Spiritualism (and NOT religion) is the true basis of happiness

The Biggest mistake is to get lost in rituals to find happiness in your life, while the opposite is needed.

Every religion points to the truth. This is the inner core of the teaching of all the spirtual masters.
But nowadays it gets lost in its outer workings, in the rituals and the rules.
The outward form of religion is only good enough to tell you there is something much more valuable towards which it points. Do not hold on to the outward form alone...because....

Even when you think you are religious you are still missing its true intent.

"cuculla non facit monachum" - The cowl does not make the monk.

 

For example when Jesus was asked.
What must I do to inherit eternal life?’
He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
 "Do this and you will live"

Unfortunately, in the modern church, the expert in the law would have said, "Simply believe, have faith." 

 

Belief that christ ever lived or rose from the death is not as important as loving God ! ! !

If anythin,g religion nowadays is a money making business that drives people away from God and Love than towards it !
People nowadays are afraid of venturing near a God who is intent on judging them for all the wrong they have done !!

There is 3 times as much about love and compassion in Jesus Teachings, than about faith or belief.
Check this out for yourself.

 Here is what Jesus himself preached about compassion :

To those who showed compassion] "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'"

Relgion is  a complex money making business that is built around the exploitation of man's natural inclination to know more about spiritual truth.

 They will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people. Read 2 Timothy 3

Well, Jesus himself asked , if a kingdom is divided, how shall it stand?

This sham that passes in the name of religion is bound to fall, and people are going ot seek once again the real purpose of religion, to seek the truth that is the basis of all of these religions.

This isn't a problem with any one religion alone -
It is frequently found in all religions that there are arguments , divisions and wars fought over what each word in a religious text was supposted to mean !!


For example in Islam -
There will come a time for my people when there will remain nothing of the Qur'an except its outward form and nothing of Islam except its name and they will call themselves by this name even though they are the people furthest from it.(Ibn Babuya, Thawab ul-A'mal)