Religion it all its glory

Today, just as I was about to burst with the frustration of NOT venting my opinion, my rage, my indignation and my bile at the stupid stupid neverendingly stupid quasi-religious people in this world ………………………. 
A rainbow of wisdom and a personal hero of mine posted onto his Facebook page calm and gentle words of such love that I am once again humbled and seeing straight!
 
The short story here and I’ll really try to stick to the short version is ……………

The International News this week has been filled with organised religion, at every level, going off the deep end and reminding me, and I suspect not exclusively me, that I am vehemently against organised religion because of the dreadful nature of so many people involved in and around it.

The Pope is coming to England.  Now I, for one am NOT Catholic.  Nor am I a fan of the Pope, the Catholic Church, its doctrine and or anything related to it.  To avoid a rant I will just say that the child abuse scandals, anti abortion stance, anti-condom / birth-control stance of a church now crusading through Africa as well as a few other DEAL BREAKERS make me less than a fan.  Now at the same time, tax-payers all over the country are or will be receiving letters, just before Christmas, letting them know they owe additional tax “because of a Government calculation error” – I mean GIVE ME A BREAK – but the Catholic Church is NOT paying for the Pontiff’s visit ………………. the tax-payer is - OUTRAGEOUS.

2nd -  we have the not so rational or calm debate about a Mosque being erected on or near the 9/11 site.  I’m not American, nor am I a New Yorker and we’ve already established that I’m not a Christian.  I am also not necessarily pro or anti the Mosque being built,  but discussions include a Greek Orthodox Church that was destroyed which may now not be rebuilt ………. Because of the Mosque, and there are many outraged people who think “Sod it, why should a Mosque go up on a site essentially cleared and created by Muslim Radicals” and there are others who want the Mosque there to appease an already angry radical Muslim faction who are not viewing this as a capitulation, and……….. and ………….. and its not fair!!

NEWSFLASH PEOPLE ………….. Life is NOT fair.  Just look at Haiti, Pakistan, Niger, Zimbabwe, North Korea ………… I could go on and on (and I haven’t left anyone or any country off on purpose – the list is endless).  Hell, even Donald Trump has waded into this debacle – I hope his hairpiece is glued on tight ‘cos its going to be a very bumpy ride.

Create a gentle welcoming natural green area with trees and flowers and grass and wildlife ………………. God knows we’ve destroyed enough of that worldwide to warrant it!!
 
And then ……….. The Piece de Resistance ………….Pastor Kooky in Florida who wants to burn The Koran and is blackmailing the US Government and every REAL Christian, REAL Muslim and REAL spiritual soul ……….. not to mention writers, publishers and book-lovers worldwide.  Who burns books? I’m not even going to answer that, I can’t, it's too desperately stupid and heart-breaking!  The whole world watches with bated breath on interviews where “Its on! “  “It’s off!”   “It’s on!”   “It’s off!”.  Someone died today in a violent protest in Afghanistan based on this trippy, sad, self-promotion media circus.  It’s sickening and heartbreaking and defies all boundaries of anything spiritual.

I’m sorry, I tried to avoid the rant, but I’m really an under-developed spirit,  clearly with MUCH still to learn.
 
And so the rainbow of wisdom from a beautiful wonderful soul as quoted directly from his Facebook page today –  Thank you your Holiness for putting it all into perspective so beautifully and as always, for your gentle guidance ! 

As quoted on the Facebook page of the office of his Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
Friday 10th September 2010

"The kind of behavior that really is spiritual practice consists of refraining from falsehood and abiding by the truth, neither humliating nor mocking others, being humble, and having a good heart and helping others."

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