The Journey Home - Returning to God and Oneness
Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash “We are ONE human FAMILY.” – Desmond Tutu “Personally, I am Buddhist, and I consider faith very important, but at the same time the reality is that out of seven billion people, over one billion people on the planet are nonbelievers. So, we cannot exclude them. One billion is quite a large number. They are also our human brothers and sisters. They also have the right to become happier human beings and to be good members of the human family. So, one need not depend on religious faith to educate our inner values.” – Dalai Lama I grew up in a non-religious family, never saw my parents pray, and wasn’t even sure if God* really existed. But as an Indonesian, I have to choose and declare a religion from an approved list. Religion is a big part of an identity in my country and it’s written on official documents and forms, including on identity card. My parents, the second generation of Chinese Indonesians, registered themselves as Buddhists. As their ...