Portrait image of Dr Rampa in his russet robe.

Religion

Portrait image of Dr Rampa in his russet robe.
Mankind, when evolved, can have their 'service' within themselves, anywhere, at any time, without having to be herded and congregated like mindless yaks

What is religion? That's not meant to be a rhetorical question but an earnest one. Wikipedia states: "Religion is an organised collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence." The Oxford Dictionary states: "The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal god or gods." So clearly, it's something open to interpretation depending on one's race, creed and beliefs. Does it really matter what religion each of us believe? Fact: No one religion holds the keys to salvation, nor will one be forever damned for entering a Church with one's hat on instead of taking one's shoes off. In Tibet, lamaseries entrances bear the inscription: "A thousand monks, a thousand religions." Believe what you will, if it embraces "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," you will get by when the final call comes.

Our global population is torn between hundreds of religions and cults, all claiming to be the true path with all the answers. Any sober individual will realise in an instant that they cannot all be right, right? And yet it has been religious dogma that has held people captive through preaching death and destruction, threats of punishment by an almighty to all disobedient pilgrims, yet promises rewards and salvation to those who submit to blind faith. Religion is something which many have abandoned today. They assume it's not required in their daily lives, perhaps because their prayers are never answered, and so material possessions now play a more important role in their life. Western world is more concerned about the accumulation of material possessions, money, greed, and selfishness, whilst not parting with anything except for one's own creature comforts. What the majority of people forget is that all these various religious scriptures — the Bible, the Tanakh, the Qur'an — to mention a few, were all originally compiled as a signpost, a guide, or a manual of behaviour "for the time period it was written in" but because they have all been repeatedly misinterpreted over the many years some people, very sadly, take them literately and to extremes.

All that matters is that all individuals should practice their beliefs to the best of their abilities without either going to any extremes, neither imposing their beliefs on others. You must remember that no religion is better than the individual who professes that religion. Beliefs lead to a certain discipline that is a very important part of life that many ignore. True religion is a code of behaviour that we willingly impose upon ourselves which in turn provides social order. Religion correctly applied and understood requires no other man made laws. It's strange that when something contradicts our understanding or religious beliefs we don't try to make any attempt to understand those differences. We falsely assume that it's a direct attack and therefore should be quashed at any cost, even if that means using force whilst claiming it's being accomplished in God's name. We all agree that God is omnipotent, therefore, why would God instruct someone to kill when God can do it?

People clearly forget that these numerous scriptures were all written either hundreds or thousands of years ago when that way of life was totally different to what it is today. Various everyday words back then had different meanings to what they do today. The use of everyday words was to establish a platform of understanding, a point of reference, and unless you can understand the point of reference being used it's pointless going any further as you wouldn't be able to truly understand what they were trying to say. A very common mistake made by people. As an example, Jesus said "in my father's house there are many mansions." He is clearly talking about dimensions, and yet, cannot use the word dimension as the people of that era clearly wouldn't have understood the word dimension. Therefore, everyday words must be used so people could visualise and understand what Jesus was talking about. The Zulu tribe have to use their everyday words for a solar eclipse. They say: "A crocodile has eaten the sun"; can you now see how easy it is for misinterpretations to occur?

Mankind must return to a religion. It doesn't matter which religion for the moment so long as it's a religion they willingly accept and not something imposed upon them. Religion gives a person the necessary spiritual discipline that will regulate one's own actions, something that's lacking these days. Truly religious people would not put personal possessions, money, greed, and selfishness before others. All religions are founded on the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Sadly most people just give hypocritical respect to their beliefs. Most people will interpret their religious scriptures with the view of what's in it for me? So it's not surprising how selective some people can be when it comes to religion. Helping to overcome this problem every religion has had messengers throughout time, but humans have acquired a fixation about the messenger whilst forgotten about the important messages. Religion provides a social code of conduct into becoming a respectable person so that our Overself may be purified and strengthened.

Albert Einstein said: "A human being is a part of a whole, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

I am not asking you to change your religious beliefs, just the complete opposite. I am asking you to open your eyes and mind into thinking about Religion. Use common sense when reading your religious scriptures and never assume because it's in print, it's 100% true! By questioning something we start to understand it, as you wouldn't just believe something a complete stranger told you, or would you?

Let's have a very brief look at many similarities between what Doctor Rampa wrote and the Bible. I use the Bible as it's the most common belief within the West, albeit it's not the biggest religion globally.

According, to many beliefs the 666 is the sign of the Beast; however, the Beast has been misinterpreted as the Devil, Satan, or the Anti-Christ and yet it's the sign of mankind. Humans are the Beast yet you will have to study Chaldean numerology to understand why.

 

When you pray it is pointless directing those prayers to a god, you should pray to yourself, to your Overself via the subconscious. Because if we knew how to pray correctly we would send those prayers through the Silver Cord, but because the means of communication we use is a very faulty sort of instrument indeed, we have to repeat ourselves in order to make sure that the message gets through. So when you pray speak as you would speak when making a long distance telephone call to a very remote place. Speak with absolute clarity and actually visualise the words you are saying, as that visualisation gives it strength. The fault I should add lies with us here on this world, lies with the imperfect body we have on this world. The fault is never with our Overself or our subconscious. Pray in simple language making sure that your requests are always positive and never negative.

The translation of the Tibetan prayer wheel Om! Mani Padme Hum! actually means, Hail to Mankind's Overself! the part of you that you should be praying to, via your subconscious. It does not mean, Hail the jewel in the lotus as many think.

This audio file is Dr Rampa talking about the power of prayer, how to pray correctly, and runs for around 20 minutes.

Alternatively download a transcript of the Power of Prayer - PDF - MS-Word

But let me issue a grave, grave warning. You cannot increase your own fortune in this way. There is a very ancient occult law which stops one from profiting from prayers for self-gain. You cannot do it for yourself unless it is to help others, and unless you sincerely believe that it will help others. I say to you that if you use the power of prayer properly, without thought of self-gain, without thought of self-aggrandisement, then you have tapped into one of the greatest powers on Earth, a force so great that if just a few genuine people got together and prayed for peace, then there would be peace, and wars and thoughts of wars would be no more.

Here are two prayers written by Dr Rampa which will help you regardless of your current religious beliefs. One is for mornings as soon as you wake up and the other for nights just before you fall asleep and both are to be repeated three times. Lying down or sitting, feet together with toes and heels touching, you clasp your hands together so that your fingers of each hand interlock and so that your hands and feet form a sort of closed circle. Then call your subconscious by name and say your prayer, repeating it three times in your normal voice; don't whisper and there is no need to shout. You can pray whilst seated, with your spine straight and looking straight ahead.

Morning Prayer to your Overself

Let me this day, living my life day by day in the manner prescribed, control and direct my imagination.
Let me this day, living my life day by day in the manner prescribed, control my desires and my thoughts that I be purified thereby.
Let me this day, and all days, keep my imagination and my thoughts directed firmly upon the task which has to be accomplished, that success may come thereby.
I will at all times live my life day by day, controlling imagination and thought.

Night Prayer to your Overself

Keep me free from evil thoughts. Keep me free from the blackness of despair. At the time of my misery shine a light into the darkness that enshrouds me.
Let my every thought be good and clean. Let my every action be for the good of others. Let me be positive in my thoughts that my mind may be strengthened therefrom.
I am the Master of my Destiny. As I think today, so am I tomorrow. Let me therefore avoid all evil thoughts. Let me avoid all thoughts which cause distress to others. Let my Spirit arise within me that I may easily succeed in the task that lies ahead.
I am the Master of my Destiny. So be it.