1 A. LET US BE HUMAN – WORTHY OF OUR INTELLECTUALS EVOLUTION
THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE WILL BE A
COSMIC RELIGION. IT SHOULD TRANSCEND
A PERSONAL GOD AND AVOID DOGMAS AND
THEOLOGY. COVERING BOTH THE NATURAL AND
THE SPIRITUAL, IT SHOULD BE BASED ON A
RELIGIOUS SENSE ARISING PROM THE EXPERIENCE
OF ALL THINGS, NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL,
AS A MEANINGFUL ENTITY.”
MANY HUMANS (UNLIKE ANIMALS) AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, SEEK
SUPERNATURAL ASSISTANCE – OVERTLY OR COVERTLY. THIS IS NORMAL.
WHAT IS ABNORMAL AND DEROGATORY, IS TO MASK ONE’S INTELLECT IN SO DOING:
TO “PRAISE THE LORD,” WHO CREATED INTELLECT! THIS IS STRANGE. BUT,
LIKE MOST THINGS, THE SOLUTION TO THIS TOO IS BASICALLY
SIMPLE AND THROUGHOUT RATIONAL: A FORMULA FOR HAPPY LIVING OR THE FUTURE COSMIC RELIGION (COMMENTARY) I
TRUE FAITH IS A TRUST, WITH WHICH ONE REASONS THE UNKNOWN; AND, IT IS
NOT JUST DEFENDING DOGMA, BY UNREASONING THE UNKNOWN! (COMMENTARY II)
THE COSMIC (COMMON SENSE) RELIGION
*(1) THE SAME SUPERIOR RIGHTEOUS POWER
| *(1) | 1. WHAT ONE LIKES AND DISLIKES (RATIONALLY)
SHOULD CONFORM TOO PERFECTLY WITH WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG (NATURALLY). |
THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MIRACLES OF JESUS AND MOHAMMED, WOULD MAINTAIN THE EFFECTS OF THE COSMIC RELIGION TOO.
(AS THE BASIC TENETS OF CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM PROVIDE THE RATIONALLY ASSESSED VALUES – FOR RIGHT LIVING.) |
- IMMEDIATE REWARD (OR REPRISAL) FOR
RIGHT (OR WRONG) LIVING; AS A ROUTINE ASSISTANCE (OR RESISTANCE) TO ONE’S EFFORT.
- THE ASSURANCE OF ULTIMATE WELFARE (AS A GOAL). ULTIMATE WELFARE MEANS THE ABILITY TO FIX ONE’S HEREAFTER AS ONE SEEKS IT. FOR THIS, ONE MUST BE TRUE TO ONESELF. AS THE
REQUIREMENT IS A SELF REALIZATION (NOT ONE OF DOING GOOD) AND THIS CAN OCCUR ONLY
WITHIN ONE SELF AND BE BROUGHT ON ONLY BY ONE SELF.A SUPERIOR RIGHTEOUS POWER CAN
ONLY HELP. HENCE ITS / THEIR DISCREETNESS – TO AVOID BELIEF. (COMMENTARY) III
COMMON SENSE AND CONSCIENCE
COMMON SENSE IS THE BASICS OF ONE’S CONSCIENCE OR DICTATES OF RIGHT AND WRONG; WHICH
SHOULD THUS BE COMMON, OR THE SAME, FOR EVERY HUMAN BEING? AND MUST RESULT IN A COSMIC, COMMON SENSE RELIGION THAT IS REASONABLE TO LESSER EVOLVED BEING AS WELL; NOT JUST SATISFYING HUMANS ONLY. (COMMENTARY) IV
A CHICKEN WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE KILLED. BUT IF IT HAD TO, IT WOULD LIKE TO LEAD A NORMAL LIFE AND DIE IN THE MOST HUMANE (PAIN FREE) MANNER. A BACTERIUM TOO WOULD LIKE TO LIVE. SO WE TRY TO DESTROY ONLY THE HARMFUL ONES.
