KEEP YOUR TRIANGLES RIGHT SIDE UP.

If your Mullah, Priest, or any other religious preacher says that questioning religious beliefs is a devilish act, ask them this question: How do the Devil and God physically work and what do they mean to humanity? If their answer is that they function without the help of human beings, you have been sold a philosophy designed to degrade you with fear and greed, making you feel insecure in your living years. Now, look at things logically and see how a human being, who individually holds the power to make good and bad things happen, does so by choice.

Feeding the hungry, weak, and vulnerable, helping the needy, or even robbing the weak and vulnerable can’t be physically done without human involvement. If you believe in miracles, you must accept that they are too rare to be mentioned in the functioning of humanity. All you have to do is see how often a miracle happens in your personal life. Don’t talk about the stories you hear from your preachers; just look at the realities of everyday individuals.

In the real world, it is the human individual who physically lends their hands, backs, and shoulders to turn spiritual thoughts into physical actions or realities. Unfortunately, all the Devil’s work is done by us as well. Reducing the human individual to an irrelevant part of the main spiritual picture is nothing more than a political plan. The fear of hell and the greed of heaven are preached as a carrot-and-stick philosophy. Sure, it works, but to me, it reduces human beings from spiritual entities to animals. Does that mean I don’t believe in heaven and hell? I believe in our real importance, which is obviously in our living years because God’s real work is done by us physically, making this time more important than the afterlife. What is the afterlife? A reward or punishment, maybe, but there is no evidence whatsoever other than religious preaching. Since one has to die before finding out for themselves, I personally will put all that in what I call a basket of the unknown. I need to carry on living as a decent human being, so I decide what is important at the present moment of my life, yet with the responsibility of a CEO to balance it all. I like to reciprocate for my oxygen and functioning body directly to God as a duty, not for the greed of heaven or fear of hell. Sure, being born into a certain religion is important and out of an individual’s control, but remember it is not all about traditions, customs, rituals, and rules. It is all about spirituality-related practical prayers. I believe no one has to change their religion or fight over who is right or wrong, especially about what happens after jumping off the cliff of belief systems. If you adopt practical prayers as a duty to reciprocate and become a decent human being, that is what God meant for us all. You can’t go wrong. Remember your free will is there to help you all along, but the politics of your sense of belonging related to insecurities are there to make you stray from spirituality as well.

The name of this blog is “Who Flipped My Triangle?” for a reason. The right side up keeps the human individual or group of people at the top corner, responsible for their actions. God and the Devil are on the bottom corners because they are our sides to choose from. All our good and bad actions take physical form when we choose to act on them. If God is almighty and powerful, how can a creation like the Devil make bad things happen? Popular belief is that the Devil can convince the human individual to act physically on the Devil’s behalf. Well, the thought of committing crimes can come from the Devil, but without the physical actions of human beings, things can’t get done. So God and the Devil or not, our individual free will should mean something to all of us.

The purpose of my writing is to help the human individual become what we are meant to be: a powerful CEO. Potentially, we are designed to be the main character, but our politics make us forget what we are. We don’t know where we stand in the grand scheme of life, and it is all because of what we have been taught in our tender years. I don’t intend to undermine anyone’s belief system because I do believe that our belief systems are powerful and important aspects of our individual lives. Interestingly, one can get spiritual fulfillment not from any exclusive belief system but by following the spirituality preached by it. Somehow, religions sold their soul to politics along the way and traded spirituality for political power, so they lost their real purpose of preaching for one to be a decent individual. Spiritual jewelry got lost as we fought passionately over who is right. Spiritual jewelry like compassion, love, and everything in between was supposed to be the path, but politics took over. If you can understand your importance, you can easily see the politics behind everything. It is quite convenient to politically blame the human individual, God, and the Devil. As a group, we have become a big brother; our individuality and even spirituality have suffered. Even God and the Devil have taken a hit. As groups, we use and abuse our belonging individuals politically, especially if we can convince them that they are weak, vulnerable, irrelevant, unimportant, and useless sinners. They will follow you to the point that they will commit spiritual crimes, personally suffer, and even die for you. Now, the logical question is, where do these handlers come from, and who are they? Since they are just like all of us, how can they be strong and not every one of us? THIS IS WHERE ALL THE FLIPPING HAPPENS. THIS IS WHERE POLITICS SEEPS INTO OUR BELIEF SYSTEMS TO THE POINT THAT EVEN GOD AND THE DEVIL GET USED AND ABUSED POLITICALLY.

