h.u.m.a.n.i.s.t.

Having made the journey from religious beliefs to exploring various schools of thought by various eastern and european philosophers and thinkers to spending enormous amounts of time trying to understand life after death, Godhood, divinity, the supernatural, etc. I have this to say:
I still don’t "know" a thing about God.
I don’t "know" about life after death.
I don’t "know" about reincarnation.
I don’t even "know" what there is to know.

And as much as anybody out there would claim to know, I can emphatically state that they don’t "know" either. They think they know, they convince themselves and others that they know, but they really don’t. The point is, we will never know. Period.

So with that out of the way, I finally have arrived at what I think makes most sense. I am ready to put a label on the philosophy that I believe I can live by. “Humanism” which means living with compassion for all fellow human beings without barriers, letting go of the ego and uniting as human residents of this planet towards making life and the world better for all of us and celebrating our lifetime on earth.

A friend quipped to me recently, “you are agnostic, I am a believer”. That made me think; I did not like being labeled a non-believer. I knew I believed in something, because it is after all human to want a purpose in life. I realized the one thing I believed in very naturally without doubt is “Humanism”.

Being a humanist does not automatically imply one is an atheist or agnostic. Infact, Humanism is not a counter philosophy at all. While its true that often the atheists or the agnostic seem to open up to Humanism, I would like to emphasize that Humanism is something that is fundamental to every human and is nothing more than a positive approach to human progress. It is so fundamental to our existence and yet seems to have been cast aside in favor of human diversity.
Now more than ever, as the globe grows smaller thanks to technology, as humans learn to harness the universe that we live in, as issues that affect us are no longer isolated local occurrences, now more than ever, unity in our thought and action is of utmost importance.

Luckily, humanism is not new, there are quite a few people who subscribe to this rational philosophy, and hopefully can all come together to make this world a better place. I shall strive on this blog to bring focus on such humanistic groups, efforts and issues that humanism alone can address.

Thanks for stopping by fellow human, and please feel free to share your thoughts.