Religiousness - Instructions for Use
Language: English
Published by Samkhya Publishing Ltd, London, 2020
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- Title
- Religiousness - Instructions for Use
- Author
- Antic, Ivan
- Publisher
- Samkhya Publishing Ltd, London
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798677577024
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Series
- Book 13 of 13: Existence - Consciousness - Bliss
Religiousness relates to our relationship with our soul — our divine essence. A precondition for true religiousness is understanding the true nature of the consciousness by which we perceive and act.
Our awareness of existence determines how religiousness will guide our lives, culture, and civilizational development, for they are all connected.
Religions always play a dual role: the first is to satisfy our aspiration toward the divine, and the second is to fuel our development of culture and civilization.
Human aspiration toward our divine origin (essence) has always been our most powerful inclination. Historically, we have insufficiently expanded our awareness and failed to harmonize it with the challenges of practical living. Therefore, our aspiration toward the divine often dominates religious life, thus hindering the proper growth of civilization. In turn, an emphasis solely on civilizational growth impedes our religious aspirations.
The proper expression of religiousness balances and harmonizes our awareness of soul consciousness with the requisites of this world.
By harmonizing our soul consciousness (divine essence) through culture and civilizational development, we avoid simply showing devotion to the divine. Our religious inspiration should always manifest as a commitment to proper functioning in this world.
Scientific development should aid the soul in properly expressing itself more precisely in this world. Our soul consciousness is so vast and comprehensive that our limited body/mind cannot fully comprehend or express it.
To successfully and constructively express our soul consciousness, we must first become scientifically acquainted with nature’s secrets and laws. That is the only way for the divine consciousness to manifest properly through the aware human. The divine consciousness thus acquires scientific precision in its expression.
History proves that religious devotion without scientific precision often becomes irrational, unreliable, and destructive. In turn, scientific development without a religious affirmation of the soul also becomes irrational, unreliable, and destructive.
This manual for the proper use of religiousness has the single goal of helping the divine consciousness manifest through humans in a scientifically precise and rational way.
Expect severe criticism of the worst religious practices currently in effect. Expect also the best suggestions for improving religiousness and making the world a better place.
Learn the true nature of religiousness!
Delay no longer!
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"This book on religiosity is a real revelation. It breaks all the patterns of traditional commentary on the subject, and will probably upset many spirits." - Amy Elizabeth Orr, author
"Finally, something new and original about religion! Very bold and well-argued. There is a great range of topics, and the author travels from the strongest realism to the highest mysticism." - 5-star Amazon Review
"The deepest book on religiosity that I have read, and it is not based on theology - it doesn’t even mention it, except in a critical context." - 5-star Amazon Review
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From the Back Cover
Why is there a need for a manual for the correct use of religiousness?
The reason is evident in all our global conflicts, including between people, faiths, humans, and nature.
If religiousness represents our relationship with our soul, a manual of this kind must begin with understanding the human soul - its true nature - to fulfill its purpose. Indeed, the root of all evil is not understanding the true nature of consciousness and the human soul.
All religious aspirations for the divine include our functioning in this world, including science and civilizational development. Religion has always played a key role in developing civilization and science. Therefore, any manual for proper religiousness must include all of the above.
This book will teach you why religiousness is a requisite for future scientific development and why scientific development depends on proper religiousness - the answer to both lies in the true nature of our souls.
Our soul consciousness is of divine origin. It is comprised of the all-powerful intelligence that designed all life and nature.
A chief reason for all the destructiveness in this world is our spiritual immaturity and inability to manifest our full soul consciousness. To properly express our full soul consciousness in this world, our minds must perfectly complete their scientific development. We must thoroughly understand all natural laws before genuinely expressing soul consciousness through physical actions.
This grand creative force can also become destructive when we do not manifest soul consciousness with scientific precision.
Therefore, we need a detailed manual on properly utilizing our souls in this world, for the soul is a grand and powerful divine tool.
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