J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life

We realize that life is ugly, painful, sorrowful; we want some kind of theory, some kind of speculation or satisfaction, some kind of doctrine, which will explain all this, and so we are caught in explanation, in words, in theories, and gradually, beliefs become deeply rooted and unshakable because behind those beliefs, behind those dogmas, there is the constant fear of the unknown. But we never look at that fear; we turn away from it. The stronger the beliefs, the stronger the dogmas. And when we examine these beliefs the Christian, the Hindu, the Buddhist we find that they divide people. Each dogma, each belief has a series of rituals, a series of compulsions which bind man and separate man. So, we start with an inquiry to find out what is true, what the significance is of this misery, this struggle, this pain; and we are soon caught up in beliefs, in rituals, in theories.Belief is corruption because, behind belief and morality lurks the mind, the self the self growing big, powerful and strong. We consider belief in God, the belief in something, as religion. We consider that to believe is to be religious. You understand? If you do not believe, you will be considered an atheist, you will be condemned by society. One society will condemn those who believe in God, and another society will condemn those who do not. They are both the same. So, religion becomes a matter of belief and belief acts and has a corresponding influence on the mind; the mind then can never be free. But it is only in freedom that you can find out what is true, what is God, not through any belief, because your very belief projects what you think ought to be God, what you think ought to be true.

So, your religion, your belief in God, is an escape from actuality, and therefore it is no religion at all. The rich man who accumulates money through cruelty, through dishonesty, through cunning exploitation believes in God; and you also believe in God, you also are cunning, cruel, suspicious, envious. Is God to be found through dishonesty, through deceit, through cunning tricks of the mind? Because you collect all the sacred books and the various symbols of God, does that indicate that you are a religious person? So, religion is not escape from the fact; religion is the understanding of the fact of what you are in your everyday relationships; religion is the manner of your speech, the way you talk, the way you address your servants, the way you treat your wife, your children, and neighbors. As long as you do not understand your relationship with your neighbor, with society, with your wife and children, there must be confusion; and whatever it does, the mind that is confused will only create more confusion, more problems and conflict. A mind that escapes from the actual, from the facts of relationship, shall never find God; a mind that is agitated by belief shall not know truth. But the mind that understands its relationship with property, with people, with ideas, the mind which no longer struggles with the problems which relationship creates, and for which the solution is not withdrawal but the understanding of love such a mind alone can understand reality.

One of the things, it seems to me, that most of us eagerly accept and take for granted is the question of beliefs. I am not attacking beliefs. What we are trying to do is to find out why we accept beliefs; and if we can understand the motives, the causation of acceptance, then perhaps we may be able not only to understand why we do it, but also be free of it. One can see how political and religious beliefs, national and various other types of beliefs, do separate people, do create conflict, confusion, and antagonism which is an obvious fact; and yet we are unwilling to give them up. There is the Hindu belief, the Christian belief, the Buddhist innumerable sectarian and national beliefs, various political ideologies, all contending with one other, trying to convert one other. One can see, obviously, that belief is separating people, creating intolerance; is it possible to live without belief? One can find that out only if one can study oneself in relationship to a belief. Is it possible to live in this world without a belief not change beliefs, not substitute one belief for another, but be entirely free from all beliefs, so that one meets life anew each minute? This, after all, is the truth: to have the capacity of meeting everything anew, from moment to moment, without the conditioning reaction of the past, so that there is not the cumulative effect which acts as a barrier between oneself and that which is. - J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life

"Bonding Prayer" My Prayer For Me & My Friends (The World) Prayed & Recorded By: Suga Ray

Dear Father,
I Know I Done Wrong,
And I Know I Know Right,
As Do My Friends,
I Come To You Today O' Father,
Asking That You Forgive Us,
As Well As Guide,
And Protect Us,
Always,
And In All Ways,
I Also Ask That You Strengthen Us,
In Our Times Of Weakness,
And Comfort Us During Our Days Of Sorrow,
Humble Us,
During Our Greatest Accomplishments,
And Propel Us,
To Achieve The Desires Of Our Hearts,
Father We Love You,
And We Need You O' Father,
Please Continue To Bless Us,
As You See Fit,
And Please Have Mercy On Our Souls,
Bring Us Closer To You O' Father,
So That We May Know Peace,
And True Love,
Amen!

"PAIN to POWER" By Suga Ray

See, most people get scared of Pain and Mad at God for it. Those who do that, which most do, are not totally in sync with Their Higher Power. But you see, when you are HOOKED UP, CONNECTED TO, and Have a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CREATOR You are then able to SEE what aint there yet...

Me, My PAIN was my LIFE in the STREET! (Friends Getting Murdered By Friends. Pregnant Women Smoking Crack. Guys Disrespecting Women. Teenagers Selling Drugs, Smoking Weed, Drinking Alcohol, Having Sex And NOT Enjoying, Fully, Nor Correctly, Their Teenage Years.)

Now my POWER is being able to TOUCH, REACH, PREACH TO AND TEACH THOSE IN THE SAME STREETS!!!
Imagine how many people would be LOST had I Never been IN the streets???

See where I'm going?

There are no good or bad situations, just our perceptions of them.

Our ability to endure is what will get us to the POWER POINT

Everything that happens, whether perceived "good" or "bad" is simply a lesson, a blessing of some sort, if you will.

I say that to say this; STOP RUNNING AWAY FROM PAIN. STOP CURSING PEOPLE OUT. AND STOP HATING THOSE THAT HURT YOU!

IN ALL ACTUALITY, THOSE THAT HURT YOU ARE MORE VALUABLE TO YOU THAN THOSE THAT LOVE YOU!

YOU SEE, GOD LOVES YOU AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS... YOU DON'T NEED A HUMAN TO LOVE YOU.. LOVE YOURSELF....

BUT YOU SEE, IT IS THOSE WHO EXPRESS AND EVEN EXHIBIT HATE TOWARDS YOU THAT GIVE YOU STRENGTH TO PERSIST!

INFINITELY PERSIST; NEVER GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT!!!

ALLOW YOUR PAIN TO BECOME YOUR POWER!!!!

Written By Suga Ray.
Inspired By Geoffrey Davis & The James E. Davis Story