Religion

It constantly saddens me that religion, in whatever form it seems to take, too often appears to have at it’s heart a loving God and yet somehow end up with favouritism, rejection, division and oppression… I feel we have missed something important somewhere.

There is much wisdom held within religion,
But its purity 
Has been contaminated,
By the tyranny of judgement,
And its bedfellow, requirement.
They all say God is love,
Yet in love there is no requirement,
Nor a need to prove worthiness,
Or earn acceptance.

Like a drug we’ve cut wisdom with other things,
Made it addictive;
A device to give control.
Thinking it’s too good to be true,
That love can be unconditional.
So we’ve made rejection,
Created sides to pick, and rules to keep.
Love’s gift is freedom, not control,
True wisdom is love.


Share D’All
September 2021

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