Religion Is For The Unserious

It perfectly stands to reason as to why the masses are attracted to religion. Because the masses, by definition, are unserious.

Religion is a fraternity. It is a group. It is a social gathering.

Religion has more to do with the name of God, than with God himself.

Religion is an escape. It is an absolving of personal responsibility. It is a respite for the non-seeker.

Religion is a distraction from one’s search for truth.

A true seeker has no need for religion. He has no need to be absolved of his sins. He has no need to repent.

A true seeker is in search of the truth. He is in search of meaning, if it exists.

And what sets him on his search is his utter discontent with the patterns of his life. His dissatisfaction with the roller coaster of emotion. His realization that the bulk of his life is saturated in misery, punctuated by occasional glimpses of happiness.

He, thus, sets off on his search with religiousness. But not for religion.

Is it not odd that some of the most revered spiritual figures in history set out on a sincere search. And rather than being inspired by the search, society created a religion out of their name?

In following a religion one is beset by rituals and traditions which lead one further from his search. He is given a promise that if he does such and such, his goals will be fulfilled. Such things rarely happen.

And if they do happen, they happen as a result of the sincerity of the seeker. Not necessarily because of the rituals that he follows.

Religion is so prevalent because true seekers are so rare.