Can one walk the path of human dharma by setting aside control, faith, and culture?
It is common to hear the opinion that culture is a stumbling block to the progress of a people.
The basic needs of human life are love and compassion.
Culture, religion, language, and differences of race are but outer garments.
If one transcends them and realizes the inner human essence, every living being will appear as a spark of the same light.
Faith is not merely worship of God.
It is also the inner strength of a human being.
That strength enables one to live with self-confidence.
A life without self-confidence drifts like a ship without direction.
We worship the power that is beyond all and common to all as God.
If walking in the way of God inspires us to walk in the way of human dharma, then faith undoubtedly paves the path to a righteous life.
Human dharma is revealed in small acts:
- Giving food to one who is hungry,
- Offering comfort to one who suffers,
- Protecting nature.
All these are equal to walking in the way of God.
Only when faith is firmly established in the mind can one walk the right path toward the ideals of life.
Whether theistic or atheistic, human life flows only on the basis of some form of faith.
Religion, philosophy, or science—whatever it may be—their fundamental purpose is to elevate humanity.
If we set aside divisions and unite in the chain of love, the whole world becomes one family.
Love is the universal language of all faiths.
If we accept that faith itself is the power beyond us, then religion’s divisions dissolve, and we are bound together by the chain of love without hindrance.
Even if the peak of culture is taken to be superstition, its foundation can still be seen as the boundary of dharma in life.
Hold faith firmly in your heart.
Let its vision flow through the path of love.
Take compassion as your companion.
Then you will realize the glory that the mind itself is God.
You can do it.
With love,
Sakthi Sakthithasan
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