"All religions are mere echoes of this one great religion of Humanism."
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"All religions are mere echoes of this one great religion of Humanism."
"All these stories of Janamsakhi were like an artistic instrument that was yielded more to spread Nanakโs spiritual sovereignty as a mystical prophet than as an effective teacher in flesh and blood. In the midst of ignorance and mystical craving, they provided a simple method to guide people, or rather allure them to a newly formed religious path by sermonizing through stories of mystical non-sense."
"The mystical non-sense of afterlife indeed gives solace to the mind in times of weakness, but why should the mind let its weakness be the fuel for primitiveness in the first place!"
"The salvation of the species, lies in knowing the Self โ it lies in contributing to the wellbeing of the Selves of others."
"Every single phenomenon in the world, has a physical explanation underneath it. Finding the explanation depends on how far you are willing to go."
"Truth, independent of the Self, is irrelevant to the biological existence of human life."
"In the society of thinking humanity, the natural law of trust should be - In I, I trust."
"The human has not one but two births โ first, when a person is born from the motherโs womb, and second, when that person rises from the socio-culturally imposed cocoon of prejudices and ignorance."
"The scientist is more religious than the poet because his beliefs rests in the faith of a reality that is intangible, one that stands outside of the observer. The poet on the other hand, concentrates his attention on the source of the experience, because he realizes that true identities lie not in the fleeting nature of our world, but in the eternal aspects of humanity that is the root of this reality and of ourselves ."
"The scientist is more religious than the poet because his beliefs rests in faith for a reality that is intangible."
"It is all about the trade of ignorance. And India is such a bronze-age nation that is filled with these trades (astrology, palm reading, vastushashtra and others)."
"Changing the spelling of one's name to ensure success, performing rituals for good luck, wearing colored gem stones for success in business โ all these fall into the same category of psychological reinforcement. Hence, emerged the blood-sucking professions of astrology, palmistry, vastushastra, numerology etc. The very existence of these fraudulent professions is predicated on the fear and anxiety of vulnerable masses. Thus, a personโs superstitious beliefs become the tool of exploitation in the hands of ruthless fraudsters."
"No Lord Almighty created the humans out of personal will. Creationism is simply a myth created by the weak and ignorant humans out of a psychological need to have a sense of eternal security."
"A sex worker deserves a billion times more respect, than the mystical fraudsters of the society, such as astrologers, psychics and tarot card readers."
"Progress of the human society is predicated upon the proper functioning of a key element of the human mind, that is reasoning."
"Science is the most effective, efficient and magnificent path that leads towards the salvation of humankind."
"Sophistication is not science people, simplicity is."
"That's what drives science though: trying to find out the way things are, the way they were, and the way it really works. If that is your goal, then you want to make sure that your information is accurate, and if it's not, then it doesn't matter how much you liked that old urban legend or fictional factoid you once bought into. You will discard it, and be embarrassed by it, seeking instead for truth."
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead and his eyes are dimmed."
"If you formulate your question properly, mathematics gives you the answer"
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