Life is a metaphor and living it tells us what the cosmos is all about. The problem is, we don’t really know what is going on, but are forced to act out what is at stake here by our very presence in it. Look around you: are we bewildered, or what?
But make no mistake about this: we are the cosmos – every single atom in it is represented in our being and embody its greatest accomplishment, the capacity for reflection and rational thought. Unfortunately – in the case of the latter – we still have a lot to overcome, such as religion by any other name.
And make no mistake about this either: Religion will destroy us if we don’t keep it in check, and to allow itself to burn out due to the lack of substance at its core, e.g., what is happening to Christianity today. There, for all intents and purposes, God is dead, although many still cower in his fading shadow as they continue to partake in its empty rituals. But for the other religions – such as manifested by the primitive, tribal and sometimes deadly Muslim hordes – they must be kept at bay by all means possible.
Clearly, the weapon of choice must be education, to allow for the development of critical thought by the individual. Only then can we all take part in the debate about what this cosmic metaphor is all about, and begin to live life to its full potential, free from suffocating self-denying religious dogma and the vestiges of a superstitious past that has held us back way to long.
Eventually, I believe, we will figure it all out.
I can’t wait … Can you?