Duality is an illusion. An elaborate, deeply ingrained illusion. And as part of this illusion, we are compelled to serve either the "light" or the "dark". I think that modern, and even ancient(though to a lesser degree) religions are instrumental in the perpetuation of this illusion of duality. We live our lives, from the very womb onward, in a ghastly, well formed illusion of right and wrong. Right and wrong are relative. Morals, are relative. This does not mean, however, that one can go out and slaughter vast millions with no moral responsibility; moral responsibility is a social responsibility. There is no Light and Dark, the is only Absoluteness. All is one. Now, to further expand on this concept, what is god? An all powerful being. Sometimes kind, others terrifying. Gods are as varied as the people on this planet; and this is because we each create our own god. A god is an externalization of the "unacceptable" urges and desires felt by the one who creates that god. So when you worship a deity you did not create, then you worship the mind of the one who created that god, for humans are absolute. We are animal, and we have the mental capacity to create such vast, enduring figures, and it terrifies us. We cannot accept that we are simply animal. That we are no better than the feral cats and stray dogs. Than the lion or the gazelle. We refuse to acknowledge that we are not, in truth, any better than the creatures we look down upon as savage beasts. We, truly, are the most savage beast of all; through our "enlightened" way of thinking, we have become capable of the most hideous atrocities. We externalize ourselves in the form of a god, and worship that figure. Would it not make more sense to instead take that externalization into oneself and acknowledge it as a part of you? To see that, instead of being pitiful and weak and mortal, subservient to your very self; to take pleasure and revel in this realization that you are your own god. Morality is relative, create your own morals and live by them, and live to the fullest. Gods are us, take your god into yourself and become the very highest manifestation of what it means to be Human.

- Keltyn Ruddock