Spirituality on our planet will triumph in three stages: spirituality as a cult, in essence, and as a mission. On Neohumanism, and why the main work now is to light candles.
Spirituality on our planet will triumph in several stages.
Spirituality as a cult
The first stage is the victory of spirituality as a cult. What does "cult" mean in this context? It is a worldview in which spirituality underlies every action: you follow moral and ethical principles, perceive the world as a single whole, and strive for all your actions to be directed toward universal well-being. What needs to be done for these ideas to become close to everyone? Strive to follow moral principles, meditate, do A yoga posture held steadily and comfortably; it balances the glands and quiets body and mind for meditation. and cleansing fasts, keep a vegetarian diet, bring ecological principles into your life, and so on. Gradually you will reach a new level of awareness and begin to perceive the world from the standpoint of Love and care extended past humanity to every living being and the whole of creation.: to feel pain when you see the suffering of other beings, and to feel joy when someone succeeds and prospers.
How can the new worldview be made to prevail? Success is achieved when many resources and people come together, become a single whole and work for a common goal. Gagarin's flight into space became possible because a great many people were united by one idea and worked as one.
In today's world this unification is happening very slowly, because people work not for the good of everyone but for the prosperity of some single person or a small group. In essence, we live in economic slavery. And the problem lies in us. Slaves want not to be rid of the slave-owning system, but to become slave owners themselves. It is a system supported by both the slave owners and the slaves. Only a principled inner rejection of slavery can change such a system. With meditation, an inner realization takes place; the rays of spirituality dispel the darkness of egoism, and new ideas and vision arise.
Sometimes you may feel that the darkness is very dense, that dogmas permeate every sphere, that selfish interests prevail everywhere, from education to pharmacology and beyond. If you light one lamp, it will not illuminate the whole ocean of darkness, but a few meters around it will be lit. Now the main work is to light lamps. Today we are in the minority; we are oddballs who do some kind of spiritual practice and service. But over time society will perceive this behavior as more and more "normal." On the psychic and spiritual level, the collective mind of humanity is changing. And the overall intellectual and spiritual strength of the human race is growing. A moment will come when all of humanity enters a state of enlightenment, and no models based on exploitation will work anymore. With this the second stage of spirituality will begin.
Spirituality in essence
Spiritual awareness has become mainstream. Twenty years ago a vegetarian was considered an oddball. Now vegetarianism is no longer a whim; it has even become fashionable. A huge shift has evidently taken place in the consciousness of humanity.
People realize that honesty, morality and justice are the most rational things in life. They begin to understand the importance and necessity of spiritual practice, of caring for their bodies and of a healthy way of life.
Spirituality as a mission
A moment will come when spirituality reaches its peak: the individual consciousness will realize its unity with the supreme Consciousness, and then nothing will be impossible for humanity. Everything humanity dreams of, it will bring about: journeys through space and time, to other galaxies and stars, perfect health, and so on. Everything we have dreamed of will be realized, because the intellectual and spiritual strength of humanity as a whole is infinite. This third phase is called "spirituality as a mission." When within each person their own center of existence comes to coincide with the supreme Center of existence, they begin to give all their inner love to others, to share it with the whole world. This will certainly happen!
What is Neohumanism? It is the rational philosophy of universalism. It is the philosophy that will make it possible to build a harmonious society in which each person's inner potential can be realized. We will take care of our younger brothers and sisters, the animals. For us there will be no "other" peoples, no strangers; every being will become kin, and all people brothers and sisters.
We will get rid of ideas such as racism, chauvinism, feminism and all the other "-isms," and will begin to live for the well-being of all beings. Everyone in this world has the right to exist, and everyone has their own existential value. This is Neohumanism.
An inspiring quotation from the book The Liberation of Intellect: Neohumanism:
And I am confident that on that day no geo-sentiment will be able to rear its head, no socio-sentiment will be able to erect barriers of discrimination in human society, nor will any demon be able to harm millions of people in the name of humanism by exploiting their gullibility. And when those ever-vigilant human beings, those physico-psycho-spiritual entities, will be able to merge their existential nuclei with the Supreme Existential Nucleus, then only will Neohumanism be permanently established, and human beings will be ensconced in the joy of freedom forever. On that day they will proclaim in full-throated voices: "We have come to the world to perform great deeds – for the physical welfare of all, for the psychic happiness of all, and for the spiritual elevation of all – to lead all from darkness unto light." If, even then, someone says: "No, darkness is good for me!" we will tell them: "All right, darkness is good for you, but just once why don't you come and see the light – it is even better!" — Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti, The Liberation of Intellect: Neohumanism, "Neohumanism Is the Ultimate Shelter (Discourse 11)"
Our dream should be to light as many candles as possible, so that our common home, the Earth, becomes bright. We can change this world for the better with our selflessness, sincerity and love, because our main purpose is to live in such a way that the world is better after us!
