The Separation between State and Religion

In time we will realize that Democracy is the entitlement of individuals to every right that was in its times alloted to kings. The right to speak and decide, to be treated with decency, to serve and be served by people in a State of “love” that is, to serve with one’s work for the development of ‘life’. To belong to the Kingdom of Human Beings without racial, national, social or academic separations. To love and be loved. To die at the service of the whole and be honored in one’s death, for one’s life and work was legitimately valued. To be graceful and grateful. To have the pride and the humility of being One with the Universe, One with every realm of Existence, One with every living and deceased soul. To treat with dignity and be treated with dignity for One is dignified together with All others and Life itself. To walk the path of compassion, not in the sorrow of guilt but in the pride of being. To take responsability for one’s mistakes and sufferings and stand up again and again like a hero and a heroine and face the struggle that is put at one’s feet and in one’s hands. Millions of people, millions and millions of people might take many generations to realize the consciousness of our humaneness but there is no other dignified path for the human being.

The “work” as I conceive it is psychological and political. Psychology is the connection between the different dimensions within one’s self and Politics is the actualization of that consciousness in our practical lives. Religion is the ceremony that binds the connectedness between the individual and the Universe. The separation between religion, politics and science, the arts and sports is, in the sphere of the social, the reflection of the schizophrenia within the individual and the masses. The dialogue between individuality and the "human" belongs to consciousness. The tendency to develop cults resides in the shortcomings we’are finding in life as it is structured today. “Life” has become the private property of a few priviledged who cannot profit from it because as soon as it is appropriated it stops to be “life” or “life-giving”.

We are all the victims of our own invention and each one is called upon to find solutions. The only problem is believing our selves incapable of finding them. We are now free to use all Systems of knowledge objectively, sharing them without imposing our will on each other. To become objective about our lives means to understand that the institutions that govern its experience are critically important. That we are one with the governments, one with the religious activities that mark its pace, that the arena’s in which we move our bodies and the laboratories in which we explore our possibilities are ALL part and parcel of our own personal responsibility. That WE ARE ONE WITH EACH OTHER AND EVERYTHING AROUND US and acknowledge for ourselves a bond of love in conscious responsibility. That we human beings know ourselves part of each other and are willing and able to act on our behalf for the benefit of each and every individual. That we no longer allow governments, industries, universities or any other institution to run along unchecked by the objective principles of humaneness. That we do not allow gurus to abuse their power or governors to steal the taxes and use them to their personal advantage in detriment of the whole. That we do not allow abuse from anyone anywhere because life is too beautiful to do so and that we are willing to stop the rampant crime with the necessary compassion Conscious knowledge is every individual's right. Conscious action is every individual's duty.

Monday 28 May 2012


It's interesting to find the people in the fofblog talking about Oneness when they spit against it when it was mentioned before. How many years does it take for people to go around the circle?



136. sallymcnally - May 26, 2012
‘He is happiest who finds peace in his home’. Goethe. I always took that as peace of mind internally which one cannot have if one is giving ones power away to another through feelings of hate or by unrequited love.
137. Tempus Fugit - May 26, 2012
136. sallymcnally – May 26, 2012
‘He is happiest who finds peace in his home’. Goethe. I always took that as peace of mind internally which one cannot have if one is giving ones power away to another through feelings of hate or by unrequited love.
Just a quick response. I agree with you Sally but it’s challenging to give up the passion of romance or other exciting pursuits, because that passion seems essential to the experience. Sometimes “peace of mind” seems dull….
However, the attachment that comes with those passions has knocked me around enough that I’m beginning to think Buddha was right and I need less extreme feelings. It’s just hard to give up the rush!
Hatred and anger are harder to give up sometimes when I feel they are justified, but righteousness just makes the attachment stronger.
And as far as Burton and the FOF, why would I want to continue any attachment to them in any form?
On another note, Memorial Day wishes to all of you, especially those who are remembering the servicemen and women who have sacrificed for our freedom.
138. nigel - May 26, 2012
…..from – “A View on Buddhism – Buddhist Quotes and Sayings”…..
“The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.”
Atisha
139. nigel - May 26, 2012
“Justice can never be developed while we judge others; the only way is by constantly judging ourselves.” – Sufi Hazrat Inayat Khan
140. sallymcnally - May 26, 2012
#138 — thanks for that Nigel
141. sallymcnally - May 26, 2012
#137: A mystic once told me in feeling impersonal love or love of all (feeling as if we are all ‘one’) the heart feels more so giving up emotional love is not really giving anything up but ones idea of what love is So what is being given up here is an imaginary idea of what love is or putting limitations on something that is limitless.
142. Golden Veil - May 26, 2012
Occasionally I “get it” and it really brings a smile to my face ~ I feel a sort of blissful love and am just happy to be here ~ It has happened when I am walking alone with strangers around ~ all feels well in the world for a bit… it’s hard to describe.

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