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   insignificant arguments as to whether Hari is greater than A'lla'h,   
   or A'lla'h greater than Hari), or claiming that He resides in   
   certain holy places of pilgrimage. Some of them raise their hands   
   and proclaim, 'God is listening to everything from above'. Others   
   believe that the Supreme Entity remains within the confines of   
   temples, mosques and churches and hands out His favours to all. Now   
   can you ever keep that Infinite Entity confined to a limited place   
   or idea? Leave aside the temples, mosques and churches; even a   
   continent, a solar system or the entire universe cannot confine Him.   
   Dull-witted people, due to the influence of the static principle,   
   wrongly ascribe Godhood to finite objects, and worship them. They   
   present logical arguments to attempt and justify their support of   
   superstition due to their reactions in their minds from past actions   
   accumulated over many times.   
      
   Those who say that the all-pervasive God resides above are wrong. No   
   doubt He remains above, but His remaining in that state is a partial   
   and spatial expression, and not His full manifestation. Had He any   
   replica, He would have been confined to a particular space, but He   
   has none." (FORM AND FORMLESS, Subha's'ita Sam'graha Part 5, Caetra   
   Pu'rn'ima' 1957, Na'thnagar, Bhagalpur)   
      
   Those leaders or good people who understand this spirituality can be   
   your guides in the social sphere.  Carefully assess any leader and   
   consider how disciplined they are in spiritual practices and   
   morality.  Mere praying to God for boons is not sufficient as an   
   indicator of one's sincerity.   
      
   "'That which disciplines human beings, that which inspires human   
   beings to follow the path of spirituality, the path of supreme   
   benevolence, that is scripture.'   
      
   Anything else is not scripture at all. Religions create undue fear   
   complex in the human mind. Utilising the lure of heaven and the   
   dread of hell they destroy rationality and humanity. Motivated by   
   their own petty interests they create artificial divisions in the   
   human society. Should intelligent people be bound by the serpentine   
   nooses of such religions? No, they should not; they must not. If at   
   all people allow themselves to be bound by nooses, it should be   
   understood that they are intellectually bankrupt. In all countries   
   of the world such people form separate communities. Perhaps religion   
   has done the most damage to humanity. After all, it is in the name   
   of religion that most human conflicts have occurred. Now the time   
   has come to put an end to the conflict over religion forever."   
   (HUMAN SOCIETY IS ONE AND INDIVISIBLE - 3, A Few Problems Solved   
   Part 3, Neohumanism in a Nutshell Part 2, 17 June 1979, Calcutta)   
      
   So move ahead with spirituality and be the vanguard.   
      
      
      
   All above extracts from the works of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti   
      
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