The human mind does not remember its own faults or failures. One may perhaps recall painful mistakes or errors, but these remain in the heart rather than in the brain. By nature, the human brain possesses an absolute tendency neither to admit nor to remember its own faults and failures. Thus, man does not remember the hundred things he failed to do, but only the ten things he did well. Because of this habit of denying or forgetting his own mistakes and failures, he comes to hold an absolute mindset. This absolute way of thinking becomes the driving force that ignites his will and ambition, convincing him that if only he sets his mind to it and makes the effort, he can achieve anything. Therefore, except in corporate or exceptional circumstances, there are very few instances where a person admits his own faults. In this way, the intelligence and thoughts of man, which always remember only what was done well and quickly forget faults and mistakes, inevitably form an absolute mindset.
Since man’s memory device refuses to acknowledge or retain his mistakes and failures, it consequently remembers only what was done well. This leads him to believe that he can always accomplish and achieve whatever he desires. Yet this is a hope and zeal born of pride, which remembers only his successes. Alongside this selective memory of achievements, man creates values of hope within sweet illusions, spun by his desires and obsessions, illusions that take no account of failure. In other words, man’s desire for success rather than failure, for joy rather than sorrow, gives birth to the phantom of dreams. Because he remembers only what he has done well, his brain and intellect—absolutized within itself—continually generate sweet illusions of being able to achieve anything. Thus, he clings to dreams and hopes. The hopes and ideals of man—dreaming of perfect success, of a happy family, and of a love that never fades—are nothing more than sweet illusions, born from absolute thinking, and are but fairy-tale phantoms that can never come to pass.
The human mind and thought remember only what they wish to remember, while excluding faults, dislikes, or anything one does not wish to retain. Because of this, most people never seriously reflect upon life and death. Only when confronted with the death of a loved one or acquaintance do they, for a fleeting moment, fear that they too must one day die, and briefly reflect upon their own lives. Yet this momentary reflection is quickly swept away by the desires of the flesh for pleasure and gain. In this way, man’s desires prevent him from truly considering his own mortality, and until the day of death, he continues to generate endless cravings and illusions. By the limits of his own humanity, man cannot escape the desires of the flesh. And these desires continually produce illusions and cravings. Thus, within the limits of human knowledge and wisdom—gained only through this recognition—he can stir emotions, awakenings, determinations, convictions, and pride, but he can never escape the yoke of sin, nor can he ever be changed. This is why all religions alike teach and learn through the inspiration and instruction of words, which sound pleasing to the ear, yet never lead beyond the limits of man’s sin and ideals, and thus men continue endlessly repeating sin, no different from the people of the world.
The very concept of thought itself is centered upon and shaped by the desires of the flesh. In other words, thoughts are formed by pursuing fleshly desires, illusions are drawn within those thoughts, and from them spring covetousness. Since thoughts are continually bound to repeat fleshly desires, can man truly escape the sinful nature that repeats sin through awakening, conviction, and pride centered on thought? In other words, what difference can it make, whatever he realizes through thoughts already enslaved to desire? Thought always operates within a program reflecting the desires of the five senses of the flesh, and it is within this framework that man judges and acts. Thus, no matter what one feels or realizes through the mind, since thoughts themselves operate within habits already infused with desire, man can never overcome the sinful habits born of desire and covetousness. Yet even in seeing such a state of themselves, one ought to sense and realize that their faith and belief are in error, turning back and reflecting in earnest; but man does not consider the ninety-nine faults and mistakes he has made, and instead remembers only the one thing he has done well, judging and reasoning according to his desires and wishes. Thus, in today’s world, within sins that are endlessly repeated, there is no reflection or repentance concerning one’s faith, but rather religions that heap excuse upon excuse, falsehood upon falsehood, and obstinacy upon obstinacy. This is why, in today’s repetition of sin, religion does not bring repentance but multiplies excuses upon excuses, lies upon lies, and pretenses upon pretenses.
All religions alike inflate the illusions and desires born from the absolutized thoughts of their followers, teaching that if they only believe and follow the doctrines of their religion, they can achieve the happy family, the myth of success, and the ambitions of desire that they long for. Yet this is nothing but worldly covetousness, ideals, and desires; it is neither the will of God nor the truth. Every religion is a faith that exalts the intellect and thought bound to the desires of the flesh, and thus, no matter how much one sees, hears, and learns, he is never changed, nor does he ever kill the habit of repeating sin. Rather, within the repetition of sin throughout life, man comes to despise sin more lightly, to excuse sin, and to rationalize sin, until only evil habits grow, devouring even his good conscience. The result is arrogance that becomes more shameless and more brazen. Religions have grown into nothing but institutions of self-justification, where men’s thoughts and claims are deified and absolutized, until they cannot even perceive that they are rationalizing and excusing their own sins. This arrogance and conviction are the faith of today’s Christianity and of all religions. In other words, they have made their deified and absolutized claims into the will of God, their own thoughts into truth, and their excuses and interpretations into the Word itself.
Instead of following the example of Christ, who gave even His life, and spreading the love of God by deeds and practice rather than by words alone, today’s Christianity cries out with its lips for love and mercy while its actions chase only after desires of the flesh, covetousness, and worldly ambitions—rationalizing and exalting them. Such a form of Christianity, rather than being an example or model, has become a chaos of lies, evil deeds, pretenses, and heresies. For this reason, it is despised by the world, receiving the derisive name “dog-Christianity,” a religion of those deemed lower than dogs. Such faith is fanatical, self-absolutized, and self-deified, producing arrogant beliefs that justify extreme, reckless, absurd, and violent actions against others, all without guilt or remorse, but shamelessly rationalized as righteous. Yet such shocking, reckless, extreme, and fanatical faiths are found alike in all religions.