Fear of Diversity

The world today is troubled with societies and cultures that are influenced not by a passion for Truth but by man-conceived religious practices that attempt to herd everyone into servitude through indoctrinization, strict rituals, and rigid regimentation. The hallmarks of such religious posturing are seen in the heavy indulgence in faultfinding, finger-pointing, name-calling, and passing judgment upon anyone unlike themselves. Everyone is thus intimidated and discouraged from celebrating their personal unique perspective of life.

Along with this contrived approach to spirit, these faiths exhibit a shocking ignorance of our place and purpose in the universe, which has in turn encouraged a shameful disregard for nature and the welfare of our little planet.

Indeed, there has been displayed a deep contempt for nature in highly organized religions, and they continue to insist that there can be no deviation from their narrow man-conceived ideologies. These faith systems fail to acknowledge the respect that the universe has for diversity. Earth, the very planet that these institutionalized religions seek to constrain with their prejudices, is itself the example that disproves the hard-line notions that are used to manipulate people.

Consider: In the solar system family lineup, Earth is the unique one, the deviant one, the self-expressed rebel, and the refuge of intelligent life.

The real salvation of life--as we know it at least--is the one planet that is quite unlike all the rest of the planets in the solar system. This fact is glaringly at odds with the doctrines of organized hard-line religions that attempt to bludgeon everyone into cookie cutter sameness. What this attests to is that the intention, the necessity within creation is for diverse ways and life expressions that may develop with higher potential.

In short, diversity and variation should be recognized as the second law of Creation (the first being unlimited abundance), for any "salvation" of genuine spiritual value rests in the freedom to express uniqueness without shame.