Religion vs. the Universal laws – Success and the Universal Laws
Religion vs. Universal Laws — this is not a post designed to condemn any religion or faith, but it might kill some holy cows that can stand in our way of understanding the laws of the universe.
A few days ago, as I was coming home from my “JOB”, the header of my blog popped into my mind, and I was thinking, “What if people really understood the difference between religion and universal laws?” What was amazing to me was that when I was looking for something to update my status on Facebook, I stumbled over this next quote:
“If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.” ~Dalai Lama~
And what Dalia Lama said resonated with my thoughts that I had just on my way home. By this I do not mean that I do not belief in God or a Higher Being, or whatever you name the Creator of the universe.
So let us have a look at religion vs the universal laws.
This is what Wikipedia says about religion:
“Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature.”
What are universal laws on the other hand?
“The universal law concept means that universal laws can’t go astray. Therefore, universal laws concept contains neither the better nor the bad in them. They are not relative concepts, but absolutes, such as the law of gravity.”
My intention is not to go deep into religion, but to explain why the Dalai Lama says “… you can survive without it”, or in my own words, “you can be successful in life without it”.
Let’s look at an example to make it better understandable to everyone.
If 3 people stand on a high building (100 feet high), the one is a religious or spiritual person the other one is an atheist and the other one is a small child that does not understand the law of gravity, and all of them jump off from that building, is it possible that the next things will happen?
The religious or spiritual person will float to the ground, have a soft landing and walk away?
The atheist will fall to death because he does not believe in God?
The little child will also float to the ground, have a soft landing and walk away because he does not know about the law of gravity?
The answer to my question, of course, is a big NO. No matter if you are a religious/spiritual person, an atheist, or a child that does not know about the same law of gravity, it is applicable to you and everyone else. You will fall to the ground at the same speed and likely die, or at least do some pretty serious breaking of bones.
And that is why I say you can be successful in life without religion. Don’t think that I do not believe in God, because I do. The point that I want to make is that too many people say the Law of Attraction does not work, or it just works for some people.
No, the law is always working. Bop Proctor says that in The Secret, and I just explained it to you in a simple form. If you are a believer or not, or know about it or not, it works no matter what, and it is working every day in your life. That is why, if an atheist writes down his dreams and goals, does his self talk every day, and applies all the other success principles, he will be successful in life the same as a person that does not know about this law but still have his dreams and goals. That person will also be successful. But if a religious or spiritual person focuses on all the negative things in the world and does not write down his goals and dreams, or do a self talk, etc., he will stay poor even though he knows God and goes to church every week.
I so agree with this statement of Charles Fillmore, one of the founders of the Unity Church:
“It is a sin to be poor.” ~Charles Fillmore~
If you apply the universal laws, you don’t have to be poor, and you can live out the life that God planned for you on earth, and this is to do good for God, the world, your neighbor, and yourself.
I hope I could put some clarity on religion versus the universal laws and that I could get some holy cows out of the way for you.
Thank you for reading my blog and your Comment love to hear from you. 
Thanks for this post. You are so right on. The laws of the universe work because they do not operate by our subjective reality. Although I do believe we can influence our reality, we will never rewrite the laws, no matter what we believe.
Personally, I’d rather be spiritual over religious any day! I can even respect the atheist.
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I feel 100% like you and that is how I see my self also
Regards
Theuns
It is everywhere. It’s just a matter of observing and doing the right thing. Thank you for post!
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THX Stevie I agree with you also
Such an interesting article! I think that the universal laws should overwrite the religious thoughts and dogmatic axioms, the human of the 21st century should be rational. I don’t say that the spiritual side of our life won’t be important, but it doesn’t fit in the clear world view of the modern people.
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I do not follow an religion myself. I live with simple thought on life be nice to people, help them if you can but don’t not hurt them. It has worked for me quite well so far. I have been christened but when I was a child this was more a think which families just ‘did’!
Usually before the child was 3 years of age. My parents married in a church and had me Christened but have never practiced religion themselves certainly during my lifetime. I find that strange myself!
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THX Sadie my self follow no religion.
Theuns, the universal laws are working for all even we believe/accept it or not. We can see the result when we face the consequences when we break them and also the benefits when we move in agreement with them. Thanks for your great post.
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Hello my friend! Oh boy you have gotten into a deep issue here. It is Awesome! This post will have people thinking…that’s what I like, to make people think!
My take on this is words. Call it God, Higher Power, etc. It all comes down to one thing: We need to have faith. If we have faith in something bigger than us, then it can open the doors to have faith in ourselves.
We can be working on a project and without faith we may give up. The Law of Attraction does work. Why? Because we have faith in it.
Bottom line, we all come from different places and have different words for it. But I feel the key word is faith. Without that belief system, how can we ever get anywhere in our lives. We would go around in circles.
Call it what you will, Faith is something we all need. We may have a goal and it takes time to reach it. Without faith, we would give up. Take the Law of Attraction: It takes faith to go through time for it to manifest.
Well that’s my take on it.
Blessings,
Donna
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Hi Donna
Thx For your Comment.
Yes and No on Faith, If you re -Read my example i give you will see that Faith have nothing to do with the universal law, and that is what the “LOA” is, it is link to the universe not the a person with or with out Faith. If you know about it will make it work faster , but if you apply it without knowing about it it will still work no matter what, how fast it will work depends on how strong the energy is that you put into your Actions. That is why The Quote say” Faith is good, but you can live with out it” if you go back and study my post you will see what I try to explain to people .:-)
Love and regards
Theuns
Ps Miss you on the Sunday Call last Sunday
The laws do apply equally to everyone. Well, the Universal laws do, maybe not so much regular everyday laws, but the real laws do.
Like you and Steve are saying, the laws are always operating, that is what makes them laws. And they aren’t laws that we can choose to obey, because they are independent of our actions.
We see the results in our lives whether we acknowledgement them or not, and sometimes it might take a bit to see them at work. Maybe a little shift in our viewpoint, but the results are there.
This is an excellent post, Theuns. Thank you for sharing it.
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This is one powerful post, my friend. You make a strong point about the difference between beliefs and truth. Any student of history knows that beliefs change over time (the earth is flat . . . the earth is no longer flat . . . the sun orbits the earth, which is the center of the universe . . . now we know that neither the earth nor the sun are the center of the universe). Then there are natural laws, such as gravity, the law of attraction (which is not just a spiritual law but a proven law of physics that works behind the scenes whether we believe in it or not, or whether we acknowledge it or not. Anyway . . . thanks for some great food for thought, Theuns.
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I think each individual has their own mix between both which may be from growing up and learning as well as self-decision that something is better or right or good versus another virtue.
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Nile i did not Compare any thing, I just to explain that Religion and the Universal law do not have anything to do with one another or is link to one another see Steve’s commend on my blog post.
My you are a brave soul Theuns … but personally I agree with you. I was raised catholic, and when I was a teen became curious enough to explore a variety of religions. For reasons I won’t go into here the result was I walked away from structured religion all together more than a little disillusioned with my fellow man. Still have faith in the Universe – basically the quote you used by the Dalai Lama says it all for me too. Great message, thanks for the inspiration!
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I am so glad that you understand what i try to Explain.
regards
Theuns
Wonderfully explained blog post. I believe that religious laws get very affected by the culture followed by the people or local culture whereas the universal laws remain unaffected by culture as they are same for all. You are right it is important to pray God but it is also good to believe in him and the good things that he created.
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I agree 100% with you,
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Theuns