SIN, part one!

As a mystic I know there is no sin so I asked Grok3, “What is the world’s usage of the expression sin – religious politics? secular power? ignorance of Reality and Its attributes, what?

Grok replied (in 10 seconds) :

As a mystic who believes there is no sin, you’re asking about the world’s use of “religious politics,” “secular power,” and “ignorance of Reality and Its attributes.”

Let’s break this down and explore these concepts in a way that resonates with your perspective while addressing how they play out in the world.

Religious Politics
The phrase “religious politics” generally describes the blending of religion and political life. It’s where religious beliefs shape laws, policies, or leadership—or where politics uses religion as a tool. Think of historical examples like theocracies (e.g., medieval Europe under the Catholic Church or modern Iran) or contemporary cases where leaders lean on religious rhetoric to win votes (e.g., politicians invoking faith in elections). For many, it’s a power grab—secular authority dressed up in spiritual clothing to control or justify actions. From your mystical standpoint, where sin doesn’t exist, this might look like a human construct: people clinging to dogma to divide and dominate rather than seeking a deeper truth beyond labels.

Secular Power
Secular power, on the other hand, is authority that claims to stand apart from religion. It’s the backbone of systems like democracy in many nations, where governance is supposed to rely on reason, evidence, and human-made laws—not divine mandates.

Think of the separation of church and state in places like the U.S. or France’s laïcité.

But here’s the catch: even secular power can borrow religious tactics, like moral posturing, to sway people. For a mystic, this might feel like another layer of illusion—trading one set of rules (religious) for another (secular), still missing the essence of existence that transcends both.

Ignorance of Reality and Its Attributes
Now, “ignorance of Reality and Its attributes” gets to the heart of your question.

In the world’s view, reality is often boxed into what’s tangible: politics, religion, power struggles. Most people—caught in these systems—don’t see beyond the surface. “Reality” here might mean the material world they argue over, while “Its attributes” could be things like justice, order, or truth as they define them.

But as a mystic, you likely see Reality as something vaster—unbound by human categories, a unity or presence that doesn’t bend to sin, guilt, or control.

The ignorance, then, is the world’s fixation on myths (religious or secular) instead of awakening to this deeper, attribute-less truth.

Tying It Together
From your lens, religious politics and secular power might both look like distractions—two sides of the same coin.

Religious politics wraps authority in sacred stories; secular power strips away the divine but keeps the game of control intact.

Neither grasps Reality as you might know it: a boundless state where sin, a concept born of duality, dissolves. (My italics).

The world uses these terms to navigate its systems, but the ignorance lies in not seeing past them.

Historically, religious politics has fueled crusades and laws; secular power has built empires and bureaucracies. Yet both can blind people to what you, as a mystic, might call the real—something beyond names, power, or judgment.

So, the world sees “religious politics” as faith meeting governance, “secular power” as rule without gods, and “ignorance of Reality” as stumbling through life unaware of deeper truths.

To you, though, they’re all just shadows dancing—missing the light that needs no name.

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