Meditative thought of the day...
The Point of Religion
The point of religion is to give a person hope of attaining something better than what they have, and to teach them how to live a life that cultivates meaning.
That hope comes in some basic forms. For some, it comes in the form is a savior. A figure that will step in and remove everything from your existence that is disagreeable to you. "Give a man a fish"
Another form is growth. A path to follow that leads to better understanding and therefore the knowledge of how to live a better existence and therefore avoid and alleviate the things in your existence that are disagreeable to you. "Teach a man to fish."
The former leaves you in a state of dependence upon another, the latter puts you in a state of independence. The former leads to eternal slavery, the latter to eternal freedom.
Which do I need in my life at present? Which do I want to strive for?
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