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Be True to Your Beliefs and Ours
We all know that the United States is a predominantly Christian nation but what we don't seem to appreciate is that there are many world religions represented in the country as well.
We all are citizens of the country and we would hope that our President who is entrusted with the lives of Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Native American and a host of other religious beings will not swear by only the Christian God. I hope that the Christians, someday, and our President soon will accept the fact that there is only one God in the world and it is our human divisiveness that created sectarian Gods.
The role of the President is to unite the whole country and not just the Christians. Perhaps there is a lesson in Gandhi's life for our President. Gandhi believed that what we all practice as religion today is rituals, which is fine if it brings solace to us personally. However, he believed some of us are called upon to rise above rituals and become truly spiritual, not in the way we have interpreted spirituality to mean but in the sense that we rise above being an ordinary human to becoming a leader and showing equal respect to all forms of worship and philosophies, whether we agree with them or not.
And the way for a true leader to do this is to speak of God without naming God as Jesus or Christian God and so on. We glibly claim that our President is the Leader of the Free World. If that is so then the President needs to show that he respects the free world as much as he respects his own. I am not saying that he should deny God or that he should not go to Church. By all means go to Church and practice your religion without wearing it on your sleeves. Talk about God and swear by God but one that is inclusive. Is that too much to ask?
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Arun Gandhi
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August 26, 2008; 2:27 PM ET
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Posted by: Ruth | September 16, 2008 5:33 PM
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Religion has no place in politics. There is nothing wrong with being Spiritual and the idea that there is some Benevolent All Pervading Intelligence and a connection between all being and that compassion results in the creation of the best future reality for all. But it stops there the rest is mostly Dogma and Fiction.
There is nothing wrong with Spirit being aggressively involved in Politics, in other words giving truth, wisdom and compassion a voice and presence. We need more of this.
And the classic quote from infinite play
"Religion is a creation of man, not God, and is subject to flaws"
Especially in the interpretation
Have you all ever witnessed Church politics? These people are supposed to be representatives for God and Spirit?
This is not to say certain writings are not divinely inspired and are void of spiritual insight and wisdom, but many of the have become tainted by source disconnected ego and organized religion has become an egoic institution to control and subvert, propagators of division, illusion and fiction.
I am sure all the great spiritual teachers are appalled at the commercialization of their work and it’s use in judgment and persecution.
Posted by: Richard Thomas | August 27, 2008 11:35 PM
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One wonders whether or not anyone would listen to this guy if his last name was Patel.
His rant borders on unintelligible.
Posted by: Ari Corelli | August 27, 2008 8:49 PM
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Ya Ya! Eeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Posted by: Anonymous | August 27, 2008 6:44 PM
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Good essay, Mr. Gandhi!
Posted by: Gaby | August 27, 2008 2:23 PM
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The World Teacher, Maitreya, the One prophesied by major religions, is here and waits for a few more global events to come into place before he announces Himself via the US media.
He comes with the Masters of Wisdom and together they will teach humanity about sharing, peace, justice and right human relationships if it is humanity's will. When you hear a man talking about these things and it touches your heart, as well as millions of others simultaneously, you will experience the love that He gives to the World.These loving Masters teach but humanity learns and does.This is how the world will be saved.