As groups, we are smart enough to blame the Devil for our bad behaviors, so the individual believes that their actions for their groups are justified. Yet we are the ones with choice. Sure, we credit God for our achievements as well, but there is still a political twist involved there. We want our followers to believe God is on our side and we are the good guys, so whatever bad we commit against others, it is in the name of God. Now, the trouble is, why don’t God or the Devil speak up against this political abuse? See, we came from a history of throwing virgins over the cliffs to please an angry God. Today we have the knowledge of the paths of deadly storms to save lives ourselves. Sure, it took a lot of evolution to get here, but where did this evolution come from? Just look around and see who stood and still stands with pride against evolution. Our big brother. It has never been God, the Devil, or the individual, but always a like-minded group of people. These politically divided human beings have flipped our triangle.

Whether you look at it from an evolutionary point of view or a religious point of view, the human individual has been and still is the heart or essence of good and bad evolution. We all carry our atom of autonomy within us individually and use our free will to make our choices, so we can’t and should not blame God or the Devil for our actions 100%. Sure, we need oxygen and functioning bodies to achieve whatever we want, so to me, it’s a shared venture. Interestingly, our politics of sense of belonging is so powerful that we gladly join others to rob ourselves individually of our real position. If you look at the reasons for our flipped triangles, two things emerge as the foundational causes. Both are related to human group politics and individual weakness and insecurities, not to God and the Devil.

Mullahs and priests preach that God is almighty and that the Devil is a close second in command, so as human beings, we are placed at the bottom corner as irrelevant and insignificant beings. If God and the Devil are the main characters and we believe in it wholeheartedly, we automatically think of ourselves as inferior and lose our self-esteem, which can have long-lasting effects not only on the individual but on the belonging society as well. The human individual loses relevance, yet in real life, or at the end of the day, they provide real life to good and bad. You can toss for the first or second position, but the human individual’s weakness and the strength of group politics are the reasons this flipping of the triangle happened. Either way, God and the Devil are not on the top corner because they are the sides of the human individual. If a human being does not act physically, it is like a ghost town. You can have all the buildings, roads, sewer, or electrical systems, but that town has no value if there is no one to value it enough to live in it. If you don’t agree with me, I would like you to ask these questions to yourself, but remember to be honest with yourself.

Do you still have your umbilical cord attached to you? The reality is that you don’t. Do you use your free will and make choices in your everyday life? Most likely you do. Do you think spiritual thoughts and intentions without becoming physical actions matter? Logically, your answer should be no. Do you believe that God needs human sacrifice, and I mean literally, like we should throw virgins over the cliff to please God? In this day and age, hopefully not. Do you believe that it is exclusively you who is making things happen regardless of being helped with oxygen and a functioning body? Hopefully, you are not that arrogant. Do you believe your belonging group can help you change your mortal nature? I don’t believe so. If you take the human being out of the picture, what happens to God and the Devil? Would they matter, and to whom? What makes sense to me is that, God and the Devil or not, without human beings, it literally is a ghost town. We have made a lot of progress and have evolved. Do you really believe that it is without God’s will? Evolution is in our DNA. Do you really think we can progress without knowing the politics of our individual weaknesses and the strength of our belonging group politics? If your answer is yes, please see a psychiatrist. Do you think you have to change your belief system to evolve? Logically, you don’t have to. Do you believe that human beings are the top corner of a triangle and that God and the Devil are the sides? If you don’t, please reread this blog. If you agree, you can get your self-esteem back, be relevant, and know that it is an equal effort of you and God to keep this physical world going. Unfortunately, the Devil has no place if you understand your true essence, so group politics can’t use and abuse you.

These questions are more spiritual and philosophical in nature, but I think you need to ask yourself to get a clearer picture. Your answers can guide you on the path you want to take. They can help you evolve, gain relevance, and stop this flipping once and for all. I would like you to remember that individual weaknesses and group politics play a huge role in our lives, and understanding them will make our journey much easier and more meaningful.

Senses like belonging, freedom, and justice are ingrained within us from before birth. Our autonomy is evident through our ability to exercise free will. When faced with uncertainties, instead of assuming and fighting over those assumptions, we should maintain a personal “basket for our unknowns,” evolving our understanding as we learn more, much like we no longer throw virgins over cliffs to appease storms.

