HIM Haile Selassie I Speaks on Spirituality

The temple of the Most High begins with the human body which houses our life, the

essence of our existence. Africans are in bondage today because they approach  

spirituality through religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors. We must stop

confusing religion and spirituality. Religion is a set of rules, regulations and rituals

created by humans, which were supposed to help people to grow spiritually. Due to

human imperfection religion has become corrupt, political, divisive and a tool for power

struggle. Spirituality is not theology or ideology. It is simply a away of life as was give by

the Most High of Creation. Spirituality is a network linking us to the Most High, the

universe and each other. As the essence of our existence, it embodies our culture, true

identity, nationhood and destiny. A people without a nation that they can really call their

own is a people without a soul. Africa is our nation and is in spiritual and physical

bondage because her leaders are turning to outside forces for solutions to African

problems when everything Africa needs is within her. When African righteous people

come together the world will come together. This is our divine destiny.