Religion has been raising human consciousness for centuries. Whatever man is now, whatever little consciousness he has, the whole credit goes to religion. Politics has been a curse, a calamity; and whatever is ugly in humanity, politics is responsible for.
Politics has power; religion has only love, peace and divine experience. Politics can easily interfere with religion; and it has been interfering all along, to such an extent that it has destroyed many religious values which are absolutely necessary for the survival of humanity and life on this earth.
Religion has no mundane power like nuclear weapons and atom bombs and guns; its dimension is totally different. Religion is not a will to power; religion is a search for truth. And the very search makes the religious man humble, simple, innocent.
Politics has all the destructive weapons ^ religion is absolutely vulnerable. Politics has no heart ^ religion is pure heart. It is just like a beautiful rose flower: its beauty, poetry, its dance makes life worth living, gives life meaning and significance. Politics is like a stone, dead, but the stone can destroy the flower and the flower has no defence. Politics is aggressive.
Religion cannot be allowed to be dominated by stupid politicians. The situation is as if sick people are trying to dominate physicians, directing what they should and should not do. Accept it ^ sick people are in the majority, but that does not mean that the physician should be dominated by the majority. The physician can heal wounds, can cure the sicknesses of humanity. Religion is the physician.
Politicians have managed to create enough destructive power to destroy all life; and they are piling up more and more nuclear weapons. Politicians can learn from religion, unless politicians have religious beliefs, human beings have no future.
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