As individuals blessed with personal autonomy, we have the ability to choose our actions, making us natural CEOs of our lives. However, the politics of belonging can interfere with our ability to make choices, influencing us to the point of becoming mere extensions of our groups. This issue persists across eras, despite greater opportunities for individual expression and equal rights. Many still adhere to group politics, committing spiritual crimes against each other, indicating the need for further evolution. If you regularly use your free will to live as you wish, you are a potential CEO of your life. Strong individuals don’t solely attribute reality to the politics of belonging. Human mingling and genetic diversity in societies show our capacity for assimilation and evolution. Embrace your CEO role, fulfilling your evolving nature and achieving true tolerance.

If you are unhappy and seeking answers despite praying without responses, you may be experiencing internal conflicts between spiritual and physical desires or struggling to balance your sense of belonging and freedom. As humans, we are born with conflicting inner senses but can nurture them by choice. Our ability to choose can save us or create disasters. If troubled, try using the following triangle to create inner peace:

You and Your Common Sense

  • Sense of Belonging
  • Sense of Freedom

Before diving into this, understand and recognize yourself in a different light. You are not just a computer or the data installed within; you are the CEO running the whole show, aided by God but possessing many powers your groups don’t want you to know about. Learn about your abilities and mortal nature to gain perspective. Viewing your life from all angles prepares you to use this triangle, especially for personal matters.

As individuals with limited time, use your common sense to balance conflicting senses. If you can’t make decisions, you’re torn and need to make internal changes quickly due to your mortal nature. External knowledge may help but won’t solve your real problems if you’re internally imbalanced. Influenced yet troubled decisions require deep thinking. Leave bigger problems to God, like giving you oxygen to breathe, and focus on becoming the CEO of your life, organizing everything and everyone accordingly.

How do you do this? Use common sense to connect real issues to existing problems and think your way out. For example, you’ve been politically bombarded with a sense of belonging but are born with a personal sense of freedom, rarely discussed due to political reasons. Conflicting senses are personal problems; only you can create balance and find peace. The importance of inner peace depends on how uncomfortable you feel within. Internal conflict that can rip you apart must be addressed promptly due to your mortal nature. If you can’t see your internal problems, you might spend your life in limbo despite having free will. When asking God for help, consider if you’ve done your best, used your common sense, and acknowledged your choice-making ability. If you’re unhappy, you may not understand your mortal nature’s needs.

Recognize that your belonging groups use you as an extension, and stand in your corner with common sense. You are not programmed like warrior ants or worker bees. Despite mortality, you’re born with a sense of freedom to balance belonging, achieving happiness regardless of mortality.

If you don’t stand up for yourself, who will? Belonging groups won’t respect your sense of freedom as it counters their political power. When asking God for help, acknowledge the help already given and consider your remaining choices, realizing your CEO status.

With limited time, take charge of your life swiftly. If unhappy, know you hold the solutions and must act. Understanding the importance of happiness and contentment is crucial. Learn and use your common sense, recognizing your spiritual and physical sides. Unchecked politics of belonging indicate physical side dominance, showing the need for a well-established spiritual side to balance desires. Religions preach spirituality but often align with belonging group politics, causing internal conflict. Nations may demand law-abiding citizens while promoting violence for political gain, and religions may preach exclusivity to heaven, teaching prejudice and discrimination, contrary to true spirituality.

Human autonomy sets us apart, giving us three dimensions: you, your physical side, and your spiritual side. This triangle can help you understand and balance these aspects of yourself.

This triangle teaches us about creating balance between our spiritual side and physical side, instead of running wild like other creatures or going completely silent and having no voice. This balance is crucial for all of us individually because if you live without your human melody, you are the one who loses individual happiness and contentment.

Spirituality teaches us inhibitions, while our physical side helps us enjoy the bounties of life while we are physically alive. Both sides hold powerful cards, so if you ignore one or the other, you are not living a human being’s mortal life. It’s all about creating a balanced melody, not an extreme, to live a mortal human life.

Spiritually Physical

It is not about the bargain of hell and heaven, God or the Devil; it is all about the reciprocation between you and God. This give-and-take is the game that has to be played by you during your living years, right or wrong. When you end up on your deathbed, or I should say on the cliff of belief systems, your comfort matters the most to you, and that comfort will not be there if you have not reciprocated. Your atom of autonomy is what will create a hell or heaven-like state of mind, or I should say spirit, for you to cross that line. In a nutshell, what I am saying is that it is you who will put yourself in hell or heaven by recognizing who you really are. Your understanding of having free will and the duty of reciprocation can make or break your mortal life. The sooner you get it, the better, because the politics of your sense of belonging can destroy more than your inner peace. It can make you commit spiritual crimes that can go against your inner atom of autonomy, turning your living years into a living hell because you are responsible for your actions. Don’t agree with me? Just ask a veteran who can’t be comfortable in their mortal skin regardless of all the help they get from their belonging groups. You can say you were brainwashed and did not know any better, but remember, your atom of autonomy knows whether you know it all or not. Politics may be group and other people-related, but when it comes to self, you just can’t lie to yourself.

