90,000 years without religion
QUESTION: Masters, science has confirmed that homo sapiens have been around for more than 100,000 years. History records point that religion was only introduced not more than 10,000 years ago. What happened during the other 90,000 years? Were humans not ready to embrace religious teachings? Were we left out till we evolved to a higher state of understanding? ~Patrick, Singapore
ANSWER: It was somewhere around 100,000 years ago that the precursor of modern man began to find ways to communicate. Their first concern was to be able to work together to survive. Few had any knowledge or understanding of any spirits, beings, or entities outside of the common man sharing their space. When it came to ancestors and controlling non-physical energies, they had only the stories passed down from father to son as superstitions. No one had the time to decide what beliefs to use to control each other’s behavior.
Life was always positive and negative, so after approximately 90,000 years of needing all their energy to survive, some, who wanted to use the fears of others as a means of controlling, put together a system of rewards and punishments. At first it was considered a governmental/societal type regime, but then they decided to bring in a non-physical aspect that would instill fear and provide an extra layer of control. Religion was born.
Organized religions began as a way to control the uneducated. They were told they were too dumb to understand about gods and spirits and that the religious leaders would take care of all that for them as long as they did exactly as they were told. It was also alleged that these same leaders could protect them from hell and ensure they went from their horrible Earthly life into a heaven.
Enlightenment is the next step in the progression of man. All individuals are perfectly able to learn about themselves and the essence of their soul, which is a piece of Source. Instead of looking for a god outside, humans, through understanding their soul, are recognizing they have a piece of that divinity within them.