Apokryfa

When the one true religion does emerge, it shall not spread on the internet, or television, or in a book. It will come in the sharing of the right idea from one ear to another. Truth thrives under scrutiny, and if there is One True Gospel then it has yet to be revealed. The true Word of God could fail to convert no man; every mind that grasped it would be overcome by awe and the surety that it is the truth. All the world's paradox would unite into a sensible universal organism and Life would be allowed to proceed as it was always meant to, without regard to wealth or possession but rather finding meaning in the ones you love. Someday, maybe, we will realize that Love is our true purpose, what will give us happiness, and that if we can expand the circle of people we love to encompass everyone in the world then we will be that much closer to existing in a perfect reality.

The one thing that all false religions seem to have in common is organization. I adhere to the belief that one's spirituality and relationship to God is nothing more than personal. When you start introducing systems of patriarchy and tithing then what should merely be a means of finding happiness become an enterprise of becoming wealthy and powerful simply because a lot of people believe there is some divine channel hooked up to their respective faiths.
If you want a channel to the divine, look no further than yourself. Merely experiencing love and compassion will bring you far closer to God then saying some Hail Marys or firebombing an abortion clinic. People just need to meditate on their lives and on the people of immediate importance to them, the people they love; we all need to realize that the meaning of life is to be meaningful to each other, to act in ways that foster and sustain good relationships with all of the people we are exposed to. Human nature being what it is (quite animal), the only way for us to achieve this kind of universal love is for everybody to find God within themselves, to discover the happiness and contentment that exists simply in caring for each other.
But the question is, where do we begin?
Al Ghazali wrote an "Alchemy of Happiness" a very long time ago.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/tah/index.htm

Reading Kierkegaard is like trying to weave spaghetti into a rope

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