Being spiritually strong helps one control physical urges and all kinds of desires, but being a mortal human being, it’s not about living in total deprivation either. It is all about creating balance so we all can be human beings. Contrary to popular beliefs, human beings are not designed to live like animals nor like angels, meaning not exclusively spiritual or physical. If you try to live in deprivation and are unhappy, God can still say, “I gave you that free will for a reason, did you use it?” If you listen to any mullah or preacher of any religion, they would want you to live like angels. Now remember, metaphorically speaking, angels are like genetically programmed worker bees, but we are human beings with personal atom of autonomy-related free will to choose. When we do good things, we are doing them despite the opposing desires the angels don’t have, so to me, a human being is far superior to angels. So why should we live like an inferior entity? Now remember the politics of belonging groups: when an individual lives frugally, who benefits from it all? It certainly would not be God. If not God, then who? It has to be those politicians who like to have control over the individual.

If you choose to do good regardless of your desires, that is your reciprocation directly with God and that makes you in a class of your own. Don’t forget you convert spirituality into physical actions, yet still with choice. So putting yourself down even below the angels or counting yourself as a born sinner or irrelevant in the grand scheme of God’s world is not only against God’s real will but against your choice as well. So make sure you start to look at yourself with respect and don’t forget that living exclusively spiritually or physically is an extreme choice. Your best bet is to create balance to look after your interest as well. What is your best interest? Well, that is highly exclusive and personal for everyone, so I am not going to tell you what to do. For myself, being a mortal CEO, I know I am a working horse of God, but being a CEO, I feel responsible for my happiness and contentment as well. Interestingly, and not to forget, for human beings, deep happiness and contentment actually come from the accomplishment of reciprocation directly with God. Now that could be coming from the genetic makeup of our soul, which needs to be explored scientifically to find out why we are the way we are.

Back to Sense of Belonging

As social creatures, we can’t and should not underestimate the power of our sense of belonging to our groups, but as mortal beings individually, we can’t and should not ignore or underestimate our sense of freedom either. Unfortunately, our sense of individuality gets lost when the politics of belonging takes over, but fortunately, we are all born with our exclusively own atom of autonomy. This is the essence of God Almighty connecting us directly to God. That is why we can personally influence our life by choice. Sure, the sense of belonging gives us identity and a sense of purpose, but as an individual, we make the purpose of our life limited to serving exclusively. Yet interestingly, we are still left with unfulfilled feelings because we did not stand for ourselves where personal needs can be met—a clear sign of an incapable CEO. As individuals, we need to be vigilant for ourselves as well so we don’t lose our sense of self-importance. If we are not there to look after ourselves individually, we get robbed by the political interests of our belonging groups. Since we identify ourselves with our belonging groups, we personally lose our status of being a CEO. Our belonging groups systematically use politics to make the individual unimportant, irrelevant, and insignificant so they can be controlled.

If an individual has already lost self-esteem because of believing in politics as a reality, they will latch onto group security, obeying whatever the group demands of them. Personal sense of justice is another loss for the individual, making them better soldiers for the groups. If no questions are asked, groups can influence the individual to commit spiritual crimes in the name of belonging groups. Not only is this demeaning for us as human beings, it has the potential to make the individual a constant fuel for our unending group conflicts, resulting in hurt not only to individuals from both sides but causing real emotional damage to humanity indefinitely.

