. I don’t know where she learned them, but they were like poetry she sang that stuck in my brain. It was so long ago that I can’t find the source, and I must state that the author is unknown.
The translation is, and I quote, “I light your lamps, O God you light my lamps.”
This may appear simple, but to me, the whole philosophy of my blog is explained in these few words. Regardless of religious beliefs, the importance of each human individual cannot be denied. In a spiritual sense, individually we all need to recognize our value. God can easily say, “I did my job by providing you with a perfectly functioning internal and external universe so you can live and enjoy your mortal life while reciprocating.” If you always want more in your life, you must put in more effort and understand how. For example, you can’t just go to a mosque or church and pray for bigger muscles; you have to go to the gym, lift heavy weights, and work hard to make your muscles grow. At the same time, never forget your mortal nature and the abilities installed within you. You are more responsible for your actions and achievements than you’ve been taught to believe. Your affiliations have political agendas and reasons to make you feel insignificant, unimportant, weak, and sinful. Therefore, it is your duty to be a CEO and recognize the politics behind all the rules, traditions, and customs of your belief system.
Returning to the love triangle.
This triangle has been an ongoing subject for me because it connects us to our core and helps us understand what we were meant to be. Our continuous potential is ingrained in us to reach where God intended for humans to reach. Whether we get there or not has a lot more to do with human beings than what we have been taught. We have the ability and choice to make the predictions of holy books come true or change the outcome.
You can believe in doomsday and intentionally use weapons of mass destruction to get it over with, or choose to start working against it. We have the know-how, and that’s why things are going wrong right now with global warming-related weather extremes. Ozone can be changed for the better or worse depending on how optimistically or pessimistically humanity believes. When you believe in God, it should be about hope and optimism, yet most religious people believe in doom and gloom for this world. Yes, it is all rosy in heaven, but my question is, if you are not happy and content in living years, how will you change in heaven? I would bet you are going to give even God a hard time pleasing you.
If God asks us, “I gave you the continuously evolving potential, why don’t you keep evolving?” We have been doing a pretty good job, but only in select departments of life. Our religious extremists from all schools of thought have been getting in the way. Most of them believe that God will destroy us, even though it has not happened for thousands of years and may or may not happen for another million years.
This belief suggests that God is like a human being who gets angry and is vengeful. They use the carrot-and-stick approach, or in other words, heaven or hell. We have been using this philosophy to train animals, and if you believe that we are no more than animals, then continue believing that. To me, I am an optimist and hope that one day we will prove that we are not just animals; we are the vessels through which God brings spiritual tasks into physical reality. We have been created from the start to be choice-makers who can overcome animal instincts regardless of their strength. Humanity has been evolving despite constant resistance from those who want to maintain the status quo. There has always been and will always be a segment of the world’s population willing to help the weaker and vulnerable. So, despite differences in size and strength, we are still evolving for the better, and it’s all because of our natural makeup. We can scientifically try to understand how life came into existence or why we believe in God while we continue to evolve. Whether it is scientifically proven or not, this matter of godliness is not for the masses; it has always been, still is, and will always be for the individual. How one lives a mortal life with ease and gives up all the material things and people they come to love and attach. Our reality is mortality, so our wisdom is and should be how to live as visitors. Especially if we are the CEOs of our lives. Understanding and living life with numbers and science may be good for certain types of individuals who want to help future generations, but for the most part, logically, a short visit should be lived successfully in all aspects of life. For example, if you are just intellectually satisfied, physical, emotional, and spiritual fulfillment can be lacking. So real happiness and contentment may take a back seat in mortal life. It could be a loss for an intellectual being. We need to zigzag between intellect and our physical mortal life because choosing one is not just for living human beings; we are not animals, nor are we just spirits. Understanding ourselves as mortal human beings is essential. Our mortality should override everything, but fortunately or unfortunately, depending on the individual’s thoughts, we somehow live our lives, sacrificing our most important things, and don’t even experience our lives to the fullest just because we want to be right.
