The Bible and Information of the Heart

whether you HATE the Bible or religion or God, or whether you LOVE it...
stop quoting things you don't understand.
The mind may comprehend, but if the heart does not feel, it is worthless and shallow information.
All across and around the world, humans have created a God of some sort, by some name, with some definition.
Perhaps there is a Force which inspired these people, in the whole of the world, to create ’Him/Her’ in their culture and life. "perhaps perhaps perhaps" its some sort of phenomena...

But what is written on the page (most specifically in the Bible) is written by man. I say MAN not woman, only to stress the point -while I’m at it- that most of the Bible didn’t favor women; men wrote it. (Just pointing out one of the obvious human-faults marking the work here).
And not just any men wrote it. Men who considered themselves holy. and sometimes, the worst sins come from those who consider themselves holier-than-thou and above their fellow man.
So of course, the Bible, written by men (even with perhaps good intentions) is unfortunately governed as well by HUMAN LAWS of this world.
It is an interpretation in the sense it is not exact. There were no cameras and microphones, no live-streaming vidoes, not even scribes that recorded Jesus’ and all the other saints’ lives daily.
The Bible was written far after all those ’Miracles’ and "Saints" came upon us and happened.

Accuracy cannot be assumed.


So, in quoting the Bible, you are quoting man. Humans. Not God. Not even Jesus. Not REALLY.
It’s just not accurate, and people tend to misinterpret it.
Who am I to say that? Well, I have no authority; my word is not law. Do not take what I say as the absolute truth or knowledge of the matter.
But everytime I see more people going to church as a 'duty', my faith tends to drop a little in their ability to get real enlightenment out of their proclaimed 'faith' they stand so patriotically beside.
However, everytime I see or hear of or meet someone with genuine sincerity, with humble introspection, and who honestly comes to God (or whatever other name given such as Allah or Buddha or Rama) with love and adoration, I will not judge them; I only honor them. I even consider them a brother or sister of my own faith, because they are coming from the heart.
We are brothers and sisters of "The Faith of Love"; we come from the heart to seek the path to our own journey.

In my opinion, most of what was written, especially by Jesus (or in his quotes) was poetic.
"Do not throw pearls before swine" and all that.
Well, exactly! Don’t throw "exact meanings" and obvious answers in front of people who just DON’T GET IT.
Give them allusions, and metaphors... allow them to realize the deeper meaning within themselves.
Alot of ill has come of people taking the Bible too seriously. Word-for-word recitation, without a damndest clue of the meaning.



But my main issue here with people chattering and arguing...is that religions all over the world have something in common. They parallel each other.
And so I’m not limiting my view to the common and famous Bible.

the IDEA ITSELF of Jesus in India, as a recent topic came up about it as the film debut nears...
( www.jesus-in-india-the-movie.com )
is intriguing, and not all that impossible to believe, even without ’proof’.
India has apparently an entire different world and belief-system.
Imagine if Jesus Christ, the man, visited India; was taken into an ashram by some saint or guru; took his teachings back to his homeland and spread the words and beliefs that later got him killed...

In my eyes, people can believe that God is a terrible monster, but I won’t. I see the similarity and parallels in whatever religion I come across. and it’s not so terrible, really.
What man has written are children’s bedtime stories... to scare sinners into giving money for salvation... into forcing them into good behavior...
It was very 'dark-times' when the politics of Catholicism ruled. Things were changed and omitted in the Bible.
Man wrote it.

But just as the words should not be taken literally... so should you not take that idea of God literally. (The idea of God is not a mental excercise.)
Honestly, India has one thing in particular that I have adopted and love; the path of the spirit is through the heart.
even in reaching the thousand petal lotus, you must focus on the spiritual eye and feel your heart open with love.
I don’t care what you believe in; I don’t care what you call your "God".
those are more words to confuse and alienate.
Religion has a historical mark in this world, yes.... but spiritual paths came from it andmore likely inspired the creation of religion. Spirituality came before churches. It all started in the heart, as a spiritual, not political, thing.

So stop getting so political and literal.
If you want to know a story better, find the truth in what you feel. Not what you fear or hate. Not what you block out. Not what you decide is bullshit.
Dig through the bullshit that is written and find what is beneath it.
There is an entirely different kind of history that is not written in books... and it cannot be read by the eyes.

I’ve gotten a lot of information from an open mind and an open heart.
Think of everything as connected, for we as a collective human species are connected.