Solutions for the unending disputes of humanity are not going to come from our groups because they follow the same politics they have been following forever. The same politics is not going to produce opposing results, so it is time to evolve to the next level. Just like these existing disputes and our failed solutions are making me think outside the box, our individual strength should be brought to the forefront because these are the people who feel the first-hand pain. Groups are too political to feel real pain, so they can’t experience the loss. To them, it is acceptable to have conflicts that can be carried on for generations, even thousands of years. Since it is only the individual who can understand the pain of loss, they can relate with the individual on the opposing side. Trouble is, if we don’t have a personal sense of justice, we are too political to feel the pain of the opposing side. This is where being a CEO comes into the picture because we need to be able to see and separate the politics of belonging to understand personal sense of justice and even other spiritual jewels like compassion. If you have been robbed of your CEO status and personal identity, you could not even think about the other side of the picture. It is important to assume your CEO status so you can judge the wrongdoing of even your own belonging groups. If you are not a CEO, not only can’t you have a personal sense of justice, you can’t question your belonging group either. If you can’t do that, you lose your spirituality and trade it for acceptance of political belonging. It’s all because you were brainwashed in your tender years that you can’t think beyond the politics of your belonging group. So in a nutshell, I am saying the politics of your sense of belonging not only robs you of your status as a CEO but also robs you of your personal sense of justice and self-esteem. Now you are left to justify all that to your atom of autonomy, which is calling for your personal and individual strength. This inner conflict can be a devastating place for the individual. Unable to push down your atom of autonomy puts you in a constant inner battle, which can potentially rob the individual of their happiness and contentment. Being mortal, we just can’t afford to do that, so understand your realities, know yourself, respect your CEO status, and balance your sense of belonging with your sense of freedom so you can individually live a successful mortal life.

If you always question not only your belonging group but your personal behavior as well, you will discover a whole lot you wouldn’t otherwise. For instance, if you question, “Is my politically installed religious data making me a prejudiced and discriminatory being? Or is science taking me away from my spirituality?” This kind of questioning would open the doors to knowledge that can help you live your life comfortably in your mortal skin.

The goal of my questioning is not to put any human knowledge down or discredit it. My goal is to work against anything and everything that takes us away from being whole human beings. Whether it’s science, political systems of governing, or religious belief, if it makes individuals become prejudiced and discriminatory to the point that they commit spiritual crimes against each other, I will always speak and work against it. To me, a lack of knowledge of science and religion is one thing, but a lack of spirituality is a totally different matter.

Today’s human individual is far ahead with sophisticated scientific and technological knowledge, yet still vulnerable to the politics of belonging to groups, which is actually a bigger problem for humanity than it appears to be. Genetically programmed creatures like ants and bees stick together to protect their own because of nature, but as human beings, we are above all that. Each and every single one of us, if you believe, is created as an independent being. We are not only able to think differently, we can act and follow different paths of humanity. Now the question is, what makes you believe that you are just like ants and bees?

Our trouble is that right from the start, we all get installed with data from our parents, community, nation, and religions, so our beginning is riddled with knowledge that promotes prejudice and discrimination. I am trying to break down these things to make it simple to understand so we all can overcome the influences of that installed data in our adult years. Remember, data is not our identity; we are the computer runners and use data, not become data.

If you look at your body and brain like a computer and all the installed knowledge as data, it automatically makes you a different entity than your body, brain, or installed data. Now if you are not a computer nor the data, don’t you want to know what and who you are? It is you who has the name, who uses the computer and data to live comfortably in a mortal skin. If you are not comfortable in your mortal skin, do something about it. Become a questioning CEO and do justice to who and what you really are.

If you look at our differences and disagreements, they are usually connected to our data. If you believe you are just data, you will carry on with the installed data as truth and ignore your evolving nature. If you are under the influence of the belonging politics, your actions could make you a prejudiced and discriminatory being. If you are looking for the way out, you just have to look for and strengthen your spiritual side of your triangle, which always suggests that you put yourself on the receiving end of your actions before you commit them. If you wouldn’t like it, it’s a spiritual crime for you.

Remember I said you are an evolving entity. What does that mean to you? Let’s say you are a space scientist, and you have concluded that there is no God, but you believe there was an explosion that has been expanding for billions of years, indicating that space has existed for a long time. Without assumptions, we don’t really know what happened, why it exploded, or why it continues to expand. I choose not to make assumptions because I believe my time is limited, and I aim to live decently. If anything fosters prejudice and discrimination, I should avoid those assumptions, whether they stem from science, religion, or politics of belonging. We all should question, but if our questioning is met with opposing opinions, we need to understand them clearly. My question is, how can you truly form an opinion with your constantly evolving knowledge? Whether the explosion happened by itself or not, and whether God exists or not, these should be smaller issues compared to why we are killing each other over who is right, especially when our knowledge is continually evolving and incomplete.

If you input data into a computer and believe its output without question, how is that better than those who believe in God without questioning? What makes us cling to our beliefs? Since we don’t have foolproof answers with evidence either way, why do we become entrenched in our belief systems with passionate convictions, despite our constantly evolving knowledge?

Space Within

To me, the real issue isn’t the actual space but the space within. Our ability to envision, see, and achieve is the real game, yet we continue to kill each other over external knowledge. We’ve believed this way since our awareness began, yet despite our evolution, we can’t move past the notion of being better and right. This, to me, signifies an inferiority complex that births our egotistic behaviors. Where does this ego come from? Our sense of belonging is the mother of three children: ego, pride, and honor. If you understand the mother, you understand the whole picture. So, think not about what’s happening out there but about what’s happening within.

