I have a broad view on how religion has helped shaped humanity.
By focusing on the details people often get bogged down and lose the ability to conceive the bigger picture. I am only focusing on those of the Eur-Asian continent as the Native American teachings remained relatively the same over the centuries. I think that if people actually tried to understand the different phases of religion and that they all evolved out of the same likely source...we would have a peaceful world. Yet, for some reason people want to pick teams or fight that what their parents believe is the only way. I just wanted to show the point of view I've come to see through my research. Consider this a little bit like a cosmic timeline perspective of the evolution of spirituality. I could, possibly, attach dates to this but I'm not huge into dates. Original Teachers Laird Scranton has put enough research to consider that there were Original Teachers that were not 100% flesh. They might have been partly astral. This information is based on the Nummo, Buddhist and the Hebrew account of Moses meeting with Yehovah. Lairds suggestion is that at certain times these teachers were able to come and took a select few people to teach a civilizing plan. He hypothesizes that this was occurred after the Flood. That civilizing plan is what evolved into religion for most groups. There are particular items that they all have in common...whether Tibetan, Hindu, Chinese, African, or even neolithic Scottish.For example, two goddesses associated with the Sirius star system is a commonality in all of the systems. Splintering Apart Laird has also suggested that both the Jews and the Dogon split from Egypt where these original teachings were held as sacred. This is based on the fact that the Dogon share some ultra conserved words with Egypt that help illuminate that mysterious language of hieroglyphs. These ultra conserved words and concepts are also found in different cultures but not the degree of similarity between Egyptian and Dogon that Laird Scranton first identified. There is reason to believe that Polytheism began in Egypt as the Priests forgot the origin and purpose of the teachings. They began to worship phases of Creation instead of the actual One Creator. In our others studies it's become clear that these same phases of Creation are described as the 7 Rays written about by Alice Bailey. John Van Auken perceives this as well, "The gods of ancient Egypt are metaphors for key aspects of the origin and destiny of humanity. According to Edgar Cayce's discourses, the average citizen of ancient Egypt understood the hidden messages better than we do today." Unfortunately, in Egypt the common people forgot as each Priest of each 'God' vied for their money at the various temples. This is why in the Jewish tradition anyone who believes in something that is spiritually false is considered a part of 'Egypt' or a Pharaoh. The name Egypt is the synonymous with ignorance. The story of Moses tells of the time when Egypt 'fell' spiritually. Krishna Krishna was the first to really explain the path of Inner Transformation. The main story of Krishna is the Bhagavadgita that is treated as both metaphor and a historical account. In it Krishna is the the main characters High Self instructing him on how to live a righteous life. Krishna is Arujuna's charioteer (which is symbolic of the Sephiroth Gedulah on the Kabbalah tree of life) and he instructs him on dharma and the duty he must perform. Arujuna's family, which he must defeat on the battlefield, are aspects of himself. He is reluctant to 'kill" these lower urges but Krishna explains to him why he must. Krishna explained the reward would be to escape Samsara (the circle of reincarnation, life and death). While most Hindus still believe in other Gods and Godesses they do have the concept of a supreme God from which everything came- Brahmen. Buddhism The Buddha was focused on teaching people the Inward Path. He did not advocate a God in any form. Instead, he instructed people on how they could escape the cycle of suffering known as Samsara through meditation and introspection. Many were not capable of accepting this belief because it was too easy and required personal responsibility. Christianity The purpose of Jesus was possibly to help correct the corruption that was widespread throughout religion thanks to the priesthoods during his time. While, he failed to do this, he did help eradicate polytheism in the world helping to return the gentiles back to the One Creator. If that was one of that souls mission's in that life it was reached, albeit, by brutal means once the Roman's picked up Christianity. The spread of Christianity is notorious for being a bloody campaign waged by the Roman Empire. However, if his mission was to end corruption in religious practices he failed. Since his ministry became the main vehicle for a Empire to justify and rule the world it inevitably was corrupted. While Jesus advocated a direct relationship with the Creator through the Holy Spirit the Roman Catholic Church ensured people were frightened of that experience. Only their Priests could safely commune with God. Further, the justification for why the Pope should rule the world was because Jesus was God's son and the Pope is simply a place holder until Jesus should return. They claimed that Jesus was the 'only' son of God, although Jesus never claimed that he was the, only son of God and in the Old Testament there are many references to multiple Sons of God, also referred to as Nephilim (Genesis 6:1-4). The Roman's had a lot of reasons to manipulate and change Christianity. Controlling the only texts of the bible they wiped out any texts that disagreed with their interpretation and communities that might disagree with their interpretation. They even destroyed all evidence of the Jewish religious sect that Jesus belonged to- the Essene's. The evidence, when looked at with unbiased logical eyes, suggests that they desperately didn't want what Jesus actually said or believed to become public knowledge. Wiping out all records and testimony to what Jesus actually said (with the help from the Hebrew temple authorities because they stood to lose a lot of money and power if people believed they could individually contact the divine directly) ensured that their interpretation of the texts that remained would give