The most important thing behind what you say or do is the intention. For instance, hundreds of thousands of messengers have come from God, including the prophets of major religions. This indicates that God’s holy knowledge has been shared with us for a long time. While this knowledge may have been codified within particular religions, new insights and advancements continue to reach people from all walks of life. This knowledge may come to musical geniuses, inspirational poets, and those in science, technology, and medicine. These advancements often come from a select few, as not everyone can contribute like the chosen ones.
There has always been, and will always be, resistance to adopting new knowledge, especially when it presents new paradigms. If God’s knowledge trickled and then gushed through major religions, what does it mean for you and your way of life? Do you think God’s knowledge of evolution has ceased? This brings me to two questions: why did it stop, and does God want humans to remain stuck in the knowledge of their holy books?
If it were God’s will, we would not have many of the following: space stations, the internet, cell phones, self-flying machines, or advanced land vehicles. We wouldn’t know that blood transfusions save lives. Medicine has the potential to extend life expectancy and enhance the quality of life.
I believe God’s intention in blessing humans with free will was for us to take charge and evolve to our potential. So, how far will we go? Will we evolve to understand the wisdom of having God in our lives, or will we abandon God and become imbalanced human beings? Our lack of complete knowledge has caused us much grief in the past and continues to do so. We’ve created nuclear bombs through science and conducted extensive research and experimentation. We have life-saving drugs that combat the negative interactions and side effects of many diseases that once killed people. These drugs are now used to save lives and cure diseases. Most religions have fueled passion and violence for thousands of years. No one can know the true death toll when religion or science is used to justify killing. Religion and science create imbalances, which is what I am addressing.
The resistance within a group can be so strong that members lack the foresight to stop their evolving human direction. Depending on how you view yourself, each of us has the potential to contain an ocean in a drop. If you are influenced by the politics of your sense of belonging, whether related to religion or nationalism, it can compromise your potential for free thinking.
Consider the following: according to my religious beliefs, I cannot have a blood transfusion. I am expected to dress a certain way. I am expected to kill those who do not believe in God as my group teaches. In today’s world, this is called extreme thinking. If you are influenced by your religion or nationalism, you must examine God’s intentions as your group professes. Do you ask questions, or do you blindly follow what your group teaches? Do you understand that you have been blessed with free will as an individual? If you use this free will, you have the potential to be the CEO of your life. If you are not allowed to be the CEO of your life, will you question the direction or politics of your group? If everyone has the potential to be a CEO, will this cause great concern and a nightmare scenario for the leaders and higher authorities of any faith system? Have you been told to avoid evolving with time and to live and worship as people did in the era of the prophets of old? I call this being “frozen in time.”
Your free will and all the advancements humans have made in the last two thousand years are living examples that God’s will or intention is for you to seek your potential and evolve. If God wanted you to stay in the past, believe me, you would be. God’s intention is for all humans to be the CEO of their lives.
If you become the CEO of your life and understand that life needs to be lived as a mortal, no one should be able to teach you about a religion that robs you of your happiness and contentment with promises of life after death. It is my belief that if you live a good life in this world, you will go to the afterlife without guilt or regrets. One should not worry about the afterlife but live their life to the fullest while on Earth. Live your life as your God wants you to while you are here. God’s work is done through all living human beings, from answering prayers to helping humanity in times of need. If you ignore everything in your living years, how do you think you will fare after you are dead?
Most religions preach that one must do certain things to get to heaven, using fear and bribery to force adherence to their system. If you fear going to hell if you do not follow your leader’s rules to go to heaven, how can you reconcile this if some or all of their ideas feel wrong to you? Does this seem logical? The idea is to do good for humanity so God can continue to exist in physical form, and you are the working horse who does the real work of God. As an individual, you should never forget this. Don’t let anyone tell you that you are inferior or unworthy of connecting directly to God. God is not a political system; it’s a spiritual system that you give physicality to. Without you being alive, the business of life, spiritual or physical, cannot go on. You are not born a sinner, nor are you disconnected from God. God lives through humanity, one individual at a time.
Religious authorities never want individuals to question their authority, so they have become political systems. Any entity in the business of control is against individual empowerment because it threatens their authority. They will distract you by making you feel stronger in different ways. For example, they will tell you that you will be stronger because you belong to this group and that this group gives you a greater sense of belonging, ego, pride, and honor.
Throughout the history of our evolution, the culture that encouraged us to be strong, powerful, brave, and aggressive has left room for human rights violations and abuses of power. Ego is a double-edged sword that can be both beneficial and destructive. For example, if a father curses his son by calling him a loser, the son may take it as a challenge to succeed. This shows that having an ego can be beneficial, but it can also destroy relationships.
Sports competitions and war stories also illustrate how we derive pleasure from defeating opponents. Despite our level of evolution, many people are still drawn to violence, as evidenced by popular movies and video games. What does this say about us as human beings? Are we just physical beings or spiritual entities? We are individuals who are the CEOs of our lives, controlling both sides. By establishing our identity, we help ourselves and others understand their true value.
With personal value in mind, we can create peace from within. We can choose to remain stuck at any level, but according to Dr. Wayne Dyer, we need to prove ourselves better than others. This level requires a fighting spirit and aggression to dominate, but changing social values are rapidly evolving. Actions against fellow human beings are punishable, and the speed of change is causing confusion.
Raising boys to be spiritually evolved gentlemen and then giving them guns to fight for nationalism or religious beliefs impacts their psychological state. If we suppress and change the hormonal status of sports, armies, or freedom fighters, it causes mental health issues. We can’t stop rewarding testosterone-influenced culture without addressing the spiritual crime culture. Watching violent sports and movies tells us that balance is needed to function in changing times.
Everyone wants to fit in, impress, or be admired by their group, but this sense of belonging can lead to spiritual crimes. Social crimes, war crimes, and human rights violations committed by religions to conform others show the politics of well-being or superiority. Individual spirituality is crucial, as it leads to asking, “What can I do for you?” This mindset can change personal and collective lives and start reciprocation with God.
Life’s purpose is reciprocation with God and others. If everyone honestly pulls their share, peace can be created domestically, socially, and globally. The individual power struggle is internal, and solutions come from the individual. Encouragement from belonging groups conflicts with personal ethics of spirituality, but individual responsibility is key to understanding personal rights and wrongs.
As a group, we are political entities, but as humanity, we are a spiritual entity. Recognizing this can change our thinking and behavior. It is harder for a group to go against the politics of belonging, but individuals must grow to be CEOs with a personal sense of justice. Following the rule of spirituality, “Don’t do to anyone what you don’t like done to yourself,” can change larger life schemes, from protectionism wars to global warming.
The individual spiritual awareness is rising, but sense-of-belonging wars continue with passion. You can choose to live in a dog-eat-dog community or a spiritually aware society. The welfare state system debate is long-standing, but it is always about the individual’s spiritual awareness. Fourteen hundred years ago, one of Prophet Muhammad’s disciples enforced a welfare system law. Resistance to welfare states persists, with some arguing it weakens individuals, but intention matters more than action. A story about a man who put a nail in the ground to help others and another who removed it for safety shows that intention is key.
Differences of opinion will always be part of human life, but if humanity evolves spiritually, wars can cease, and miracles can happen. “If a community can’t take care of its sick and vulnerable, it is not healthy to live in.” Have the intention to help humanity evolve. If you help humanity, you will see the politics and wrongdoings of all groups, including your own.
Global warming arguments are about business and power for belonging groups, but they go against humanity. My intentions are for humanity as a whole, not limited by group politics. Appreciate living and do something meaningful while you can. Reciprocation is consistent.