The Great Leader and the spirits that go along with him
The separation of Church and State shall be
inviolable. (Article II, Section 6), and, No law shall be made
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof.
~ The 1987 Philippine Constitution
Photo by Sebastian Pichler on Unsplash
Religion, spiritualityand leadership are (and should be) distinct from politics. And yet, in a strange, inevitable and weird way almost always, two sides of the same coin.
Perhaps it is due to history. Maybe it is because of culture. Or maybe because leadership down to the grass roots level of the basic unit of society has always been spiritual (or not). The same goes for atheist, agnostic families or even up to secular states. The lack of spirituality, of soul, of deference to a higher authority leads to the kind of structure in a family that's reminiscent of anarchic tendencies. Broken families. Anarchic states. One could argue that the same goes for religious states where dissent is suppressed and destroyed.
This is w…
~ The 1987 Philippine Constitution
Photo by Sebastian Pichler on Unsplash
Religion, spiritualityand leadership are (and should be) distinct from politics. And yet, in a strange, inevitable and weird way almost always, two sides of the same coin.
Perhaps it is due to history. Maybe it is because of culture. Or maybe because leadership down to the grass roots level of the basic unit of society has always been spiritual (or not). The same goes for atheist, agnostic families or even up to secular states. The lack of spirituality, of soul, of deference to a higher authority leads to the kind of structure in a family that's reminiscent of anarchic tendencies. Broken families. Anarchic states. One could argue that the same goes for religious states where dissent is suppressed and destroyed.
This is w…
