"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." -1 Cor 13:11
Yet, they are maintaining the father figure?
"then shall I know even as also I am known"
This is what I go on saying, forget everything you know because you know NOTHING. You do not yet know yourself, how can you be trusted in other aspects of knowledge?
First know yourself, have a structure of intelligence, then you can move into other avenues - but EVERYTHING else remains utilitarian, or an arising in this structure. You have said those that become obsessed with religion do the worst, along with those that have no involvement. I think it is basically because going against your nature is always unhealthy, yet there has to be some attempt to figure out HOW to know yourself.
For me, man as he is must be called basically unhealthy, he has been fighting with this, fighting with that, he is utterly tense. Religion can assist with the relieving of stress, but for many it creates it as well...
Without stress is all you know of happiness at the moment, but life itself wants to grow, become more through you. Gradually this happiness grows if you share it, as it becomes more integrated, now it has become bliss. For me, hope is useless because it is a distraction from my current bliss, for others, projections into the future help because the now is not to their liking.
Life is only this moment, it is only this place, it cannot be anywhere else.
You are an expression of life, make it a beautiful expression!
Sitting, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
It means things are perfectly fine without you, just enjoy it all. With a little less involvement, you will not be so stressed about everything, you will simply bring your love into them.
What is more unhealthy than stress?