We bring along and are dressed with compassion, forgiveness, trust, respect, personal sense of justice, and above all, the ability to love and sacrifice. If you are stuck in intellectualism and have never enjoyed the physicality of what mortal life offers, it is a loss. Sure, one can live with numbers and science, but our spiritual jewelry should not be undermined. Since spirituality is universal, it is present in all human populations and people from all walks of life. Race, color, gender, nationalism, or belief systems are taught and passed on as knowledge. The ability to be spiritual is something we all bring with us from before birth. If we wear our human jewelry with pride and prove that we are not just created as animals, we will prevail and change the outcome that most religious people have been predicting as doomsday.
If God expects us to be human beings and evolve to continuously reach our potential, then we must make efforts in all areas of life instead of confining ourselves within the boundaries of human insecurities related to belief systems, whether scientific or religious. One can choose to stay within those boundaries for themselves but should not insist on and force others to adhere.
We all have duties as the purpose of our lives, and I happen to believe that I have a duty to reach my continuously evolving potential. I believe in God, spirituality, and humanity over any human knowledge. Whether religious, scientific, or otherwise, we still have to evolve and learn to live with each other in peace. I know I have high expectations for people to overcome their sense of belonging to their respective groups, but as I said before, I am an optimist, and I hope people can see that their extremism will always be related to their sense of group belonging.
I strongly believe that if we remain entrenched in the differences of our belief systems, we may use weapons of mass destruction and bring the predicted outcome upon ourselves. God may not have a mission to physically destroy himself, but if we destroy our planet before reaching the stars, we cannot only lose our spirituality but also take away God’s physical abilities. There may be a spiritual world after humanity, but right now, it is the duty of human beings to make God physically meaningful by evolving equally in all areas of life.
Just look at history and all our advancements in science and technology, medicine, and social systems; they have all been achieved by living, breathing human beings. Certainly, with God’s help because we cannot survive without the blessings of God. Like functioning bodies and a properly functioning universe that provides us with oxygen, we should all be humble about our progress and evolution because we can only function with the help of things we have absolutely no control over. God lives throughout humanity because human beings find that their lives are not possible without the help of that which is unknown. We may solve the riddles of life with time, but our real task is to learn to live with each other without political killings.
We have no control over where and when we are born, nor do we have solid scientific evidence, or video evidence to prove that there is a world and life after death, other than what we have been taught by our groups. We don’t know what or who God is. So to me, what happens after life should be left for the afterlife; we should stop sending people to live after death just because we don’t agree. Instead of going to wars and killing each other over what we don’t even know, we need to take personal and individual responsibilities to perform properly in our living years because God’s work is done by living human beings. Find me a physical good deed done by a dead person; a physical action, spiritual or otherwise, requires a living, breathing, functioning human being.
The responsibility for continuous evolution rests on the shoulders of each and every one of us. If we start to confine ourselves because of our political influences or put ceilings on our thoughts, we are doomed before we even begin. From natural disasters to accidents to unknown events, these are all things that human beings have to learn about, understand, adapt to, survive through, follow, and achieve our potential. We need to not only think about the words from our taught knowledge but also understand what is going on inside us as individuals. To understand clearly, our knowledge has several departments, not just science and technology or religion exclusively. We have to learn about emotions, and the politics of belonging to our groups as well. We need to understand why we all have free will and why we should be individually responsible for our actions.
Why do we have the potential to love and sacrifice for others or even strangers? Why do two perfect strangers have the ability to create a family? Why do people help each other without hesitation during disasters? Why are we willing to go to war for our groups and especially for our future generations? The ability to sacrifice, where did it come from? Do you think it is a learned behavior? Personally, I don’t believe we do exactly everything that we have been taught.
To me, there is clear evidence and countless examples, such as Mozart in music and Leonardo da Vinci, and countless child prodigies. Did they learn, or did they bring that knowledge with them before birth? Neglecting everything that is not scientifically proven is wrong for human beings because we are not just numbers, and we are constantly evolving. Therefore, no human knowledge, scientifically proven or otherwise, is complete. It will always remain incomplete because we are in the process of infinite evolution.
Becoming an extremist in religious or scientific knowledge is against our evolution, especially for a mortal individual. Therefore, keeping our minds open, respecting each other, and adapting to a constantly changing world is the way it should be.
