Religion and the 5th Disc. LO9062

Shailendra Kumar (SK@anand.nddb.ernet.in)
Tue, 13 Aug 1996 13:41:25 +0530

Replying to LO8997 --

I had subscribed to the LO list in May 1996. After over a months "lurking"
I decided to unsubscribe as I found the avalanche of words and ideas too
much for me to handle. I never posted any thing. I did save some of the
posts of that period and read them some times.

I felt like subscribing to the list again and did so some days back. I saw
the above reffered post.

I believe that a person is born into a family which adheres to a religion
and therefore the religion of the family becomes his religion.

The edifice of various religions is based upon the revealation of the
eternal truth to some one in a human form and his subsequent teachings.
When more and more people joined the flock a need may have arisen to
codify the teachings into dos and donts. Initial followers of the
Prophet(s) after one or two generations became priests who were needed
more in order to define the teachings so that it has relevance in the
changed (changing) circumstances.

Spirituality in that sense begins where religion ends. Spirituality is
more of a personal pursuit of the eternal. It recognises existence of some
one (being,force,light,creator God..) - call it whatever- and the fact
that the entire creation is His.

I respect all religions. Truth, Love and Honesty are basic values all the
religions of the world teach.

I can not say that the only way to reach God is the way I follow. Gods'
creation is full of amazing diversity and therefore ways to reach Him must
also be amazing and diverse.

I have difficulty in expressing and get lost for want of words that
describe what I probably wish to convey.

I was reading a book last night. It had a quote which went someting like
this;" Life is full of meaning and to find a meaning is my bread and
spirit."

-- 

"Shailendra Kumar" <SK@anand.nddb.ernet.in>

Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>