In Discourse 1 and 2 we had made some suggestions to the probability of the origins of religion. To us it is more than a probability but an eventuality, which, unfortunately, due to the passages of time can never be proven, but nor can it be disproved.
Because of this, all must reach their own conclusions to the origins of things. But again, as we have stated, the evidences to be found in ancient cultures should lie heavily on the determination of those conclusions. These ancient cultures, unsaturated by external cultures, have retained much of the original thought as it was probably first perceived. These cultures had never attained organized religion as was the case in Middle Eastern cultures and from which we inherited our current religious infrastructure. Regardless of who was influencing who in those ancient days, much of the original thought still survived within organized religions.
Because of this, all must reach their own conclusions to the origins of things. But again, as we have stated, the evidences to be found in ancient cultures should lie heavily on the determination of those conclusions. These ancient cultures, unsaturated by external cultures, have retained much of the original thought as it was probably first perceived. These cultures had never attained organized religion as was the case in Middle Eastern cultures and from which we inherited our current religious infrastructure. Regardless of who was influencing who in those ancient days, much of the original thought still survived within organized religions.
Before the advent of Christianity into Europe and England the populations that existed within those lands were either Romanized or adhered to what is today referred to as "paganism." This "paganism" is a somewhat distorted off shoot from the original thought. They worshipped the forces of nature which is a direct link to the demigods and their control over nature. Just what these ancient pagans really believed in can only be speculated. But it is easy to ascertain that they maintained aspects of the original thought, at least those communities that were too isolated for Roman influence to reach them. But with the influx of Christianity into Rome, then into England and Europe, all this changed. No community remained isolated enough to be spared from the devastating sweeping hand of organized religion.
There is a vast difference between what we term religion and what we term spiritual. Religion we associate mainly with organized affiliation to a set group that basis its fundamental belief structure around a formulated doctrine or creed which focuses upon the "written word" pertaining to some ancient occurrence and from which churches or temples have arisen, which in turn, demands affiliation regardless of the opinion of the populace. The term spiritual focuses more upon inner illumination, experience and personal development and growth. It is often a personal and individual quest toward the understanding of ones own existence and the discovery of self, its place in the scheme of things, and its personal individual attunement with the creative forces, unlike religion, which always dictates who and what you are.
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