Bearded men and the seductive power trip

What is it with all these bearded men? No matter what religion they are seduced by, they are blindly committed to harassing every single person that is not following their path. A path that they argue is paved up by God! Religion has in this case become corrupt by the eagerness to stay in power and control, and the true spirituality is falling into the shadow behind more earthly desires.

In the Kabbalah, which is a philosophical tradition that has evolved in parallel with Judaism, one does not address God as an authority. Instead you talk about the essence behind the driving force of nature, the Creator. The Creator represents a pure will to bestow, while we, the creatures, are born with a will to receive. The Creator is completely altruistic and loves unconditionally, while we are born egoistic. When we feed the will to receive, we will never feel fulfilled, but instead continuously seeking more satisfaction, whatever it might be, money, power or honour. If we correct this behaviour and redirect our intentions to instead become driven by the will to bestow, we will create a feedback loop by returning light to the Creator and we will rise on the spiritual ladder. This is a very short summary of something you could develop endlessly, but for me this is simply a brilliant terminology that perfectly describes the phenomenon when you become filled up with a pure sense of happiness and fulfilment when you have committed an altruistic act. Although, don't get fooled! If you commit this act merely to receive the reward, you are mistaken. It is the intention behind the action that matters, not the action in itself. This has nothing to do with breaking down the ego, merely correcting and connecting it to the rest of the human meta-organism, by developing and strengthening our own soul.

This is only one example of an esoteric tradition, which empowers the soul, instead of subduing it. No wonder that the religious leaders of all times have forbidden these kinds of teachings, or tried to scare people from indulging in them, by mystification and false threats about what terrible things might happen if you gain access to this dangerous information. Or, maybe not..?

I had a completely different idea in my mind when I started to write this post, but this is what came out, and so be it. I want to end by stressing that this is not criticism to all religious people, only the ones that are so caught up on the power trip that they have forgotten what it is all about, love, compassion and unity, and not prejudice, condemnation and segregation...