Imagination and Capability

Look at your imagination. What makes you fly higher than birds with God-given wings, dig deeper than any clawed creature on Earth, and reach the ocean’s depths without gills? For God’s sake, why are you willing to kill each other? Can’t you evolve further, especially after creating nuclear and biological weapons? Why is your group better than humanity as a whole? Dissect prejudice and discrimination, learn about ego, pride, honor, and, above all, your ability to love and have compassion. Why does your belonging group, whether a nation or religion, make you a puppet? Do you really think you are no more than an ant or bee?

If the politics of your belonging makes you dance in a hypnotic stance, snap out of it and assume your responsibilities as a CEO. Grant each other equal human rights and eliminate prejudice and discrimination, whether from scientific knowledge, governing or political systems, or religious beliefs. Bring it down to the individual level, and feel the pain of the love loss you cause in the name of political belonging. If your politics claims to be in God’s name, it’s even worse because you make God seem insecure.

Balancing Belonging and Freedom

It can be simple if you individually assume your CEO duty, stand on top of the triangle, and balance your sense of belonging and sense of freedom. You can’t go wrong regardless of what your installed data says. The key is to separate the politics of belonging from spirituality. It’s not easy for someone brainwashed to believe they are nothing without their belonging groups.

Logically, looking at the body as a computer and knowledge as installed data, neither qualifies as a human identity because both are run by the individual who has a name. If you seek a system of justice, look no further than spirituality, which promotes equal human rights and counters prejudice and discrimination.

Human Identity and Justice

If you are a living, breathing human being, you are alive by the will of God, and any political system working against you cannot be spiritual. A system against certain individuals is like having a justice system for some but not for all. Believing that people should be controlled by a political entity might be politically right, but spiritually, it’s a whole different ball game. People are born the way they are without choice; they can be male, female, or anything in between, born white, black, brown, yellow, or red. Discriminating against them is like punishing someone for something they are innocent of and had no role in. It’s like punishing a child born out of wedlock; it’s not spiritual to punish the innocent. Connecting God to justify nonsense is political and far from spirituality. Justice and spirituality go hand in hand, with no room for prejudice and discrimination against innocence. No one should discriminate against someone born differently and without a say in it. Politics often removes spirituality-related justice, so be aware of your choices individually. Do not do to others what you wouldn’t like for yourself. It is simple if you think and keep your triangle right side up to create balance, but it is complex if you are influenced by the politics of your sense of belonging.

IF IT’S GOOD FOR SOME, IT’S POLITICAL.

I am going to start this one with a statement that:

The purpose of spirituality or God-related knowledge is to help individuals navigate mortal life with happiness and contentment. If these two elements are missing for you, stand up and ask questions about the politics of belonging, dominant religious belief systems.

Look at your own belief system and remember that you don’t have to change to another religion, nor do you have to become an atheist. All you have to do is understand and adopt spiritual messages while questioning political influences related to traditions, customs, rituals, and rules. This prevents one from becoming prejudiced and discriminatory. By doing only that, you will find real gems of spirituality within your own religion, provided you understand the politics of belonging and what religions are meant to be about.

If it says “believe in God,” do so wholeheartedly, meaning without doubt, so you can benefit from having a belief system. A belief system asks you to believe in God’s will; if you do so, you can potentially become not only fearless but also reduce the stresses of daily life—an essential asset for mortal beings. Religions help remove the fear of death when you have to take a leap of faith.

Learn the true meaning of compassion so you can see how politics of belonging to our groups robs us of “com” before “passion.” Then, learn to discern spiritual teachings so you can reap the real benefits of having unwavering faith.

To me, it’s not that God wants human obedience; it has been, is, and always will be other human beings who desire human obedience. Remember, in reality, obedience is a hindrance, not an asset, for an evolving entity like human beings. Our evolution isn’t simply knowledge passed down from ancestors; it’s ingrained in us from before birth, connecting us to who and what we really are. If evolution didn’t come from God, religions would have succeeded in halting our evolution. Being obedient and subservient is demanded by our mullahs and priests so that our religions continue as significant political authorities. In reality, obedience runs counter to our evolution, against our nature; thus, human beings were never meant to be contained within the political ponds of security. Since our struggles propel us to achieve higher levels in everything we do, we shouldn’t buy into everything our groups sell. Imagine where we would be today if we all obediently followed our ancestors. Our behaviors are an interesting thing to examine—why do some blindly believe what our groups preach, while others reject it all as religious nonsense, and still others attempt to make sense of everything with an open mind?

