Research Tells Us

All religious traditions agree that this world is imperfect, however religions differ in ideas surrounding the concept. The inescapable viewpoint is that we live in a world of change, earthly life is one of suffering and death is an inevitable part of life. The central understanding is in order to overcome suffering a person must live a righteous or noble life in being considerate of others and not a covetous nor self-centered one. If there is an afterlife or even eternal life this is the only way to attain it. By honest living, treading the straight path or noble way also through renunciation, non-attachment, not being taken by worldly pleasures; there is realization and salvation.​

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Many beliefs advocate misuse of free will as the cause of this imperfection, bringing about a fall from completeness and resulting in chaos. Monotheism makes claim of one perfect God as the source of creation, Polytheism contends that there are many gods; undoubtedly evolution is taking place.​

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Here and now we are not in a state of perfection. In being considerate of others the conflict is overcome, overriding the force that divides and causes chaos. There will always be suffering in the world, just as with freedom of things like fear and grief is not to be totally separated from them; rather to be not attached and to endure them, just as it is with liberation from cyclic existence and rebirth. Through enlightenment, spirituality and unselfish living we attain oneness of being. In coming from the heart, where the idea of a perfect God would be situated.