Halaku Khan
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I don't think that is true. Every soul is on a journey to Self-realization and IMHO there are many people around with varying degrees of Self-Realization. It is a process of evolution that takes place over many lifetimes. Fully enlightened people are very rare but IMHO such ones also exist.There is no living person who has seen or met God or met its maker yet,
Religion is a science - fighting over religion is like fighting over the laws of physics. It is true that at this point of time religion has become a matter of dogma and blind belief for most. But you should not "throw out the baby with the bathwater."Would we not curse over selves for doing killing fighting rioting in name of God.
Human beings act out of self-interest.However the downside of this will be that Man will have no Moral or any ethical bindings left.. we will start to live like animals as their will be nopthing to be scared off.. so for a civilizations and societies God was crucial.. and may still be..
Sometimes people have a narrow view of what their self-interest is. Wiser people act out of enlightened Self-interest. Here Self is with a capital S. As Jesus said, "I and my Father are one". In Sanskrit, one would similarly say "Aham Brahmasmi". The sense of self for an enlightened soul is different from that of an ordinary person. When the mind becomes perfectly calm, there comes the realization of being one with the sole formless Reality (or "God"). The entire Cosmos, with all its living beings and inanimate objects, is perceived as being an expression of that one Reality.
The laws of morality, such as the injunction to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", are in fact a logical consequence of acting out of Self-interest, provided the concept of "Self" is understood correctly.
See my previous posts:
[1] http://www.defence.pk/forums/members-club/22536-very-quick-introduction-sanatana-dharma.html
[2] Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma
[3] Attributes of "God", and the concept of worship
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