If you are an individual who is oriented towards numbers and research, you should research the ability to love, emotions, and human behavior. This way, we can understand our sense of belonging to our groups, which gives birth to ego, pride, and honor. We should research to overcome our desire to be right, the reasons for our wars, and why we deprive each other of love.
I would love to understand love and why it is so powerful that it can make or break an individual. A song comes to mind, and I quote, “Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed. I say, love, it is a flower, and you its only seed. End quote.”
There is a connection between the soul and love. That’s why we need to understand spirituality to overcome racial, color, gender, religious, and national differences.
I am explaining what I know; it may change with more evolution. But for now, we need to take responsibility as human individuals. We can’t just follow what we have been taught; we have the responsibility to explore and reach our continuously evolving potential. We need to understand our emotions much more than we have because I believe in understanding life not only in its departments but in its entirety.
You can be a very good doctor or scientist, but if you don’t understand your mortal nature and see the gray between black and white, you could miss out on enjoying what mortality has to offer. Yes, your happiness and contentment are yours. If you have missed out on that, you have missed out. If you are a religious fanatic and want everyone to be just like you, you have missed out on compassion and love. Without these two, you’ve lost your spirituality, and you should know that a religious belief without spirituality is just nonsense and purely political.
To understand love, one has to understand the divisions of the love triangle and then learn to divide it equally because it is the individual who suffers yet has the power to create balance in their personal life. If you feel that you are not capable of taking charge, you have to delve into your reasons. Ask yourself why you can make everyday decisions in all other areas of your life—like waking up, eating, sleeping, going to work, or school—yet somehow you can’t make decisions to create balance in your daily life, especially when it comes to family, nationalism, and religion.
When you start looking for the cause, just see if you can find your political sense of belonging as a reason. If it is out of control and you lean toward group authority more than yourself and your loved ones, you owe it to yourself to create balance in your sense of belonging and your sense of freedom to be a better human being.
Personally, I think and feel from my soul, and passionately state from my heart, that it is absurd to sacrifice yourself or your loved ones for the approval of your groups. Certainly, they have a place in our mortal life, but it is only us as individuals who have a say in our lives. Living in a society where an individual does not have a say is oppressive. In today’s world, it should not be acceptable, regardless of where you live. All nations, groups, or entities should be accountable. Equal human rights should be the foundation of all constitutions.
If you think an individual has a say, just look around where you are and around the world. You will find many people who are so indoctrinated that they cannot use their personal sense of justice to balance themselves, their loved ones, and their societal affiliations. They fight and leave their spouses over their mothers or families because their society dictates so.
In Eastern societies, mothers dominate and people are taught to respect mothers but not wives. In the West, a wife might have more rights over the mother due to social influences. It is a son’s duty to balance his triangle and place everyone in their own compartment of love. Passionate love for a wife or partner should be 33%. Instinctive love for mother and family should also be 33%, with the remaining 33% for universal love for the society he belongs to. If one cannot balance these responsibilities, they are not a good CEO and will struggle to manage this love triangle, often choosing one over the others.
Suppressive and authoritarian societies are notorious for promoting the collective over the individual to maintain power in the hands of a few. Interestingly to me, it is the individual who determines how much care they have for themselves, their loved ones, and their groups of belonging. Therefore, even in democratic and advanced societies, there are many individuals with extreme and self-harming imbalances. Disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, anxiety, depression, and even suicide are common, driven by a desire to fit in, impress, or be admired by those around them.
If you cannot balance yourself, your loved ones, and your societal affiliations, you need to find spiritual strength and become the CEO of your life. Being a CEO enables individuals to become strong enough to achieve balance not only in their personal lives but in all their associations with others, including their groups of belonging.
All three corners of the love triangle surround the raw animal core. One might think this core is what separates us from animals, as it is where we are divided into two. You can call it human and animal, as I do, or you can call it good and bad, or even God and Devil. Here, you decide which side to act upon. This is why we can act differently at different times in the same lifetime. One action does not define an individual, which is why leniency exists for juveniles. Maturity may or may not occur due to the strength of our inner core.
