The Power of
Inspiration and the
Creation of Doctrines
& Conflict
In
order to acquire knowledge, one must possess inspiration for in a very poetic
manner, inspiration bring us character – an individual trait exclusive to
person, place or thing, and is figurative, vague and indefinite. Therefore,
when men are inspired they rise about the philosophy of life and focus on the
advanced forms of thinking.
Thus
we create a religion or a way of life that rises above dreaming and verses. Inspiration
shapes character, attitudes and works steadily towards the desire to find the
ultimate realities of life. In many ways, the ultimate reality of life exceeds
the limitations of man. It moves entire religions or societies to enlarge
personal or philosophical claims and bring prosperity and satisfaction. Yet, in
its simplistic terms, it is all relative to the time and space we occupy.
Secondly,
the application of philosophy creates a logical method to create a religion. Since
there are no laws applied to the spirit of philosophy, it becomes a free
inquiry and open to many assumptions and ideas. Eventually, these ideas can be
converted to deeds or actions that create the staple of the religion as it
eliminates the critical assumptions from the uncritical ones, cleansing the
process to develop the path to faith.
After
all, the essence of any religion is the foundation of faith; and faith, like
anything living, sees its presence in a trackless wandering manner that is unattended
by intellect which in time and practice, develop a spirit or heart of a man and
creates an invisible wealth inside him.
Although
facing the ultimate reality, faith is nothing more than a feeling. It has
cognitive content and may exist in opposing men or parties. Such division of
faith creates different religions. Apart from the idea of this religion, there
becomes a need to establish a doctrine for such ideas to guide behaviors and
rituals connected to the links of the tracks of the invisible faith. Such doctrines
become truths and vowed upon by those believing, to be the ultimate reality of
life.
Eventually
men establish a system of general truths which have the effect of transforming the
desired character when they are sincerely held and vividly apprehended by those
ideals now turned into deeds.
This
cycle of inspiration has created process of transformation and guides man’s
inner and outer souls. That is the
primary aim of religion; that is the obvious desire of establishing general
truths and embody it into the designed doctrines. Ultimately, it is settled on
to be the truth.
This
is where there is conflict with truth and science. No one doubts faith and the
resulting doctrines based on philosophical principles. In the process, religion
stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than
even the dogmas of science sometimes creating conflicts.
One
cannot rationalize faith – for to rationalize faith would be contradictory to
the philosophy imposed or implied. Doubt would cast an individual’s faith in
the religion and be judged either unfit or misaligned with such doctrines. If one
was to not submit to their own free thinking, they would have to blindly follow
a religion they do not agree with except in philosophical terms and not as a
law.
Man
has found the jurisdiction of philosophy except on its own terms. While sitting
in judgement on religion, philosophy cannot give religion an inferior place
among its data. Hence the conflict is everlasting unless one submits to the religious
beliefs so mandated.
Religion
is not an arbitrary position in the universe, either you believe in what you
live or reject it. more seriously, it is neither departmental or proportional
or a mere thought – it is based on character, attitude and deeds or actions. It
is an expression of a whole man – not divided, however, based on different
principles, mankind could find themselves at odds over the ideologies or
doctrines involved.
This
brings us to the modern times religion and faith. Once grasped as a custom,
tradition or practice, it takes entire new doctrines to change the direction. Religion,
although piecemealed through time, is progressively a works towards wholeness –
a process that make take eternity. Man can only enjoy the faith and pleasures
they have embraced to seek the inner peace of their own soul. These thoughts
and intuitions drive their behaviors. Faith cannot stand still – it needs
constant rejuvenation and seeks visions of the same reality that reveals itself
in time and space as well as how they live in accordance with their function in
life.
Nor
is there any reason to suppose that thought and intuition are essentially
opposed to each other. They spring up from the same root and complement each
other. The one grasps religious piecemeal, the other grasps it in its
wholeness. The one fixes its gaze on the eternal, the other on the temporal
aspect of the reality that surrounds them.
This
is the process when man searches for a rational foundation in their religion. Best
described as the constant works of later formed mystics, visions and successive
chapters in the history of their culture, customs and practices with a desired
spirit to establish a coherent system of doctrines based on those ideas and
spirits devoted to seek the truth gathered from various theological movements
around them.