1 B. EINSTEIN
* “MY SCIENTIFIC WORK IS MOTIVATED BY AN IRRESISTIBLE LONGING TO UNDERSTAND THE SECRETS OF NATURAL AND BY NO OTHER FEELINGS.” *(1)
“EVERYONE WHO IS SERIOUSLY INVOLVED IN THE PURSUIT OF SCIENCE BECOMES CONVINCED THAT A “SPIRIT” IS MANIFEST IN THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE” *(2) A “SPIRIT” VASTLY SUPERIOR TO THAT OF MAN (*3) AND ONE IN THE FACE OF WHICH WE WITH OUR MODEST POWERS MUST FEEL HUMBLE.” (EINSTEIN)
(*1) – ONE CANNOT ASPIRE ANY GREATER, IN THE UTILIZATION OF HUMAN INTELLECT. FOR IT WAS
SIMILAR ASPIRATION THAT LEAD THE BUDDHA, THEN, TO THE DISCOVERY OF REALITY, OR “THAT
WHICH UNDERLIES APPEARANCES,” ON A BACKDROP OF THE INFINITY ON TIME AND SPACE. THE
“SECRETS OF NATURE” HAVE NOT CHANGED, SINCE THE BUDDHA DISCOVERED THEM. AND, IF
EINSTEIN HAD DECIDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ENTIRETY, BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO ANALYSE
THE ULTIMATE DETAILS OF A PARTICULAR ENTITY; HE WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL
IN FINDING THE “SECRETS OF NATURE” – OR REALITY. ACTUALLY, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE ESSENTIAL IN THE PURSUIT OF REALITY: UNIFORM GROWTH IN ALL DIRECTIONS. (THE BUDDHA’S DISCOVERY OF REALITY WAS A LOOSE CONGLOMERATE – FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. WE HAVE TO FIX THIS DISCOVERY INTO SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES OF METAPHYSICS.
(*2) – THIS ‘SPIRIT’ OR POWER MUST BE CAPABLE OF KNOWING THE PURPOSE OF THE COSMIC PROCESS.
AND WE COULD CONSIDER IT THEM AS THE GUARDIANS OF THE NATURAL LAWS. A ‘SPIRIT’ THAT IS
NOT INSCRUTABLE, BUT A NON MATERIAL RIGHTEOUS (IT HAS TO BE JUST) POWER; WHICH NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD, PARTICULARLY ABOUT ITS DISCREETNESS. TO MAKE THIS RIGHTEOUS POWER AN
ALMIGHTY, FREE – WILLED GOVERNOR, IS TO MAKE THE NATURAL LAWS CHANGEABLE (TAIL WAGGING THE DOG) AND MEANINGLESS. BUT TO CONSIDER EVEN A MIGHTY RIGHTEOUS POWER (WITHIN THE
NATURAL LAWS) WE SHOULD, AT LEAST, BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY THE MASSACRE OF 1/4 MILLION, INNOCENT RWANDANS, IN 1994. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE RATIONALLY PERMITTING SUCH A HORRENDOUS
GENOCIDE IS TO PROVE THAT WITHOUT TRUE VALUES (OF COMPASSION AND CONTENTMENT) THERE CAN BE NO JUSTICE, NO SOLUTIONS. (MANY NON SCIENTISTS ARE UNEASY OVER THE CONCEPT OF NATURAL LAWS, THOUGH THEY READILY ACCEPT A NATURAL RIGHT AND WRONG OR JUSTICE. BUT
SUCH JUSTICE TOO HAS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE NATURAL LAWS, TO BE DIRECTED BY A SUPERIOR RIGHTEOUS POWER ALL OF WHICH MUST BE RATIONAL AND COMPREHENSIBLE BY DEDUCTIVE REASONING. OTHERWISE, NOTHING COULD HAVE ANY MEANING.)