This core is where humans become a swirling bottle of extremes. Here, you can even indulge in “God’s alcohol,” get drunk, and lose perspective of being a human being. Every aspect of being human requires balance. You can choose to be spiritual and ignore the physical aspects of mortal life, such as enjoying food, the touch of another human being, and the satisfaction of doing something for others. A life without physical fulfillment of any kind or experience is not a successful or balanced mortal life.
It is simply another extreme. Living exclusively like an animal means you cannot experience spiritual fulfillment, so we must feed both aspects to live a balanced human life. If your good side dominates, you exclusively dance for God; if your human side constantly defeats the animal side, you may swing back and lose the battle, ending up exclusively dancing with the Devil. Remember, no one is purely good or bad; we all have the potential to be good or bad at different times in our mortal lives. These two sides, which I describe in the title of this blog, make us human beings. We are not metaphorically angels, ants, or bees; they are genetically designed to follow orders. Thinking angels are somehow superior to human beings is incorrect. To me, we are human beings with free will; our actions are our personal choices, making us superior to angels due to our innate desires. We are beings in constant conflict with ourselves; if we can act spiritually despite our animal instincts, we are battling our selfishness to act selflessly. This contradictory nature is not easy to live with, so suppressing our desires makes us superior to other creatures, even metaphorical angels. The ability to show compassion, forgiveness, sacrifice, and love elevates us to a status angels cannot reach.
Now, regarding the politics of this, our groups of belonging want us to be subservient like ants and bees, preaching that we should be like angels. The motive behind this is to prioritize the group over the individual. In the spiritual realm, there is no injustice, not even for one individual. If you choose to violate anyone’s rights, it is political, even if it is for the group. In an ideal world, the first rule of spirituality is “Do not do to others what you would not want done to you or your loved ones.” Remember, as individuals, we have a short life to live, while groups continue to exist. Therefore, this individual mortality should be respected by groups with the same spiritual values, such as compassion, forgiveness, sacrifice, and love.
Returning to the inner core, my first triangle and the title of this blog are about “Who flipped my triangle, God, Devil, and human being.”
Deep within our core as human beings, God is on one side, and the Devil is on the other, surrounded by love. If you believe in God and the Devil, the world should function with or without human beings. Interestingly, if you remove human beings from the equation, both sides vanish along with human beings, rendering God and the Devil ghostly. Everything remains but loses value until a human being arrives. Remember, it is the living, breathing human individual who experiences and judges the good, the bad, and the ugly extremes. Even if good and bad were to disappear, humanity would still survive neutrally, but removing human beings results in stagnation and meaninglessness. The existence and significance of God and the Devil depend on living, breathing human beings. It is human beings who bring physicality to the actions of good and bad. Spirituality means nothing without action. Actions cannot be taken without human physicality, so God and the Devil cannot act independently until empowered by human beings. Therefore, taking responsibility to be a spiritual being is essential for modern-day science-loving and technologically savvy individuals. If your groups of belonging want you to be like warrior ants or worker bees, understand the politics of belonging and rise to become a spiritual human being, acting in accordance with your true nature.
Our capacity for good and bad can change with education, and that’s where our love triangle becomes crucial for our inner and outer peace. Education can illuminate you or leave you in the dark, much like a light switch. The potential to be good and bad has always existed for us and will continue to do so. Our strongest influences are love, nationalism, and religion. Therefore, we must become the CEOs of our lives, owning our actions so we do not treat others in ways we would not want done to ourselves or our loved ones.
This is one way to take charge of our inner core; otherwise, the politics of our groups of belonging override our personal sense of justice. We become puppets and lose our humanity. By relinquishing our CEO status, we not only become susceptible to committing spiritual crimes against others but also lose our sense of justice to the point where we can no longer recognize innocence. We let our animal or bad side win and then blame the Devil for our actions. This weakness in the human individual feeds the Devil, perpetuating the human reason why humanity struggles to live in peace. It has never been and never will be a group of people; it has always been and will always be an internally conflicted individual who lets their internal darkness prevail. That is why an individual’s inner peace is so important, and achieving inner peace is nearly impossible for those who cannot assert their CEO status.
This is where you are highly influenced by the love you receive—or don’t—while growing up.