To me, it’s not the presence of faith but its absence that makes us defensive, political, and group-oriented to the point of being willing to kill each other. Personally, if you truly, deeply, and sincerely believe in God, why would you even fight over who is right? Where does accepting things as God’s will fit in, especially in political disputes?

Our individual and collective fears of being proven wrong have always been and are the foundation of our wars and disputatious psyche, regardless of our group affiliations. Since we are aware of our mortality, we’ve always been curious and focused on what happens in the afterlife, sometimes even more than what’s happening in our physical lives. Being mortal and insecure go hand in hand, so the more insecure you feel, the more susceptible you are to being brainwashed into believing scenarios about life after death. We not only believe in and follow our ancestral belief systems but also constantly seek security, whether in our living years or in the afterlife.

That doesn’t mean there isn’t a scenario to believe in; personally, I believe that when we find ourselves on the cliff of faith, we must have the courage to jump without hesitation, and our belief systems take a prominent role in aiding us when we truly need it. As mortals, we don’t possess solid security, so belonging to humanity would be a better bet. Ask yourself, if you’re unwilling to think beyond your group interests, how will you champion equal human rights with your heart and soul?

Your first step toward eliminating human conflicts should be to examine your personal actions and those of your group. If they cross spiritual boundaries, you should personally stand for equal human rights. If you dislike being on the receiving end of your or your group’s actions, your personal sense of justice should kick in. Remember, your personal sense of justice is a sign of your strength and doesn’t come easily if you’re not the CEO of your life. If you become the CEO of your life, you can spiritually evolve and look at yourself in the mirror without guilt.

If you’re someone who always asks for God’s help with miracles, you have to find out why your desires and hard work aren’t aligning and where that disconnect originates. If it’s coming from people you blindly trust, you may need to scrutinize the motives behind their teachings, even if they’re presented as religious and sacred. Understanding this can help you comprehend causes and consequences.

For instance, if you live your entire life saving and living frugally in hopes of living lavishly in the afterlife, you need to make sense of your behavior because living this way not only makes you live poorly but also goes against what God has blessed you with. Having oxygen and a functioning body are blessings with which you have a say; living for the afterlife can be good to keep you in line. Ask yourself why you’re afraid to be a good person or why you need bribes to be a decent human being. Your actions should be reciprocal and duty-based, allowing you to proceed beyond the cliff of faith without fear. Living poorly is a choice some make, but we must all be aware of its consequences. If we take and take without giving, we potentially stall the circulation of money—an issue not exclusive to the rich; the poor are guilty as well. Life should be lived according to means, but our priorities are skewed by the politics of belonging; we try to fit in, to impress, and we die trying to be admired by our groups.

As the world’s wealth goes to 1% of the population, and 99% stay behind, I won’t specify who’s at fault, but I can logically conclude that a wealthy individual’s security depends only on a strong government with law and order, yet they desire a smaller, weaker government. It’s odd to see that; they can’t foresee the future. Conservatives and Republicans want less government and more freedom to make money without paying taxes. This could work against them; if wealth keeps going to the top 1%, the poor might starve. If the community reaches that point, the pendulum could swing not towards socialism, but towards communism, as Russia experienced. Democracy and equal human rights are the best things humanity has developed so far, so going back and forth should not be an option; we’re evolving entities and should strive to move forward. With equal human rights, all organizations—including governments and religions—become one entity with as many rights as any individual. You can’t eliminate prejudice and discrimination without this spiritually grounded knowledge, and no one with personal sense of justice can deny equal human rights.

If we don’t nurture our spiritual side, we end up believing that life is just about numbers and scientifically correct knowledge. Even if you live a scientifically correct life, you still have to believe in events that occurred billions of years ago. By becoming adamant about this, you remove a significant portion of human knowledge and experience from your life. When life lacks these real and meaningful aspects, individuals can suffer. If your community is not evolving or is evolving with imbalances, it becomes your personal duty to understand everything about your mortal nature and live accordingly. If you lack your spiritual jewelry, attain it, so you don’t have to feel insecure within your mortal skin, whether for your living years or afterlife. A spiritually bankrupt individual or group always feels insecure and hoards possessions, even habitually, which extends into thoughts of the afterlife, where heaven becomes a goal to achieve and hell something to avoid, shifting the focus from the importance of living years. In reality, however, God needs our physicality.

