Family and Religion
Last year the Dalai Lama stated, “grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate… this is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether.”
Religious ethics have begun failing to provide moral societal conduct because of the destruction of the environment necessary for the inculcation of spiritual values—the family!
Any form of teaching must be given an environment in which to grow; family provides the environment for spiritual growth. Communes or other types of sociological living arrangements cannot effectively substitute for the family environment, which symbolizes the creation of the physical universe and the conduct necessary to live in harmony with it. With each birth there is a recreation of life and an understanding of the unseen forces that bring about material existence.
The very act of creating a pregnancy symbolizes creating the seen from the unseen. No one has seen a spermatozoon, yet it is responsible for all human existence. No one has seen God, the Creator, or the Absolute, yet it is responsible for the physical universe. From the unseen the seen comes into existence; from the spiritual world the physical universe comes into existence.
The interaction between the male and the female produces all that exits. The female brings physical life into the world and caters to its material and emotional needs. The male initiates this life creating process and provides the environment and the means to maintain it; the family serves as an example of the interdependency of the seen and the unseen. Spiritual texts and teachings of the prophets upon which religions are based confirm this and do not require updating.
Updating needs to occur in the mindset of the modern world, especially as it manifests in the Western psyche. Whether the Dalai Lama, President George H.W. Bush, or multitudes of others in authority in the world of Western thought, they all believe in a one world secular government based on scientific (materialistic) values; thinking resting upon the false premise of materiality and ignorance of the unseen that has evolved into a religion of secular materialism and developed a multitude of vehicles through which to inculcate its beliefs into the minds of the unsuspecting public.
Unlike secular materialism, the outward manifestations of spiritually oriented religions might differ but the intent is the same: remembrance of the Creator. Wherever these religions originated, and regardless of the manner in which they express it, the focus is to draw the attention of people to God, the Creator, the Absolute; that unseen entity that has created all that there is and from whom we all come from. Spiritually oriented religions focus on increasing the awareness of people on the unseen, and helping them to realize the transitory nature of what is seen.
Secular materialism focuses on the works of man and looks upon the earth as a material entity created by accident for his exploitation, accumulation, and utilization as part of a finite life of self-indulgence, having no concept of the hereafter, no desire to propagate and preserve the species, and no sense of loyalty to humankind.
The secular materialists, realizing that the bastion of spiritual teaching and practice was the home, conducted a multifaceted attack on the home and all that it stands for. They removed male authority by law, debased the male in the media, promoted sexual promiscuity, enticed women out of the home and into industry, and reduced education to the acquisition of recitorial information.
These activities resulted in the unwed motherhood rate increasing from one and a half percent in the 1950’s to more than 40% today. The mothers of these children are forced out of the home and into industry, while the government takes over the care of their children with preschool, afterschool, and in-school programs in which the law forbids the teaching of matters spiritual.
Where will spiritual teachings be obtained and spiritual practice developed? In Sunday School one hour a week? In Catholic parochial schools? In Muslim madrasas? When the children come out of these schools and enter a broken home (82% of American children over the age of 17 do not live in a home containing both of their natural parents) what significance will the teachings have? What significance can they have when the value structure they are continually exposed to calls for making more money than the other person so that they become somebody?
Paul predicted that men will love nothing but money and self, they will be arrogant and abusive; with no respect for parents. That day is upon us and has been brought about by the destruction of the family and the inculcation of children into a grossly materialistic way of life.
In order for religion to provide the ethics for societal conduct the natural relationship of men and women needs to be reestablished and the family rebuilt. This cannot be done within the modern financial, technological, and materialistic scientific community created by the Western psyche. It must be established outside of the Eurasian value system and return to a simpler way of life similar to that which existed in Polynesia, Africa, and the Americas, where spiritual awareness permeated individual action, and all activity focused on the propagation and preservation of the species.
There is no need to move to those geographical locations as they have already been corrupted by materialistic activity. The change must come from within the individual to reestablish the way of life conducive to spiritual growth. Most of what is seen is in a process of decay and implosion. It will not be long before it is all gone. Those who remain will have the opportunity to build on the old foundations and will be known as The Rebuilders as they usher in a new age. The old foundation will be the family and the new age will be one of increased spiritual understanding.
Are you one of those people? The time to make change is now; before the ship of materialism capsizes and drags down all who are aboard or even near it.
E.G.
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