Love, whether universal, passionate, or instinctive, sets us apart from other animals and enables us to become the workhorses of God, performing good deeds out of love rather than physical genetics. You can only learn to override animal desires with the love you experience growing up. Learning to balance all corners of the triangle is essential for achieving inner peace, especially concerning the love triangle.
Logically, if you find a new love, you cannot disregard your children, whom you instinctively love. You cannot live solely for the community while neglecting your family or abandoning passionate love for others. Look around; it happens all the time. Our history is filled with examples. Sati, for example, was a Hindu tradition where a wife was expected to be burned alive with her husband’s body. This illustrates the significant influence individuals and societies can have. It all comes down to personal choice.
Balancing is challenging, especially when raised in the political dynamics of strong group belonging. Always remember that you are born and blessed with free will and a personal sense of justice. Yet, you also have opposing and conflicting cores, so understanding your personal authority and learning to self-regulate are crucial.
You are born with free will and a sense of justice, making you a potential CEO from birth. Being the CEO of your life enables you to utilize your abilities to make the right decisions. Unfortunately, we can be easily influenced. To be spiritually good for yourself and others is a personal choice that can go either way.
I emphasize being spiritually good because believing you will become good through group approval is insufficient. You must use your personal sense of justice to be spiritually good. If you only know what your group tells you, remember that it is political, and your choices may be influenced accordingly. Remember, if it is political, it is not spiritual; if it is spiritual, it cannot be political. Doing good is universal, not confined to groups. Committing a spiritual crime against innocents belonging to an opposing group remains a spiritual crime, even if done for your chosen group. If you possess a strong personal sense of justice and act accordingly, it will inherently be spiritual and for the benefit of humanity as a whole.
If your good side outweighs your animal instinct, would you be spiritual and godly? You spread goodness to those near you, within your chosen group, but you would also be capable of doing good for opposing groups. You choose spirituality over your religion, nation, race, or gender. However, your insecure side has the potential to throw you off balance at any moment. Such imbalances can influence you to not only tarnish love but also become more animalistic than necessary. Our animal traits are dangerous because we are also intelligent; thus, a cunning animal can hide malicious intentions and use political tactics to exploit and abuse even God for political gain, let alone people.
Trust, forgiveness, sacrifice, respect, and compassion give real meaning to love, just as spiritual education makes an individual a good human being. Love has the power to transform humanity, one individual at a time.
If these qualities are absent, love becomes merely a word. Influenced by our animal side, we may use the word “love” to manipulate others into committing spiritual crimes, even against our loved ones. Yet, love has the potential to provide the highest level of security. We rely on it from childhood through old age. Our families and societies thrive on love, yet nations and religions teach us to rob each other of love because, if individuals are hurt, they may seek revenge and can easily be used for political purposes. The loss of love has the potential to deeply wound us at our core, causing our souls to bleed.
Since each of us is equally conflicted at our core, our surrounding love is not solely the responsibility of the individual; societies must also understand this. An unhealthy individual can not only harm others but also become a burden to society. Balanced surrounding love benefits both the individual, helping them win their core battle, and society in the long run. With good education across all aspects of the love triangle, you can overcome and control your animal side.
Being a CEO requires the strength to manage all aspects of life, including achieving balance at the core. Our religions and societies have taught us an education based on the wrong strategy, urging us to kill the animal side and become only good or godly, which contradicts what being human is all about. This flawed education is why human societies still struggle with social and spiritual crimes.
You can’t just suppress the animal inside of you because that’s your physical side, which holds very important cards. As I said, even God and the Devil can’t survive without human physicality. First and foremost, you simply can’t exist without a physical body, period. Your body brings physicality to your spirituality; all good depends on your physical actions, and you can’t perform well, or at all, without a physical body. It creates balance in all the joys of mortal life and reminds us to live as human beings on Earth. It teaches us to find happiness in all situations instead of constantly striving for something and sacrificing everything, including happiness and contentment, only to eventually perish. Our animal side constantly reminds us of our mortality, yet our groups of belonging insist that we suppress this animal side. The underlying politics aim to make us subservient so we conform and sacrifice for our group. We don’t enjoy our mortal journey and then pass away, which goes against the essence of being human. As a CEO of your life, this does not benefit you; therefore, the best approach is to find balance, avoiding extremes that diminish our humanity. It involves negotiating and achieving equilibrium so you are not torn apart at your core. Doing justice to others and yourself means living as a compassionate human being with inner peace.
