Religious Hypocrisy

Many people find their relationship with God through religious ceremony and rites at church. Having been brought up Catholic, I certainly understand how people can find God through religion. My story is different.

Everything changed when I contemplated the theory of oneness. Many people view God as a separate being. I view God as the all-powerful force that creates our spirit and is our soul. God is the force that manifests everything, including our body. This is a view that aligns with science. Science and religion are not so separate, and Quantum physics points to this creative and mysterious energy. Albert Einstein understood this. 

 

This potential energy is beyond our comprehension. It’s something we as human beings will never understand while we are manifest in this body. It remains in mystery. And I embrace that mystery. The idea of a separate God is, to me, an unnecessary leap of faith. Moments of silence, and when I stop to notice the world around me, is when God becomes evident in my world. That potential energy, or God, is pure love. Everything around us is manifested by this creative force which is constant and loving. 

 

We are really souls with bodies. As Rumi said, "...we are the drops in the ocean and the ocean in a drop". Before we were manifest in this body, we were a bundle of potential energy. We were, are, and will be a soul for eternity. Because when we die, this potential energy just lives on in a different form.

 

I believe in the laws of karma. Karma says that the energy you put out into the world is the energy you will receive back. Karma says that the reason we are on the earth is to share with and support others. Karma says we attract what we focus on. 

 

I’ve seen many cases where religion has failed in all of these areas. Some "religious" people look at themselves as the chosen ones and think of everyone else as unchosen, different, or evil. It often creates an atmosphere of harsh judgment rather than inclusivity. That is hypocritical and is precisely reflected in American Politics. 

Moreover, religion is a man-made concept. With religion, we rely on a separate being for our existence. But as Eckhart Tolle said, “God is not a being; God is being itself“. 

 

God becomes evident when we stop seeking Him. That took me many years to realize.