Religare (9/16/24)

Pope Francis made an interesting statement on Friday 13, when he declared that “all religions are a path to reach God... And since God is God for everyone, we are all children of God… There is only one God, and our religions are languages, paths to reach God.” There is irony in his statement because Catholic comes from the Greek katholikos, meaning “universal,” i.e. a universal religion absorbing all others. His statement is true, but the motivation behind it may be to further demean Catholicism and help replace it with something even more universal. The word religion comes from the Latin religare, meaning “to bind” and in the non-religion of Shen-Dao, or Shinto, which means Way of Kami (God), musubi is the central Godhead, defined as “to bind.” Islam also means submission to Allah, which is Arabic for God. The universality of the WAY is present in Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Shinto, among others, too. We find the mallet, owl, and concept of rebirth in rituals like Kaidan Meguri, present all over the far east like we do in the west, from Freemasonry to Minerva-Athena-Lakshmi, to being “born again” in Christ. We also find megalithic holy sites in Japan, like Ishi-no-Hoden (floating stone) and Masude-no-Iwafune. Both structures have cuts and grooves that remind one of Pumu Punku in Bolivia. The floating stone appears to float on water collected from the carved out space beneath its base, a similar motif to the floating shrine of Itsukushima on Miyajima island near Hiroshima. The design blends man and God together. But the rock reminds one of the Moai heads still left unfinished in the rock, suggesting perhaps this megalith, which was ancient even in 700AD, could have been more than a sacred site; it may have been one of many rocks carved for some other purpose. Its dating places it in the Jomon era, a primitive people supposedly. It is noted in Harima Fudoki as having already been in its present location in ancient times. -FREE ARCHIVE & RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-secret-teachings Twitter: https://twitter.com/TST___Radio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesecretteachings WEBSITE (BOOKS, RESUBSCRIBE for early show access): http://thesecretteachings.info Paypal: [email protected] CashApp: $rdgable EMAIL: [email protected] / [email protected] a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tst-radio--5328407/support.