When you are taught to serve, pray, and accept death, it’s a control-oriented political education with bias. This has nothing to do with God or spirituality; it reeks of political control over the masses, which is unfair to the individual. If it doesn’t uphold equal human rights for all, then it’s not divine. While we are here to do God’s work, life is also given to us to enjoy our mortal journey. As a CEO, you should be able to recognize the political motivations hidden behind our religious rules, traditions, and customs. If you believe we are nothing more than ants or bees, you fail to recognize your free will and our ongoing potential as God’s will. If advocates of group rights conceal their insecurities as prejudice and discrimination against individuals, it constitutes a spiritual crime because it involves God in human insecurities.
By now, if you have attained CEO status, you have developed strong opinions. People around you with politically influenced strong religious views may not appreciate your way of thinking, regardless of your character. Always remember, you have to live with yourself all the time, so being internally conflicted is not conducive, especially when time is limited.
As a CEO, if you monitor and personally assess the rules, traditions, or customs of your groups of belonging, you will and should always stand for justice. If injustice is perpetrated, especially by the masses against individuals, it’s akin to a bully exerting undue influence with no opposition. Remember, it is the individual who is mortal and loses a life; as a collective, we continue. Therefore, any rule that violates individual rights should be opposed.
As a CEO, you possess a personal sense of justice. Failure to utilize it can lead to inner conflicts and consequential disorders in your already finite life. No one cares more about your comprehensive health than you do, as you are the one who suffers. Maintain focus on a clean, conflict-free mortal life. If someone is unjustly harming the weak and vulnerable in your presence, stand up for them. This may not be religious, but it is a spiritual act. Injustice contradicts spirituality, regardless of its religious justification, so do not let even strong group affiliations influence your spiritual truths because ultimately, you have to live with yourself. Ignoring this fact could lead to illnesses related to internal conflict.
Always remember, both personal and general justice systems should be based on truth and simplicity, much like spirituality. Any form of deceit is simply a crime. When we intermingle our sense of belonging’s political influences with spirituality and justice systems, they lose their significance and value, especially for you as an individual.
One could argue that if a nation were governed by a justice system, politics would be unnecessary, just as an individual governed by spirituality would not need religious knowledge or teachings to be virtuous.
Now, observe the root causes of our personal, social, and global issues. They all stem from the political influence of our group affiliations.
At home, parents want their children raised according to the rules of national belonging, religious traditions, or whatever is popular in society at the time of their birth. Conflict and strained relationships in the love triangle arise when children refuse to comply. The root cause is the political influence we feel from our groups of belonging. If this conflicts with spirituality or justice, it’s unfortunate, as public opinion holds great importance to us, affecting our relationships.
I divided our love into three parts for a reason: one should become a CEO capable of understanding and managing everyday challenges. As CEOs, we all have a duty to balance this with our personal sense of justice.
If you choose to act according to your personal sense of justice, you can achieve balance in the love triangle; otherwise, you may favor one over the other and suffer the consequences.
Love has nothing to do with merely uttering words to one another; it’s about performing loving actions. It involves believing, trusting, respecting, showing compassion, and making sacrifices unconditionally. It is not an external act nor is it solely for others. It’s what happens internally, deep within your soul, at an individual level. Remember, you must be truthful with yourself and others; others may leave, but you have to live within your own skin until the day you die.
Certainly, hormones play a role in intensifying our emotional responses, but love itself originates deep within our souls, which is why some people struggle to forget and forgive lost love. Much killing occurs daily; it has always existed and will persist until we truly understand who we are. We cannot overcome the pain of lost love, so the cycle of revenge for lost love continues.
As societies and individuals, we must take heed and refrain from robbing each other of love at all costs. Even if demanded by the politics of our group affiliations, remember, our ongoing wars stem from personal and individual losses of love.
