Sometimes it seems that which we are trying to seek we already have or that which we’re looking for is right in front of us, but we’ve got “selective blindness”. Most of the major religions believe in monotheism: there is but one God over all! The problem though is that there are many religions, and many denominations within those religions who think ONLY THEY know who and what that God is!  

The practice of such exclusivity (otherwise seen as arrogance) reminds me on belonging to a country club.

In the thirteenth century, it was St. Francis (of Assisi), revered by most today, who told his followers that if they were to find a page of the Koran, they were to kiss it and place it on the altar. Yet today, we assail any religion that opposes ours and we spit on, and put under our foot, the works of others. Maybe we learned too completely the practices of Constantine who burned every work other than those which he felt should be included in the Christian Bible.

Thankfully many of the Gnostic works and others have been unearthed for our benefit.

There is but ONE GOD, worshipped in many different ways, and called by many different names. God is “all in all” as the New Testament reminds us. Mystic , Rumi says “There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground”. There are many ways to practice our spiritual beliefs, yet none of them is through the degradation and devastation of the beliefs of others.

Who has a copyright on the sayings and acts of God?
What one book can contain all the knowledge there is of God?
Which religion has the only truths of and perfect rituals of God?
Where is the one infallible person (Pope) or book (Bible)?

The world, the galaxy, the universe is the playground and the creation of the Creator. Let’s go INSIDE and play and then maybe we can go OUTSIDE and be better playmates. Think maybe?