I write of \u2018religion\u2019 here in a broad sense. For instance, Buddhism is another religion in which Open Religion can be recognized. In this case, it is profoundly related to the idea of Eastern Enlightenment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My standpoint is radically one of Open Religion \u2015 with no intention to offend anyone or draw anyone out of his belief system. Open Religion is an invitation toward a gentle slope<\/a>. Getting acquainted with Open Religion makes the slope gentler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Already present<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One must not necessarily get out of one\u2019s religion to encounter Open Religion. In the best case \u2013 from the Open viewpoint \u2013 it is already present inside. Even more, one has a higher chance to find Open Religion when deepening one\u2019s religion while experiencing it more genuinely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a challenge every religious person can take and should take if possible (personally, socially). Again, note that the direction is toward inside, with the aim to optimally respect one\u2019s religious feelings, heighten them, and transcend strictly conceptual thinking that is, eventually, incompatible with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a choice between religion and no-religion, both within<\/em> one\u2019s religious context.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyone can make a choice, then look at the context. Open Religion is like the poetic inside the poem<\/a>. If you take it out, you have no poem, just stuff. It lacks the essence \u2013 cf. Triangle of Religion<\/a>. Yet, with the poem intact, this stuff is crucial, like a jug containing water<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevertheless, something may be only religious if it contains within itself Open Religion. Without the water, the jug makes no sense. A merely informative belief is not religious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Into non-duality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another term for this is ego-lessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n