Beware of the Self Appointed Guru!

If I told you that you could make a living telling others what they wanted to hear, and that you would never have to be actively involved in any kind of debate about the substance of your teachings, you might think this just isn’t possible – if so, just watch this:

Now, the real beauty of this trick, as they admit, is to do nothing and forget about enlightenment, God, spirituality…
If it wasn’t for the Indian names, the beards, costumes, and thrones, would these men really have such a following? It’s easy to tell by looking at them that they’ve never really done a hard day’s work in their lives, they haven’t had to pay off a mortgage by working two jobs, and they haven’t had to pass a test for any certificate which qualifies them to preach.

Tell your kids to become a new age guru – it’s the safest job there is.

Now, take a look at this man:

Do you think this man gained such abundant H (chi) by doing nothing? No, as he tells us, he meditates (practices chigong) daily, and obviously undertook much training from his master until he was deemed ready to uplift others with what he had learned.
He wears no costume, and doesn’t spend his time sitting in a chair answering questions.

Commandment number twelve states: “Thou shalt seek to be open to the wisdom and/or guidance of philosophy (ancient, recent, or emergent), the views of others, as well as the insight/advice of those with experience.”

So listen to any guru you like, but remember that truth is a sliding scale. Sometimes to “stop searching” is a source of relief, whereas, sometimes to search is an enjoyable adventure which leads to a gateway moment, something unexpected, increased vitality, intelligence, special abilities… who knows?

Religion – What does it mean, and why is Unithou the best one?

Taken from the Online Etymolgy Dictionary:
Religion: “c.1200, “state of life bound by monastic vows,” also “conduct indicating a belief in a divine power,” from Anglo-Fr. religiun (11c.), from O.Fr. religion “religious community,” from L. religionem (nom. religio) “respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods,” in L.L. “monastic life” (5c.); according to Cicero, derived from relegere “go through again, read again,” from re- “again” + legere “read” (see lecture). However, popular etymology among the later ancients (and many modern writers) connects it with religare “to bind fast” (see rely), via notion of “place an obligation on,” or “bond between humans and gods.” Another possible origin is religiens “careful,” opposite of negligens. Meaning “particular system of faith” is recorded from c.1300.
To hold, therefore, that there is no difference in matters of religion between forms that are unlike each other, and even contrary to each other, most clearly leads in the end to the rejection of all religion in both theory and practice. And this is the same thing as atheism, however it may differ from it in name. [Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, 1885]
Modern sense of “recognition of, obedience to, and worship of a higher, unseen power” is from 1530s.”

So UniThou as a religion – is it a restrictive thing?

Firstly, The only binding vows are found in the sixteen 21st century commandments, all of which are designed for the healthy liberation of the individual.

Secondly, “conduct indicating a belief in a divine power”, which in Unithou is the unique power within oneself, and the recognition and respect of the unique divine power either latent or active in others.

Thirdly, “Religious community”, in Unithou is a community only in the loosest sense, as it is recognised that any community may indeed stifle the uniqueness of the individual. The information age has provided us with the internet, which Unithou embraces as a means for connection and sharing of ideas/philosophies etc.

Fourthly, the “reading again” would only apply to the commandments, and elaboration thereof.

Fifthly, “to bind fast” (see rely), via notion of “place an obligation on,” or “bond between humans and gods.”, which in Unithou is interpreted as placing an obligation on oneself, once one has acknowledged the “bond between humans and gods”.

Each of us is unique. This is an undeniable fact. We all have one thing in common: uniqueness. It is the divine force that binds us together and also liberates us from conformity, in both the corporeal and ethereal sense. Unithou is the only religion to truly recognise this.
To be an atheist is to be subservient to science only, and deny oneself of one’s true potential, by stating over and over “There is no God, and no afterlife”. Whereas in Unithou we say “I am a magical creature, a god, eternal in essence, mortal in nature.”