them explicit power to rule the world. Citizens dare not step out of line least they be eternally damned based solely on the information in the book of Revelation and it's unknown author Muslim The parts of the world that were noft converted to Monotheism by Christianity were converted by the Muslims. The Prophet might have served two purposes. First, he helped remove polytheism and idol worship from the lands that Rome could not conquer. Second, to correct the idea that Jesus was the only son of God. The prophet taught that Jesus was a prophet just like him. Atheism While atheists might not have temples or churches they are a school of thought on par with religion. They are a movement of spirituality as much as any other. They are overwhelmingly a response to the iron grip over the privacy and personal life of individuals that the Roman and Muslim Empires once had. Athiesim started to crop up as early as the 16th century but didn't become very popular. After all, people could still be killed if they didn't agree with the majority of the population around them. Atheisim found it's foothold in the United States in the 1960's which was a response to the extremely unyielding harshly judgmental social practices of the 1950's. Most atheists are anti-God and anti-religion. This movement spread with education in the United States. Classes such as comparative religion helps breeds atheism. In today's modern world the fact that ancient religions have similarities is seen as proof that all of them are based on ignorance. Since all religions seem to have the same stories, atheists believe, they must all be wrong because no religion is 'exactly right.' These people usually see only Science that produces results and logic as valuable. Belief and imagination, both parts of the subconscious, are not valued. However, this movement does help because Atheists tend to be more open minded to alternative ideas then religious people. They are more open to debate beliefs (those who consider the possibility of something more then the physical world) and can be persuaded by logic. The temples of worship for these people are the great universities of the world where scientists and academics are the high priests. To agree with the great minds of the Universities is seen as blasphemy because they have a piece of paper saying they did their homework. This was necessary because the major religions of the world had become so bogged down by the strict adherence to dogma that they were/are not open to knew information and were locked into eternal battle for religious dominance. New Age The people who believe in the New Age are inclusive. They allow for the possibility that all religions and spiritual perspectives are correct. They see the similarities between religions as proof that there is something behind these teachings instead of negating their validity. After all, if a bunch of people testify to seeing the same exact event...the event more then likely, from a logical point of view, happened. Further, this group has evolved to a point where they go with what works and not what an authoritiy says will work. There are no temples or priests that they turn to for advice. There are organizations but New Age people tend to buck people claiming to be religious authorities. This is necessary because, just like the religions of old, Science has reached the point of stagnation thanks to Group Think among the Academics who reinforce each other and cast out any new ideas. By approaching spirituality with a balance of both logic and belief with out taking religious sides the people who belong to the 'new age' movement (although, they go by many names as there really isn't an organizing authority behind it) have a lot more room for spiritual growth. Among the New Age philosophies is the idea that one can approach the divine directly in an inclusive manner. There is plenty of room for each to have their own personal beliefs and walk their unique path.. Conclusion I think it's clear that the various major religious movements can be seen as small adjustments with each moving people closer to the embracing the possibility of developing a personal relationship with Divinity. Each group's way of thinking has been a necessary adjustment. Unfortunately, because people tend organize and fall into Group Think the process has been slow and difficult. The only problem has been people getting stuck along this continual progression and refusing to move forward with their thinking. They then claim their group is superior and seek to destroy or kill everyone that disagrees with them. The motivation to kill or destroy those who don't believe agree with them comes from the belief that other people can be a threat to their spiritual survival. In other words, it's based on fear. Each group movement was undoubtedly inspired and guided by spiritual forces none of them are inherently wrong at their core. They all contain the same messages...but it wasn't until the people of the New Age came along that the thought of that possibility didn't seem threatening. To atheists, who were team players, the thought that the religion they belonged to didn't have entirely unique ideas meant that they were all wrong. The New Age group are the first to be capable of grasping the abstract concept of Unity among Multiplicity. Earlier generations, starting with the first people instructed in the Civilizing plan after the flood, simply might not have had the abstract reasoning capable of conceiving of that idea. They were too Earthy, dense, and literal minded to grasp the concept. That is one of the reasons that the adjustments occurred as they did over the large period of time that it required to reach the point where people could think in abstract terms. We can also see the development of the Collective Subconscious...or the Group Soul of humanity when we study the evolution of spiritual thinking. The Collective Subconscious is slowly becoming aware of unity. We now stand on a brink where there is a mix of people still stuck in the team approach to spirituality that has spanned the majority of religious thought all the way up to Atheism. However, we have hit a critical mass when it comes to the people belonging to the "New Age" movement and more people are starting to Wake Up to Oneness and Unity.
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