Browsing Tag: Atheism

In the core of the philosophy of the Sikh Gurus is that we must seek to re-merge our consciousness to the Divine Consciousness, and that this requires us to uplift our awareness to beyond the mundane and egocentric perspective. We must, as Dr. Haidt might say, seek to become more than ourselves.

Meeting new people always means lots of questions, and I predict that somewhere in-between “What’s your name?” and “Do you have a favorite animal?” will be the inevitable shifty look at my dastaar and “So…ummm…are you religious?”

The atheist often lives according to a higher code of ethics than that sanctioned by a bribable God, and also inhabits a higher plane of spirituality. This is far from being a paradox.