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As per my understanding, he wanted to say that religion is biased in the sense that the people who follow a particular religion think it to be better than the other religion. But spirituality is all-inclusive and as per this concept, all humans should be treated with the same kind of unconditioned love.
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I would just like to make a point here. I understand that the author hasn't discussed in depth about Christianity and that can be considered as a shortcoming of this writing. But I would say that Richard L. Haight has definitely made a point clear which we generally ignore; followers of one religion consider themselves to be different and even better than the followers of other religion.LV2R wrote: ↑08 Mar 2019, 22:50I personally wish that the author had spent even half the time searching the Scriptures in the Bible to understand more fully the core of Jesus' teachings than all the years spent in traveling and learning the unfoldment process. I believe the true Christian perspective of God is that He has unconditional love for us and sent his Son, Jesus Christ to be our Savior and not to condemn us to hell.abbiejoice wrote: ↑07 Mar 2019, 23:49 I must admit that there seems to be an inconsistency in the author's perspective. He seems to advocate unconditional love (something he doesn't see in traditional Christianity because of its objective definitions of good and evil) but even in his own belief (which he considers not to be a belief at all), there are still many criteria needed for those who want to achieve peace, or happiness or whatever good he deems worth reaching for. Also, his basis for rejecting traditional Christianity is not very clear. There was no mention of a logical and thorough research to understand the Christian faith. The only thing I could remember that he mentioned was his conversation with his own father when he was still a child. This was about how a good God can send someone to hell. It was not explained however, how God respects the freewill of people and how it is the person himself who has the ability to reject God and thus go to hell if he does not desire to go to heaven.
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I am into spirituality and have got to know about a few things which have been very helpful in my daily life. After reading this book I did not want to confuse myself so I am happy to take away a few ideas from this read which resonated with my understanding, and I did not rack my brain for the concepts which I could not comprehend.ViziVoir wrote: ↑10 Mar 2019, 02:19 I'm quite tired of authors of these kinds of books assuming that others who haven't found "enlightenment" will never lead truly happy or spiritual lives. Certainly, some people can become complacent in their beliefs, but making a blanket statement like that about thousands of strangers is just absurd, in my opinion.
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I have been benefited by a few things in this book. I just did not bother to pressurize my brain and confuse myself with certain concepts in this book which I could not comprehend.spencermack wrote: ↑10 Mar 2019, 19:08 I can completely understand your point of view here. I think when people try to take old ideas and show that new ideas are better, if it is not organized well enough, the message can get muddled and then turned on its head.
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I am in line with the point that you made here. I believe that one faith can't undermine another faith and create unfair differences in society. Faith shouldn't be the decisive factor when considering the trustworthiness of a person.Beatus wrote: ↑12 Mar 2019, 11:34 I will be wrong to tell a Muslim that if he/she does not convert to Christianity then hell is inevitable. But I won't be wrong if I tell schoolchildren that they risk losing trustworthyness if they embrace the habit of not telling the truth. There is no hipocrisy there either.
Being a Muslim or a Christian does not excuse you from losing credibility in your society because you are a liar. Furthermore being a Christian or a Muslim does not automatically make you trustworthy or heaven-bound.
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I was personally intrigued by the concept of Isness which Richard describes as the sheer existence without association with anything mortal.nooregano wrote: ↑18 Mar 2019, 03:53 The author's "belief" is in non-belief. He advocates for unconditional love, but there are also a lot of conditions for people to reach it. He says that everyone is perfect the way they are because Isness just is, but people are making "bad choices" by being negative or selfish. However, since life is made up of contrasts, I'm not sure these statements have to be mutually exclusive or "hypocritical." I'm still reading this book. I'll have to think a bit more on this!
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I agree with your point. People judge others because of their own insecurity and ego.
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I also agree with you on this point. Richard has mentioned that the true essence of religion and God's main message is about unconditional love for everyone.
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Exactly! I also find a similar problem with religion. One religion is considered to be better than the other religion and vice-versa.Joe Hadithi wrote: ↑22 Mar 2019, 21:26 That's the thing with religions. The one you believe in is the only true one. All the others are hot air.