The Cacophony of Emotional Spiritualism

Abstract

Spirituality has been a major part of human development. However, before spirituality got the strand of religiosity, both spirituality and emotion were relatable. As human development has grown, the concern now is that spirituality has been consumed by religiosity. The missing link, however, is that humanity is no longer the prevailing factor between humans. Tradition and religion have taken over the place of human emotions such that human beings are no longer exhibiting pure humanity. Here are the key questions that this paper will seek to answer: 1) Are traditions proportionate to true humanity? 2) Is religion greater than humanity? 3) Could there be true humanity without emotions—positive or negative? 4) Can religion be blamed for certain human manipulations? 5) Is it possible that religion and tradition actually diminish the human ability to continue to grow in wisdom? This paper makes a case for humanity being superior to tradition and religion. Even God (whom I believe the world’s greatest Data Protection Officer) has given man the free will to choose between right and wrong. Case studies that reflect the contradictions between religion and several aspects of human engagements like politics, commerce, etcetera, will be talking points in this paper. Likewise, anti-Semitism will be a strong talking point in this paper. Part of my argument is that tradition seemingly provides a cover that permits hypocrisy. Likewise, I am opposed to the act of prophecy. It seems the human race is more ruled by our emotions which dictate our traditions and religions. But behind every tradition is a die-hard emotional connection that forms the belief that certain religions and traditions are superior to others. Another focus of this paper is “Humanity in Pretense”, brought about by cowardly manipulations of religion and tradition. Some case studies here will be the story of the great philosopher—Socrates who was condemned by religion and tradition after he was found guilty of “impiety” and “corrupting the young”, sentenced to death, and then required to carry out his own execution by consuming a deadly potion. Furthermore, the possibility that religion and tradition actually diminish the human ability to continue to grow in wisdom has raised much concern. I am of a strong belief that divinity enhances humanity and that, “It is spirituality that gives vitality to physicality”. This is proven by evidence that divinity inspires humanity, but “divinity finds expressions through spirituality”. However, this process takes us to spirituality rather than religion; occurrences of dreams, telepathy, trance, prophecies provide case studies of divinity coming to the assistance of humankind. Unfortunately, these divine interventions in the human adventure can also be manipulated and commercialized, where it is possible for there not to be divinity but people try to replicate or manipulate encounters by faking prophecies or misinterpreting as eschatology. Hence, this paper argues that these divine interventions are real, but not all of their deployment is.