As fragile humans we find it almost a requirement to believe in Religion as the way to God, a promise of an overseer that guides us, watches over us, and of course, keeps track of our discretion’s.  In some cases religions promote a spiritual leader besides God as a go between and savior.  They promise help through their divine connection to the savior, along with the promise of salvation and eternal life, of course, they say their way is the only way possible for this salvation.

I think that would be great if it were true, I would love someone to stand by me throughout life and death, I won’t have to do much of anything except believe in it, and once I do, this ultimate redeemer will save me.  Wow…..that sounds great and easy to do, but is that at all possible? ….. No not really, nothing is that easy in life and neither is this. They have some sort of spiritual Ponzi scheme with no spiritual equity for your investment, these types of spiritual institutions do provide help in the community but not spiritually. I just wish they were more responsible when it comes down to helping you with your spiritual practice.  They have a spiritual duty to help you progress towards Self-realization but they don’t, and they fall back on old dogma and promises as a substitute. In the end this doesn’t help anyone nor does it help them.  This glaring misstep reduces their legitimacy by downgrading spiritual progress to a slow crawl, causing them to rely solely on promises.

The Religions have missed their call spiritually by totally relying on old scripture and promises which really don’t help you.  I believe their promise which is centered on the unknown aspect was put down in order to give them an edge over other paths, thereby cornering the market. They gave a promise of divine help that is really unverifiable and unavailable, but the eternal life aspect is still an acceptable and pursuable goal.

The real truth is; there is no help and you have to do the work. The Soul that is the real You doesn’t need saving because it has always has been Eternal and Perfect, you have to uncover this eternal treasure by pealing back the layers of life.

The religions help in the community by helping folks find their way through the tough times in life, with charities but let us down spiritually, causing us to flounder aimlessly. There is a tremendous need in that respect, and they would find the added responsibility motivating and beneficial for them, demanding more group participation and individual accountability.

The wisdom of most religions is just not enough unless they have practicing patrons and practitioners in the meditation field.

Spiritually speaking, no one can help you unless you’re willing to help yourself by putting forth the effort in mediation because contemplating isn’t enough.  It just doesn’t do the work on its own and you have to go in with a steadfast determination, however you need to know what to do and how to do and it takes practice.  In the process it promotes a sense of wellbeing, grounds you to your spiritual path and creates stability in life, there is no help from beyond.

No Spirits are in any position to help you in the world or in the Afterlife, they are lost too, you’re basically on your own.  No God is keeping track of your discretions, and no God in going to jump in and save you, the only real help that can come is from a teacher (preferably Self-realized) who can only coach you while living.  It is entirely up to you to do the work and the Afterlife just reinforces this rule. In reality no Soul actually needs saving, just Eternity needs to be saved from the new person you’ve become.

That’s the issue here, however blunt it is, you have to break free from this new identity to the mind and body, this connection to life must be severed completely in order to be who you really are in Eternity.  There are no shortcuts for anyone and no one including the Almighty will help you with this.  Birth has given us almost total independence. It’s your life, your creation and your illusion, and it’s your problem to deal with, and by waiting for a savior that’ll never show up is like handing down a sentence of imprisonment after death.  You carry all your imbedded personalized illusions in tow after death and you must voluntarily release them or you’ll be stuck in the revolving door of the mind.

The thinking mind is the pilot throughout life, and with death the pilot needs to end its reign, so the Soul’s attention is now the pilot.