Morality

Do you wish to make everyone,
Moral, just and true?
For them all to see the rightness of your worldview?
You will never succeed.
The only one you can so control,
Is yourself.

Words

Words are clumsy, inelegant things,
When it comes to describing the universe.
They are easily distorted,
Twisted so their original meaning is all but unrecognisable.
Some claim to know without doubt or question,
What this teacher, that prophet,
Or even their chosen divinity,
Truly meant by their words.
What foolish arrogance,
To claim their interpretation above all others as the only possible truth,
And denying even the merest possibility of error.
So, be careful that a healthy confidence in your beliefs,
Does not harden into dangerous fundamentalism.

Perception

Perception shapes reality and lies can become accepted as truth.
While this is true enough,
As can be seen from the way our leaders frequently seek to twist reality,
The better to suit their purposes.
They spin lies and half-truths which take root in our minds,
And, like the fruit from the poisoned tree,
What follows, all that follows,
Will be weak and sickly,
A fractured reality that is easily broken,
And will eventually fall apart,
Around the weak minds left clinging hopelessly to its shell.

So, learn to see clearly,
Past the inevitable distortions of your own perceptions and those created by others,
And neither turn away from unpleasant truths or ones that contradict what you may believe,
Seeking to spin what is into a more agreeable, but false reality.

Belief

What others believe does not matter,
How others worship does not matter,
And neither does what you claim to believe.
The only thing that matters is what you do.
If you believe and worship faithfully and sincerely,
According to whatever holy scripture you subscribe to,
And yet willfully cause harm to others,
Then, respectfully, you may have missed the point.

If you believe something,
Ask why you believe it,
And why others do not.
As honestly as you are able,
Question it, test it,
And, above all,
Have the humility to admit that you may be wrong,
In your belief, or your interpretation of what it means.

A belief left unchallenged by one who holds it,
And simply accepted as truth,
Is weak and without substance.

Respect the beliefs of others,
As you would have your own respected.
Further, do not try to push your beliefs on others,
For to do so infringes on their right to privacy of thought and belief,
As well as your own,
Rather let your actions speak quietly to your beliefs.