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Why
do men want to worship?
It
is far better to become than to worship.It is the reluctance to
change that makes one worship.
24
June 1969
One
may abstain from worship only on condition that one changes, for
there are many who want neither to change nor to worship!
June
1969
Why
do men cling to a religion?
Religions
are based on creeds which are spiritual experiences brought down
to a level where they become more easy to grasp, but at the cost
of their integral purity and truth.
The
time of religions is over.
We
have entered the age of universal spirituality, of spiritual experience
in its initial purity.
Religious
thought cannot be used unless it is liberated from the influence
of religions.
The
notion of religion is most often linked with the search for God.
Should religion be understood in this context only? As a matter
of fact, these days, are there not other forms of religion?
We
call ``religion'' any concept of the world or the universe which
is presented as the exclusive Truth in which one must have absolute
faith, generally because this Truth is declared to be the result
of a revelation.
Most of the religions affirm the existence of a God and the rules
to follow to obey Him, but there are some Godless religions, such
as the socio-political organisations which, in the name of an Ideal
or the State, claim the same right to be obeyed.
Man's
right is to pursue the Truth freely and to approach it freely in
his own way. But each one ought to know that his discovery is good
for him alone and is not to be imposed upon others.
13
May 1970
You
must not confuse a religious teaching with a spiritual one.
Religious teaching belongs to the past and halts progress.
Spiritual
teaching is the teaching of the future - it illumines the consciousness
and prepares it for future realisation.
Spiritual
teaching is above religions and strives towards a global Truth.
It
teaches us to enter into direct relation with the Divine.
15
July 1972
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