Religion has the strongest bonds of loyalty of any human institution. Religion originates because “the human mind, at certain moments, transcends not only the limitations of the senses, but also the power of reasoning.” Yet religion is not contrary to reason. All religions have “an Ideal Unit Abstraction, which is . . . either in the form of a Person or an Impersonal Being, or a Law, or a Presence, or an Essence.” There is a search for infinite power and pleasure, through renunciation, which is the basis of ethics. Religion must be universal and not sectarian. Religions that look upon other religions with contempt have done more injury than good. Religions need to have a fellow feeling with all other religions, as they stand or fall together.
by Charles Feldman (Prana)
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