Back to Basics and Messiahs I have known

When looking to the various traditions and the teachers that have taught lessons that have stood the test of time there appears a common theme – unity.

From Abrahams single deity to the teachings of the Buddha that we are all subject to the same natural laws, to Jesus’ rebellion against the rules of the day that only the well to do may enter the temple, to the trials of Mohammed who fought against the practice of individual deities to bring all of the tribes under a unitary system that sees different methods of worship but with one god head.

They all taught that we are all subject to a natural law regardless of our status, colour or wealth at birth and that there is a way to obtain the best from this natural law which usually involves caring for others and to eliminate the momentary bliss of physical satisfaction.

However, it is apparent that there are other teachings that speak to the ego, the sense of different, invidualism and that I am better than you because I am blessed with: wealth, colour, status, etc as a benefit of birth. Or my people are suffering because we are being tested by the one true deity over the falsehoods of your belief system. In all of these the intent of the original teachings and the historical context is overlooked, forgotten or see as irrelevant.

We are all subject to a natural spiritual law whether we believe or not in the same way that we are bound to this earth by forces of nature, whether we believe it or not.

Care for others as only through interdependence in belief and action do we maximise our existence and those around us.