Coming in from the cold or staying out in the heat ?
Complexities in geopolitical affairs in the Middle East surrounding the Sunni, Shia, Christian, Jew are forever spinning in one direction or another, it seems . In general, the Sunni align with Western democracies and the Shia don’t .
In real terms, religion and politics should be mixed, but not mixed , the real purposes of both religion and political social affairs are only ever understood by the broad thinking and pure hearted intelligentsia and never by political or religious fanatics who are intellectually inept and unable to grasp their purposes , or see clearly they are supposed to interlink and assist each other , this naturally brings social and spiritual mobility for all citizens based on objective sciences of all kinds . Practical social living has its all-important place but should not supercede or replace the all-important philosophically led consciousness developments in society that are based on the sciences of body, mind, and consciousness . Religions of all kinds serve the same purposes and according to cultures and peoples who take birth in particular countries by Divine arrangements , not by chance , the goal is to culture consciousness and bring it to perfection . Perfection begins with seeing the self manifest truth of the equality of all beings and perfection culminates in love of God . The purpose of our coming to the temporarily situated material energies ,is to learn of the sciences of consciousness. Objective sciences always show truths , subjective speculations in any sciences should be avoided when presenting as truth .Scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis are in that category. Politics of every kind serves the same purposes in reality they are to make practical arrangements for uniting communities, countries, and the world’s people . Pure politics works like that . The broad range of people that make up in society are supposed to unite and assist each other like the body does , the arms , legs , belly and head all play vital roles , one cannot really survive without the other .
So religion and political affairs are united on one level and also separated . Using religion for political ends or using politics for religious ends is an abuse of both, and those that do should be avoided . They are fools and rascals.
Divinity Himself has clearly laid out the purpose of both and how they assist each other . When one assists the other in the broadest possible terms, there is respect for everyone’s histories , cultures, and traditions, we will know the true intelligentsia are having influences in the world when this occurs. The Vedic literary contributions bring us this broad picture. Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to give this message, and Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada has brought this message all over the world and its slowly being heard , the intelligentsia will return.
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