'Don't worry, it's all going according to plan.' I have often heard religious people say this about the course of the world. I harbour a similar feeling, but with some differences, that I would like to simply describe, without explanation or persuasion.
Tag: religion
Thoughts on the Universe
1. The refusal to link our origins to 'lesser animals' stems from a deep-rooted, audacious pride in our species that is instilled by most religions. The sooner we understand that the universe is not a grand entertainment arena designed for us, that there is no designer who will watch over us and tide us through …
The Death of Consciousness
Up until a couple of years ago, I had a pretty strong conviction that some grand, strange things happen after we die. A sort of ultimate union with the source in which all consciousness become one and individuality and identity are lost forever. I used to imagine it as a grandiose play of bright flowing …
Dear God
Our school prayer, recited together every morning before the beginning of classes and often fondly remembered by me and my schoolmates now, went like this: Dear God, Thank you for everything; Bless me and help me to be good, And to do my studies well. I stopped believing in god when I was very small. …
Ghosts
Most people believe in a lot of ghosts. I don’t mean ghosts in the usual sense of the term. By ghosts, I mean notions that they believe not because they have absolute concrete proof, but because some sort of dogma and a personal servitude to dogma leads them to believe these things. In the stone …
One Life 