The ability to love comes naturally; we bring it with us from before birth. Circumstances may alter it, but its essence remains unchanged. It’s about our capacity to love one another. This capacity isn’t learned; it’s ingrained in our DNA, or rather, our souls.
In all human societies, there are numerous love stories illustrating the lengths to which individuals will go for love. We possess the ability to sacrifice even the ultimate. We kill and die for all three corners of the love triangle constantly. Passionate love is at the individual level, instinctive love at the familial and personal friend levels, and universal love for nation or religion. Wars are waged for it; kings have forsaken kingdoms for it. It holds the power to alter people’s behaviors toward their beliefs. It can heal or inflict illness. What is it? Why don’t we understand it? Why do we seek it regardless of age or mortality? If it were learned behavior, it would also be unlearnable. Humanity has expended more effort and resources on love than on anything else combined. Begin by seeking the reasons behind your actions, and you’ll inevitably arrive at love as the starting point—whether for love, to safeguard love, or to seek vengeance for lost love.
Consider this: when you say “I love you,” do so sincerely. Show compassion and consider the recipient’s perspective before acting.
Observe how prevalent this behavior is around you and check yourself if you find yourself playing the game of love improperly. Delve deep, be honest, and straightforward with yourself. Catch yourself if you act or feel this way.
“I love you, but I don’t genuinely care about you.”
“I love you, but I don’t truly trust you.”
“I love you, but I don’t really respect you.”
“I love you, but I’m unwilling to sacrifice anything for you.”
“I love you simply because social norms dictate it, and I must conform.”
If you hear or say the word “love” and it lacks care, trust, respect, or sacrifice, then that word may be politically tainted, even if it comes from within. Individuals with insecurities can use this as a tool to manipulate, use, and abuse others to uphold their own beliefs, be they financial, sexual, or otherwise. It’s up to the individual to determine whether the word “love” carries its intended meaning and value. If you find the word “love” empty of its true significance, you must delve deeper into its essence. Why does the word “love” possess such power? It’s due to compassion, care, trust, respect, and sacrifice!
When you blend your religious rules, particularly those influenced politically by group affiliations, there is always room for injustice. Spirituality tainted by injustice is no longer true spirituality. Justice is not justice if it’s biased based on color, gender, race, nationality, or religious beliefs.
True justice can’t be expected from politically appointed officials, just as one can’t expect a mullah, priest, or rabbi to prioritize spirituality over their religious differences. For thousands of years, they have fought for the politics of belonging to their religions, so why expect or hope for change in the next two thousand years?
The politics of group affiliation wield too much power for a mullah, priest, or rabbi to become a CEO and oppose their own religion in favor of preaching spirituality based on equal human rights for all, regardless of friend or foe.
Lady Justice has been blindfolded for a reason, but that reason has never been free from political influences. Our affiliations influence individuals to the point that what one group deems justice is seen as injustice by another group. This means one can commit spiritual crimes against fellow human beings, even the innocent, and be celebrated as a hero by their group. This is commonplace in today’s global societies.
Spirituality is buried deep beneath the politics of group affiliation, so deeply that even in modern times, with all our advancements, individuals still struggle to stand independently against their groups. We’ve created an environment where individuals are compelled to sacrifice their personal sense of justice.
If the mullahs, priests, and rabbis of the past had followed spiritual truths, there would never have been religious wars—plain and simple. Our sense of political affiliation is like a disease spreading throughout humanity. We have yet to find a cure for this illness because no one has advocated for equal human rights until now. Conservative individuals still cling to the status quo, granting power to groups while harboring dreams of global domination and keeping everyone else enslaved to their group affiliations. Despite witnessing global change firsthand, they persist in prejudice and discrimination-based politics. They remain unwilling to step beyond religious boundaries and advocate for equal human rights. They are a minority but are vocal and resort to violence to remain relevant. They fail to acknowledge that every human individual is the CEO of their own life. They cannot comprehend that individuals possess a personal sense of justice and the ability to self-regulate. This personal sense of justice forms the foundation of our benevolent actions. It’s this ability that has elevated us from instinctual animals to evolved humans. It’s this ability that drives us to extremes, even to the point of self-destruction due to guilt.