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When Guru Nanak came to this world, paths to enlightenment were devoid of
divinity; they were completely distorted towards unholy goals of the exploiters
of people. A class of religious leaders routinely concocted religious practices
to thrust on people to serve many unholy interests. These interests were
mutually supportive and were successful in designing a variety of concealed
tricks to fool people who were seeking salvations.
The religious institutions had devised beauty shows with religious practices
that were intended to attract innocent minds. For example, they invented deities
with accompanying stories, idols with descriptions of their powers, recitations
to invoke imaginary deities, and rituals that buttressed each other. They asked
people to erect stunning buildings to house god and promised accessibility to
gods at precise times and places opened only through expense of wealth, time,
and inner energy. Altruism was perverted so that it only benefited clerics and
clergy.
Many other tricks were implemented to speed a religion's institutional agenda.
For example, miracles were invented to convert people and influence human
behaviors. The religious myths were invented to answer real questions and then
safeguarded those miracles and myths by un-testable threats and promises.
Religious institutions built cults of external marks and body wrappings to
encourage murders and wars against those who did not tow the line, or who were
members of competing religions. People were asked to invest massive amount of
money, time, and mind in ritualistic illusions and also in corrupted beliefs
such as, either converting others or serving clergy with wealth or flesh would
guarantee heavens no one had ever seen. Above all, they used horrific fears to
ensure compliance of all their tricks.
Guru Nanak came out of his enlightening meditation at the Veeni River with
fervent zeal to spread what he said was inspiration from the ONE Creator. He
then taught that human life was a result of the millions of years of history and
the experience from numerous life cycles of birth and death.
This history manifested in the human mind and body as the warehouse of primitive
and corrupted instincts all inherited from plant and animal life. They become
the basis of five inner evils (lust, resentment, insatiability, attachment, and
ego). Upon birth into the human form the animalistic instincts are reinforced by
illusions created by self-serving materialistic cultures on one hand and the
ethnic religiosity promoted by selfish clerics on the other hand. As a result
the human life is mislead.
You can also view the Sri Dasam Granth
Or view this article on the Greek Idea of Panentheism
