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spatial perception is the way we agonize over the inability to
grasp influence of the totality of combined forces ; co mprehend
the "all being" of which time is presumed to consist.
All unconformable facts can be broken down into whateve r
people call religion. Belief is a place in the mind where gravity
no longer places the weightiness of our ignorance as an
important consideration, it just is. Myth is not designed to
encourage intellectual deliberation, but to assuage our mentality
in the darkness of overwhelming limitation; our existence
throughout the eternity is guided by faith. Knowledge in the
mind is a small cog in almost co mplete ignorance. As to the
purpose of life; that has been historically de monstrated to be the
lot of human, animal, vegetable and all the mine ral substance
that are included in the realm of creation. Each particle of the
air co ming into the universe has no more significance tha n
whatever beings share the space with me.
As to functions of myth, ritual, and prayer having
congregational sche mas, they shelter one fro m the truism o f
suffering. Religious custo ms place demands on each participant
of the fa mily and co mmunity that share a mutual location, time,
resources, and purpose; everyone is expected to do their
maximum in the area of self-preservation. Personal suffering is
placed aside as a lower priority for no reason other tha n
continuation of the communal entity. Religion is the
mythological history of life processes elevated upon wings, kept
above the stinky vermin infected crowded mud puddles that one
traverses into the future where more of the same awaits him .
Affinity to morality suspends the mundane beyond the reaches
of travail.
The legalistic aspects of the myth combat the bana l
inclination to abuse the privilege guaranteed by cont racted
possession of persons over the substance of the world. Words
express the language of myth, and offer a collective inference
to the mind of the human population. When one distances
himself from the illusion of materialism, there is concern that
his detachme nt will result in deprivation. Many "I AM" religious
traditions and practices habituate the humans to require as little
as possible for subsistence. Coupled with the implicit faith that
we're not the possessor of self-will and at best, a particle in the
expanse of infinite dimensions (not comprehended), it's enough
to make my presence therein enough reason to exist.
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