Ever since I have been able to ask questions, I have been looking for the Truth. This is a presentation of what I have found Metareligion.

Religion is an understanding of the world and our place in it. Metareligion is an understanding of religion itself, why we humans seem to need it and what it can do for us in our search for truth.

If what you want is a simple truth that can fulfill your day to day needs, the best thing you can do is just pick one. Any one will do, as long as you believe. Christianity will do just fine. So will Judaism, Hinduism, Dianetics, Science, Buddhism, or pretty much, any other -ism.

But, if you want to KNOW, for SURE, then you may be in for a surprise. What if I told you that there is no such thing as knowing, that all we have is believing? There's more to it actually but it doesn't amount to any new truth, just an understanding of all the old ones.

I didn't start this path to understanding by deciding to abandon my Christian upbringing; that came later. I started with questions and then proceeded to find the answers. I analyzed, considered and then accepted what I found instead of simply dismissing it because it was different than what I had been taught. In doing that, I have been changed. By investigating the faults of religion, I now understand the very point of religion in a way that the devout might never know.

I have also found that the One Great Truth is not a new discovery but has been with us for thousands of years; however, it is usually overpowered by the passionate cacophony of the Many Little Truths.

The One Great Truth is that there are no Great Truths. Reality is what you make of it. Consider the following Zen Koan.

Shuzan held out his short staff and said "If you call this a short staff, you oppose its reality. If you do not call it a short staff, you ignore the fact. Now, what do you wish to call this?"

(Hofstadter 251)

Is it a short staff? The answer is that the staff is exactly and only that which it is. Our human understanding of its form and function is governed by the way in which humans are capable of understanding. We must be able to separate the real existence of the world from our understanding of it.

Most religions are filled with simple but profound wisdoms on how to live together and be happy. The more anyone has of that the better. But there is an understanding that transcends the imagery of mythologies and religions. It has to do with being a mythical, spiritual human being in search of happiness and inner peace and knowing why and how that works in our minds and in our hearts.

That's what it's all about.