I never thought I had a religious experience, until many years late in my life, but still there was something that amazed me: Jesus Christ, who founded the Christian religion, was not a Christian…
Fast forward and I am
exposed to a new notion in relation to religion by the simple word dharma. And it means much, much more
than just religion: the lifestyle, a form of relating the others, a mission in
life… In that sense, Christ was the first Christian.
That simply made so
much sense! Religion is more than rituals and scriptures, priests and
hierarchy; religion as dharma is how
someone lives according to a set of principles and values, instead of how to
pray or which cloth to wear.
And that applies in
all aspects of our life. Let’s take for example our approach to the work: am I
working just because of money or because of my diploma? Am I working according
to my vocation and the energy it generates in my life?
Much of our lives we
just live as a ritual… it is time to identify our dharma and align our reality with it.
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