Comments on: What Is Religion? http://www.laitman.com/2008/05/what-is-religion/ Kabbalah and the Meaning of Life - Michael Laitman's Personal Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:12:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: JULIA MENOYO http://www.laitman.com/2008/05/what-is-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-475 JULIA MENOYO Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:25:30 +0000 http://www.laitman.com/?p=346#comment-475 I THINK RELIGION IS THE INMENSE NEED TO FEEL THE VOID OF EXISTANCE I THINK RELIGION IS THE INMENSE NEED TO FEEL THE VOID OF EXISTANCE

]]> By: Yochanan EzeNdubuisi http://www.laitman.com/2008/05/what-is-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Yochanan EzeNdubuisi Thu, 15 May 2008 23:49:53 +0000 http://www.laitman.com/?p=346#comment-301 SHALOM, Let us remember that the most important question for everyone is: What is the meaning of my life?..Why am I here? When these are truly pondered, true answers come forth..spirituality. We are not physical beings having a spiritual experience, no..we are spiritual beings having a physical experience! Religion can not and does not entertain nor answer these questions. Kabbalah however, can and does entertain and answer these questions because quite simply Kabbalah is not religion. SHALOM, Let us remember that the most important question for everyone is: What is the meaning of my life?..Why am I here? When these are truly pondered, true answers come forth..spirituality. We are not physical beings having a spiritual experience, no..we are spiritual beings having a physical experience! Religion can not and does not entertain nor answer these questions. Kabbalah however, can and does entertain and answer these questions because quite simply Kabbalah is not religion.

]]> By: Dana Alexander http://www.laitman.com/2008/05/what-is-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Dana Alexander Wed, 14 May 2008 00:50:40 +0000 http://www.laitman.com/?p=346#comment-293 <strong>"What religion is common to all? 1.  The notion of Light & Truth or Love seems to be common to all the religions. Those shared tenets across religions are shared with the Kabbalah.  2.  Any human organization/creation will have ego, necessarily (right or off?--since we have genetic makeups and environments).   3.  The common religion to all <em>could</em> be the shared Truth of each, collectively.   The shared truth across traditions <em>would</em> be The Truth, without the ego.  4.  From my short acquaintance with Kabbalah, it seems purer, refreshingly & more intensely focused on loving one another & the Creator, and less egoistic.  Very interestingly and necessarily, of course, Kabbalah is laden with much tradition that is also foreign to me and most from my part of the world.  </strong> “What religion is common to all?

1.  The notion of Light & Truth or Love seems to be common to all the religions. Those shared tenets across religions are shared with the Kabbalah. 

2.  Any human organization/creation will have ego, necessarily (right or off?–since we have genetic makeups and environments).  

3.  The common religion to all could be the shared Truth of each, collectively.   The shared truth across traditions would be The Truth, without the ego. 
4.  From my short acquaintance with Kabbalah, it seems purer, refreshingly & more intensely focused on loving one another & the Creator, and less egoistic.  Very interestingly and necessarily, of course, Kabbalah is laden with much tradition that is also foreign to me and most from my part of the world. 

]]> By: Brian W. http://www.laitman.com/2008/05/what-is-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Brian W. Tue, 13 May 2008 15:05:25 +0000 http://www.laitman.com/?p=346#comment-288  I find the term "religion" to be quite inadequate to describe the reciprocal bond  and accessible intimacy between mankind and the Creator. Abraham did not practice a religion; he adhered to a "bond" (/brit), as did the Children of israel when they renewed this bond and expanded it upon leaving the dominion of Pharaoh and before entering the Holy Land. The term "religion" is a term of falsehood and exile produced by our disconnect, and the expelling of the Divine feminine (/Shechina) as a byproduct of our building collective and individualistic egos. Instead we have build "foreign God" paradigms that serve our cultural collective and individual egos. These "virtual/ synthetic" gods are projections of mankind's deficiencies and serve ego, rather than humanity correcting themselves to draw intimately closer to "all there really is" (the Creator).  I find the term “religion” to be quite inadequate to describe the reciprocal bond  and accessible intimacy between mankind and the Creator.
Abraham did not practice a religion; he adhered to a “bond” (/brit), as did the Children of israel when they renewed this bond and expanded it upon leaving the dominion of Pharaoh and before entering the Holy Land.
The term “religion” is a term of falsehood and exile produced by our disconnect, and the expelling of the Divine feminine (/Shechina) as a byproduct of our building collective and individualistic egos.
Instead we have build “foreign God” paradigms that serve our cultural collective and individual egos. These “virtual/ synthetic” gods are projections of mankind’s deficiencies and serve ego, rather than humanity correcting themselves to draw intimately closer to “all there really is” (the Creator).

]]> By: Sandra http://www.laitman.com/2008/05/what-is-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Sandra Tue, 13 May 2008 14:59:44 +0000 http://www.laitman.com/?p=346#comment-287 What religion is common to all - I get impression that all religions do rest on belief that there is the upper force, they call it differently though - also most of them propagate that a person need to look "into him/herself and around and see". But somehow they simplified them so much that they got distorted through times and are as far away from the truth as they can be. What would be your answer to this question? What religion is common to all – I get impression that all religions do rest on belief that there is the upper force, they call it differently though – also most of them propagate that a person need to look “into him/herself and around and see”. But somehow they simplified them so much that they got distorted through times and are as far away from the truth as they can be. What would be your answer to this question?

]]> By: Molly Takvorian http://www.laitman.com/2008/05/what-is-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Molly Takvorian Tue, 13 May 2008 14:32:04 +0000 http://www.laitman.com/?p=346#comment-286 What is religion?  The Rav answered this is in a previous post with a response that resonated strongly with my experience--<strong>religion can be nothing more than a social club.</strong>  It seems that the Creator invites each soul to assess and perhaps re-assess the value of the club or religion as the soul's chain of reshimo unfold.  A personal observation is that many of these 'clubs' ultimately try to <strong>'tranquilize'</strong> Nature's blows. <strong>Because they do not know and do not understand the Law of Equivalence of Form, they push rituals that try to 'comfort' and 'pacify.'</strong> Ultimately this 'false comfort' is perpetual spiritual death.  And yet, there is none else besides Him, He is in control of it all--including these 'clubs.' What is religion?  The Rav answered this is in a previous post with a response that resonated strongly with my experience–religion can be nothing more than a social club.  It seems that the Creator invites each soul to assess and perhaps re-assess the value of the club or religion as the soul’s chain of reshimo unfold.  A personal observation is that many of these ‘clubs’ ultimately try to ‘tranquilize’ Nature’s blows. Because they do not know and do not understand the Law of Equivalence of Form, they push rituals that try to ‘comfort’ and ‘pacify.’ Ultimately this ‘false comfort’ is perpetual spiritual death.  And yet, there is none else besides Him, He is in control of it all–including these ‘clubs.’

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