* NO BEING CAN BE SUPERNATURAL IF ENCUMBERED WITH A PERSISTENTLY DEMANDING BODY. THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY DEFINES THE TERM ‘SPIRIT’ AS ‘A RATIONAL BEING WITHOUT A BODY’. AND EINSTEIN MUST MEAN IT AS SUCH: A SPIRIT THAT MAKES NATURE MEANINGFUL! (SO, EINSTEIN SEEMS TO HAVE CLARIFIED WHAT THE BRAHMIN PHILOSOPHERS SANKARA VAGUELY ATTEMPTED TO EXPOUND IN THE 8TH CENTURY A.D…) COMMENTARY III
1 C.
WITH DEATH OF EINSTEIN, SCIENCE TOOK OFF AT A TANGENT. THINKING BECAME SO STEREOTYPED THAT TRUE VALUES GOT CONFINED TO THE APPARENT. NO ONE CARED TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE – JUST USE AND PRESERVE IT. TECHNOLOGY *(1) SOON BECAME THE NAME OF THE GAME; AND SPREAD TO EVERY SPHERE OF ACTIVITY – EVEN HEALTH. THE THREAT POSED BY MICRO – ORGANISMS SEEMED SO REMOTE. ALL THIS WAS FOR THE CAUSE OF THE BODY. THE HUMAN MIND REMAINED PHRASEOLOGY. . ONLY MATTER MATTERED NOW. THE ‘SPIRIT’ GOT LOST WITH EINSTEIN. AGNOSTICS WERE ELITIST. IF WE HAVE TO DISTORT AND PERVERT THINKING INTO SURREALISM, EVEN TO GET JOY FROM THE SENSES THEN WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE ROAD FOR APPARENT, BY OBSCURING THAT TO THE REAL. THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE PAINTING OF PABLO PICASSO DEMONSTRATE THIS PRINCIPLE WELL. PICASSO COULD, AT LEAST, BE CONSIDERED ECCENTRIC. BUT MICHAEL JACKSON EPITOME (ZES DECADENCE.)
*(1) – IF SCIENCE IS NATURE; THEN TECHNOLOGY IS SCIENCE WITHOUT FEELING, OR NATURE WITHOUT MEANING
1 .D
ONE CAN PUT UP WITH THE ANXIETY OF NOT KNOWING FUTURE EVENTS. BUT IT IS UNCERTAINTY OF NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE PATTERN OF THINGS, OR WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, THAT MAKES LIFE TRULY. UNSETTLING, AND LEADS TO DIFFERENT GROPING. IT WAS SUCH DIFFERENT GROPING THAT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THE SUICIDE OF 39 MEMBERS OF THE HEAVENS GATE CULT IN SOUTH CALIFORNIA, ON 27-3-97; TO REACH AN ELEVATED PLANE OF EXISTENCE – IN SPACE. AND IT HAS TO BE THE SAME GROPING WHICH CAUSED THE DEATH OF 15 STUDENTS OF COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL, LITTLETON COLORADO, AT THE HANDS OF A CONFUSED STUDENT GANG, ON 20-4-3-99. DIFFERENT GROUPING IS NOT ALWAYS AS OBVIOUS AS IN THE HEAVENS’S GATE CULT. BUT UNTIL COMPASSION AND CONTENTMENT ARE ESTABLISHED AS TRUE VALUES OF COMMON SENSES, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME DIFFERENT GROPING. (CONTENTMENT IS NOT RELUCTANT RESIGNATION, BUT A RATIONAL RESTRAINT; TO PURSUE THE HIGHER IDEAL OF TRUE LEARNING. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT READY FOR TRUE LEARNING, INGRAINING CONTENTMENT WILL MAINTAIN THE PREREQUISITE – EVEN IN THE HEREAFTER, IF JESUS AND MOHAMMED HAD STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF SUCH VALUES, INSTEAD OF A HEAVEN AND HELL, THINGS COULD WELL HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.