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The function of religion is as an art that expresses our most ideal untamed dreams of truth that arise in the deepest wells of our heart, like lava spewing from a volcano. At first the lava flows hot and fast, turning everything into fire and more lava. But inevitably it cools and slows down enough for us to think about it, but then it has hardened and taken the form of dogma. Then it is a useless barren wasteland. Every once in a while an airborne pyroclastic sails through the air and lands nearby, showing us the real formless essence of this brittle lava rock, and reminding us of our dreams and showing us how to be guided by them to look up at the top of the mountain! It is still erupting!
I am like this guy ---> :uhm:
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The function of religion really is to know the formless essence that all form comes from and returns to. They call it "Spirit" or "God" or "Bramhan" or "Purusha" or "Turiya" or "Dharmakaya" etc.
The function of religion is to dissolve all our false boundaries and limitations and realize that we are all one with the whole Universe and that we are made of Stardust and in fact our world, our bodies, our hearts, our clothes, our ghetto scenes, our war machines, our lovers, our families, our enemies were once a infinitely small dimensionless point (an idea of God) that exploded like a popcorn kernel into what we are now.
Religion has several uses:
Answers unanswered questions.
Aid to find truth.
As a means of control.
However, if there is one Truth, surely there must be one religion? Or has god not given us the truth?
I think that to find Happiness, someone must find God. And when they have found God, they will not be protected from ups and downs of life, but instead have an inner happiness that is beyond material.
A false God will not create happiness, or will only create fake happiness.
But that is my belief, not the purpous of religion.
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But people forget the true meaning and function of religion, they argue about the form of lava rocks, they get hung up on words and language and argue that the word Dharmakaya doesn't mean space, that the four elements are superstitions instead of a description of the four states of matter. They argue that there is no fifth state of matter, even though Einstein proved it. People have a cultural bias, not understanding that truth is not just a modern discovery. But truth is lost and rediscovered and actually is always the frontier.
I am hung up on the words and language of these quotes and am like this guy :uhm:.
And Einstein only predicted the fifth state of matter. It was only proved recently, and word has not gotton out in a book-for-normal-people form.
People can only believe stuff they have heard. This for everything, religion included. How will people know about hild gald meu unless someone told them about it?
There's no such thing as hild gald meu; I just made it up.
And when people argue about form of lava rocks, they are looking for the truth. If I told people about the dilghti monster, (which dosen't exist, but I didn't tell them that) they may believe it until someone brings up that it dosen't exist. Then they argue, and this may release the truth about the monster. If no-one questions anything, where will we be? Afraid of the Naughty Boy Bogyman?
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The function of religion is to apply the principles of absolute impersonal truth to human relationships in a way that is meaningful and harmonious for the uplifting and exaltation of the individual and the community, like a great song that keeps us all dancing together as one forever. Of course the song will get repetitive and boring if there are no changes in it and people will lose interest and stop dancing together as one and go outside and start fighting over bruised macho egos and drunk girls while the bouncers keep them apart until the cops come. So the music has to change all the time, taking each person on a journey. Touching on each possible emotion and mood, liberating each one in ecstatic surrender to the beat.
I am like this guy here ---> :uhm:.