In India, and the west, religion followed similar paths, first with a version in which the priests had all the power, then, after a thousand years or so, a revolt, saying that people can know directly, without priests. In Europe, this was the Reformation, started by Martin Luther and which led to the UU idea that we can know for ourselves. In India it was the Upanishads, 1000 years after the Vedas. There are 108 Upadishads. Richard Clarke will give you the essence of all this, based on the shortest of them, the Mandukya Upanishad. This is the heart of the Fourth Principle. The Service Leader is Carol Johnson.

Topics: Spiritual Paths