{"id":13582,"date":"2023-09-01T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=13582"},"modified":"2023-11-07T10:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:33:25","slug":"toward-one-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/open-religion\/toward-one-religion","title":{"rendered":"Toward One Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Behind any religion lies the one. How could it be otherwise? Eventually, there is only room for one. And it is Open.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

See: What is Open Religion<\/a>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Behind any religion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Religious people of any creed or denomination may feel this. Generally, it is seen as a \u2018mystical\u2019 feeling \u2015 transcending somehow what is felt by apparently non-mystics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s a feeling that any individual can have without leaving the familiar religion behind. On the contrary, getting deeper into the familiar may Open the door toward what lies behind that door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This description is a perennial philosophy \u2015 before, after, and beyond any concrete interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Open\u2019 also means no projection of anything or anyone into its reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No thing is sacred by itself. Every thing is sacred because of the sacredness beyond. In other words, sacredness cannot be projected. No symbol contains the symbolized on the \u2018normal\u2019 side of the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the door is Open and waiting for you. Of course, if you stick to the door, you cannot go through the opening. You\u2019re just swaying a bit, feeling the presence of the beyond but never able to reach it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a pity \u2015 especially if it gets mingled with abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have to let go (of yourself) to find peace (in yourself).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then you can find out that this peace (in yourself) is the profoundly being (yourself) on the other side \u2015 no more strife or diversity in religiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just the one behind any religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the door, of course, lies the land of many cultures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no surprise that any culture develops its cultural imagery and other means to help carry the local religiosity. As deep as this may reach into any culturalized person, it is not the end goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, it makes no sense to stick to any door or what lies before \u2015 even if it makes one feel very special or, conversely, very much in the safety of everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The true \u2018being special\u2019 only lies on the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it is Open.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going through the door, as far as any religion is conceptual, this conceptual part gets lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s unimportant on the cultural side. Here may lie much cultural heritage with much emotional worthiness. It\u2019s super nice to respect this and rejoice in its beauty and meaningfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as described, it has no religious<\/em> worthiness by itself. It certainly has no religious merit to die or let others die for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toward one religion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This way, all religions point to the one. Each genuinely religious person can be aware of this. His religion is a vessel toward the one, as are other religions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since all religions point to the same, all religious persons \u2013 with or without a godly image included \u2013 can feel united in this endeavor, also while performing local rites and contemplating local stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one religion isn\u2019t local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s Open.<\/p>\n

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