Does Religion Separate People?

Does religion separate people?
Do philosophies separate people?
Does science separate people?
Does politics separate people?
Does information separate people?

In all walks of life, we encounter oneupmanship – a ‘holier than thou’ attitude, especially in religion. This oneupmanship is sad and denigrates the teaching, which is supposed to result in unconditional compassion.

Everything separates people because people have a view on everything. But … before that view, there is just the view – pure consciousness. 

There is so much information out there. We can choose red, blue, green, yellow … and all sorts of variations. Once we choose, we create bias, separation, conflict, which is not what we really want, but we can’t help ourselves. This is an indication of mechanical thinking.

Enter Mara, the state of mind of selfishness,
wanting things to fail in order to cause suffering.

Once we acknowledge this suffering, we’re on the path to enlightenment.

What doesn’t separate people?
Silent awareness.