Potence

Which religion you follow is not important. What is important is whether your love for God and faith in his mercy, both apparent and inconceivable, is exhibited in every aspect of your life. That is the essence of true religion. A system of religion is potent to the degree it can take the practitioner to this stage of God consciousness.

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sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo
 yato bhaktir adhokṣaje
ahaituky apratihatā
 yayātmā suprasīdati

Translation: 

The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.

Beware of the Religious Godless

There are many who openly state that they don't believe in God and don't follow any religious principles or practices. These people are harmless for those who have decided to explore god-centered spiritual alternatives in life. 

There are many others who accept, follow, and even propagate various degrees of religiosity while still denying the eternal existence of the supreme person, God, as the Absolute Truth. They talk about the all pervading impersonal energy, or the ultimate oneness of everything, or void, or the unending cycle of birth and death as the ultimate reality or absolute truth. They say God is merely a concept and that there is no spiritual world where he exists eternally with his innumerable loving associates. Such people are dangerous for the spiritual enquirers. If one forms emotional bonds with such atheists, it's difficult to come out of their influence and take to the path of pure love for God.

Beware of the religious atheists.

My View of the World

My view of Religion changed,

When I came across the thought,

That it is all about Love,

And merely Rituals it is not.

My view of Rituals changed,

When someone made a comment,

They enhance expression of Love,

And are themselves not the end.

My view of Love changed,

When I read this principle deep,

Love for God embraces all,

Without which it is incomplete.

My view of God changed,

When I introspected a lot,

The object of highest Love,

Cannot be impersonal at all.

My view of Myself changed,

When it finally did register,

I cannot think, love, or Live,

If all I am is matter.

My view of Life changed,

When I accepted I am a soul,

Found a new way of life,

With Spirituality as its goal.

My view of Spirituality changed,

When my Spiritual Master taught,

It's not passive negation,

But dynamic Love for God.

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There is only one Religion

There is only one religion - to love God.

Different denominations like Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, etc. and even denominations within these denominations present this one religion in different ways and to different degrees. Since people of this world are more or less selfishly (materially) inclined, every denomination presents its teachings considering the material conditioning of the people it is talking to. What's more, new denominations arise when new ways of materialism get mixed with existing denominations.

The fight among various denominations is always about these material differences. These fights are incited either by proponents who are lost to the fact that love of God is the true definition of religion, or by vested interests who want to leverage the differences to grab power.

Some denominations, being fed up by religious fighting, preach morality, good conduct, etc. without reference to God. Such denominations go under the name of religion, but they do not really represent the true definition of religion - to love God.

Everyone has the right to choose the denomination he or she wants to follow. One should carefully consider all denominations available and choose the one that most powerfully and practically teaches one to love God and to spiritualize all aspects of life. One should also encourage others to do such introspection. At the same time, one should be caring and kind to those who have not yet awakened to the highest spiritual aspect of life. Hopefully good examples of sincere spiritualists will inspire them to take to true religion.

It is important for the leaders of the society to follow the highest degree of religion personally while protecting and encouraging those who are on the lower (or more materialistic) levels of religion. Once the general public sees spiritually elevated and compassionate leaders, it will also get inclined to follow religion for its true purpose - to love God.