There’s a lot of promotion to seek help from God, but to me, God has been performing godly deeds by aiding us where we’re unable to help ourselves. For instance, we can’t live without oxygen and a functioning body. With these, we must use our atom of autonomy to pursue our potential. If seeking more help beyond these comforts brings comfort to individuals, it’s excellent, but unchecked, it can discourage personal effort in life’s evolution. Without individual effort, collective repercussions ensue.

Money is taken out of circulation, halting our progress. Issues arising from the 1% versus the 99% stem from accepting the status quo. Under closer scrutiny, it becomes apparent that most religious individuals align with the 1%. One might wonder why. What could be the reason? Why do they preach about God yet hoard and support non-spiritual practices? They often oppose socialism, although many spiritual concepts are intrinsic to socialism. Delving into the hidden causes of extreme poverty, one would find that belief systems are a major factor, followed closely by feelings of insecurity. Belief in God is meant to foster spirituality, yet without it, the duty of reciprocation during our lifetime vanishes. When you’re repeatedly told to seek help from God without personal effort, you may begin to believe that miracles will secure your happiness, be it in life or the afterlife. This mindset can lead to poverty, as the rich profit, aided by so-called religious people.

To derive meaning from spirituality, one must understand that one’s hard work is compromised by the teachings focused on the afterlife. You are meaningful to God during your living years because you are physically making things happen. If you swing your hand forcefully, without contact with another, there’s no spiritual resonance. It doesn’t make sense, especially concerning individual life. As a group, it’s a different story, influenced by politics. If some desire the wealth to remain with the 1%, they keep ordinary individuals believing in God and from hard work. I refer to this triangle as Luck, Opportunity, and Hard Work. If you’re fortunate, given the opportunity due to the oxygen and functioning body God provides, hard work can align circumstances. Without all three, success as planned is unlikely.

Interestingly, elders typically teach hoarding, security, and frugality—distrusting God, trying instead to impress others, even if it doesn’t bring personal happiness. For me, another triangle signifies Health, Happiness, and Success, encompassing physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Without health, there’s no happiness; without health and happiness in life, success eludes us, regardless of our hoarding or perspectives. From every angle, this truth is evident, especially for those who comprehend their mortal nature.

Mortality-related spirituality should urge us to focus on real divine work, eliminating extreme poverty, offering universal healthcare to the sick, and aiding those facing hardships. A community that fails to care for its weak, sick, and vulnerable members is spiritually unhealthy. It’s intriguing that these actions, despite their spiritual value, are often opposed by both wealthy and religious communities. They prefer electing a government that runs on a business model. Business is profit-driven, whereas spiritual reciprocity is non-profit, focused on giving and receiving. Responsibility lies with both sides, but they strip human life of all spiritual aspects while discussing life after death and God as if they’re divine contractors. Personally, I believe the rich get richer and the poor get poorer not because of God, but due to human insecurities, akin to our animal nature. Involving God absolves us of personal responsibility for our actions. Always remember that it’s our physical hands, backs, and shoulders that make spiritual work, or God’s work, possible.

Any governing or political system naturally seeks power to control the populace. That’s why I think religious beliefs shouldn’t govern people, primarily for two reasons. Firstly, to rule, one must bend and twist the truth, so truth isn’t rooted in physical realities, making it prone to prejudice and discrimination. Secondly, religions are based on God’s belief systems, beyond the comprehension of evolving human entities. They lead to metaphorical belief systems, where adherents must trust the path they’ve followed. This approach often segregates those who don’t believe or follow religious tenets to the letter, fostering prejudice and discrimination. If we blindly follow religious beliefs, we risk infringing on equal human rights, which, to me, is inherently wrong. It turns even God into a prejudiced and discriminatory entity, compounding spiritual transgressions. Without a solid understanding of God, as evolving beings, we’ve lived with partial truths. Tomorrow’s knowledge may change, just as today’s human rights outweigh religious beliefs. We can’t legally prove or disprove God, yet we still swear oaths on the Quran or Bible in court. Should this continue? People frequently lie, despite swearing to tell the truth, suggesting religious customs and traditions are out of step with reality. Religions are part of our lives, but their relevance wanes due to vulnerability to group affiliations’ political dynamics, humanizing God, diminishing individual significance, and straying from spiritual truths. God is a body, and we are its cells, with no favorite cells. If you believe, do so, but don’t entangle God in politics. Belief might serve some, but it’s inherently political, and I staunchly believe God isn’t political.