Editing Talk:Transcendent values (section)

==Questions==
Do most religions value the same transcendental principles?

* If no, where do you see major differences? 
* If yes, why do you think they fight so much?
--[[User:Kung|Kung]] ([[User talk:Kung|talk]]) 16:46, 5 May 2024 (CDT)

A: 
All the current major religions have the tenets of

* There is something beyond us as individuals (i.e., God/Spirit).
* There is a difference between Good and Evil. (Healthy/Unhealthy, etc.)
* Self sacrifice is crucial for living a good life. (You have to live for something higher than your own body, ego, personal reputation. E.g., for your family, or your community, or higher principles.)
So they all have the same transcendental principles on some level. From that perspective the first reason there are differences is just a matter of differing percentages as to what they stress as important--because we all live in a common objective reality.

Secondly there's a natural lack of common experiences. So the ethos and esthetics make superficial differences become important.

Third, we're all wrong. We have imperfect understanding. So our misunderstandings can occasionally superimpose and make big-energy moments which lead to conflict.

However, on a deeper level, I think that's just academic prevarication. In contradiction to everything I wrote above, I do think there is a single highest truth (or "truth" (or Truth (or TRUTH (or '''TRUTH'''))). But the reason people have fought about it for approximately 1 million years is that we fail to attain and maintain perfect understanding of it. It's bigger than human understanding.

Misunderstandings are bad perspectives. Bad perspectives lead to bad perceptions. Bad perceptions lead to bad intentions. Bad intentions lead to bad actions. Bad actions fuel more bad perspectives, and the bad cycle is energized. Welcome to hell.

And it's not like more information leads to better understanding. It often leads to more opportunities for misunderstandings.

But the 3 universal principles at the top seem to be a way to jump out of the cycle. Put the transcendent in a more important spot in your life, and sacrifice everything lower to the higher. And everything in this mundane reality is lower than the spiritual. So give it up and don't fight over it. Put your energies into the higher pattern(s).
[[User:Craig Calcaterra|Craig Calcaterra]] ([[User talk:Craig Calcaterra|talk]]) 21:04, 16 May 2024 (CDT)