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Religion vs. Philosophy

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re·li·gion  n.

1. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
1. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.

phi·los·o·phy n.

1. Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self-discipline.
2. Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods.
3. A system of thought based on or involving such inquiry: the philosophy of Hume.
4. The critical analysis of fundamental assumptions or beliefs.
5. The disciplines presented in university curriculums of science and the liberal arts, except medicine, law, and theology.
6. The discipline comprising logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and epistemology.
7. A set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular field or activity; an underlying theory: an original philosophy of advertising.
8. A system of values by which one lives: has an unusual philosophy of life.

The hardest part of understanding ULEK is the fact that it is so simple. As we have evolved we thought the complexity brought simplicity. So we took our original religions like Celtic Paganism, the second oldest still practiced religion, then broke it spirituality into the multi-deity practice we think of today. Celtic Paganism started out as understanding that everything came form one Source. Most Egyptian worshippers have forgotten that it was not Ra of the later multi-deity practice, but Amen that everything came from. Most religions (Druidism, Native American beliefs, Egyptian, and in some ways even Judaism and any one 'God' religions) are all of ULEK. The oldest belief still practiced today is that all things come from ONE. The names changes, different words are used in different practices, cultures, and religions but the philosophies are all based in ULEK.

We like to make things complex and to separate ourselves by language and culture, as well as spiritual practice. But we are all human, all the same species. And it is time we remember to be ONE, time to return to the wholeness and simplicity of ULEK.

How all religions are of ULEK®

Sounds impossible? Not at all when you remember that all religions are political to some degree. Knowing that religions have been created by humans for a particular need of the group of humans of that time frame. Religions are based on social and cultural needs of the people.  For example; many think that the reason that the Christian bible and Judaism have so many statements regarding food is due to health concerns more so than an actual religious reason.  They had no refrigerators as we do now and very little understanding of ways to cure food poisoning.

Take whatever religion you want and break it down, back to the foundation spirituality of the concept, not the religion, not the stories and not the politics. When spirituality is so simple why are large books written? Perhaps to tell stories so that we may understand, to complicate issues to make it seem more important, and to dominate and rule. ULEK is the basic spiritual principle found in all religions so you can be of a religious practice and still be of ULEK. 

The following is sometimes difficult for people to accept when they have been taught that only 'their' way using only 'their' vocabulary is the 'correct' way. We disagree. In ULEK, we feel that all paths of light lead to the same place. So you may travel the 'Good Red Road' of Native Americanism, the Way of the Tao, the newest religion of Wicca, the craft through Celtic paganism, or any form of Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, or any other light path and still reach the same place in ULEK.

ULEK is the spirituality and lies in the foundations of all religions. Let us take a peek at three religions people would think are very different from one another and see the ULEK in them; The Ten Commandments (The Bible - Exodus 20) of the Christian Religion, Celtic/Pagan/Wicca, and the TaoTiChing.

See, it really is all the same.
The only difference is the vocabulary and the practices used to express yourself.

                                                  
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