7 THINGS IM LEARNING WHILE LETTING RELIGION GO. 1. Friendships and relationships will come and go. Friendships and relationships based solely on common beliefs will crumble apart as the beliefs of one or both parties shift and evolve. In order for a friendship to be strong, it has to be based on LOVE and not whether or not we agree on who we think GOD is. GOD is bigger than how either of us think anyway. Sometimes it will be sad to see certain people walk out of my life or to feel written off by many of those I was once close with, but that only means The Universe is going to fill the void with some new friends. 2. People are people. Complex, messy, cumbersome, but ultimately Good. I am learning to see everyone I meet as a tapestry of rich Humanity. Every person I meet is GOD trying to teach me something and they are Worthy of being treated that way. Everyone I meet is another Me, with different beliefs, thoughts, opinions, and backgrounds. Sometimes people will frustrate me, but thats only means my ego needs to die more for the Spirit of Love to expand in me. 3. I know a lot less than I think. The more I experience GOD, the more I find this to be true. My discomfort with an idea does not necessarily rule it out as being wrong. It might mean a lack of openness on my part or that some of my remaining religious conditioning is being challenged. Or, it could simply mean that this idea is not one I need to embrace on my personal journey. Something I always try to remember, is that an idea I find crazy and out there today might be something I embrace as Truth tomorrow. I have to keep my mind free to embrace all the ways GOD wants to reveal GOD to me. Some simple things I try to keep in mind on my journey, as I consider new ideas about GOD are (1) Does my believing this make me love humanity, more or less? (2) Does my believing this leave me with a bigger sense of awe for GOD/The Universe? (3) Does my believing this make my view of GOD bigger or smaller? (4) How much Power does believing this produce in my life? To me, these are personal indicators of where Im headed on my journey. 4. Trying to sell someone what Ive experienced on my own journey is like assuming that one key will work in every keyhole. I am, by all means, free to share what I am learning, but the Best Demonstration is my Life Lived. I need to remain open & sensitive to the journeys of others and listen attentively to them. 5. This Life is an adventure and the Holy Spirit I am coming to encounter more and more each day has been challenging me not just to break free of religion, but from ideas Ive been told about my life. It is important for me, as a Creative Being, to spend as much time as possible drawing, writing music, writing stories, and doing everything else that expresses GOD in me to the world. Society has taught us that we measure the validity of a pursuit by how much money it brings us, but what GOD has been challenging me to do is to delve deep into Who I Am and allow GOD/The Universe to show me how to Create and Shift into a path that me freedom to express All That Is in me. It is okay, to spend time exploring because that exploration will bring me Someplace Real. 6. Sometimes, to get to where I want to be, I have to be okay with going to extremes, trusting Holy Spirit to bring balance back into my life. Some of the things GOD & I have been talking about lately are really out there, so much so that I only feel comfortable sharing them with a few people, because they stretch the shit out of me. Knowing that Im dealing with an INFINITE GOD, and my desire to do things like fly, walk on water, and walk through walls, should prepare me to go down some crazy trails. 7. Offense is taken, not given. I can choose not to be offended (even when the person offending me is in the wrong) and when something/someone affects me, I need to make a conscious decision to hear the Spirit of Christ pointing me to my INFINITE SELF, who cannot be offended, because I AM LOVE.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:26:34 +0000
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