India's Eternal Religion

We, as human beings, have a tendency to see the world around us outwardly, rather than inwardly. When it comes to religion, we tend to see it in terms of its outward forms: Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and others. In this way, we fail to understand that our inner reality is something far greater. A human being is, in its essence, a soul; without a body, without a language or nation, without a religion-without any kind of definition. It is a soul that is expressed temporarily in a form, but that same soul has been in many other forms. That one inner reality cannot be called Hindu or Christian, male or female, American or Indian. That one soul is formless, born into limitations, but with the sole mission and purpose of uniting itself again with the infinite. Religion is not defined by the rituals, beliefs,... [read full story]