Thoughts on Spirituality
This is a post I put up quite a few years ago, but I still consider it just as true today.
So, with all these thoughts running around my head, it’s hard to really figure out what I think about certain big topics. Take religion, for example. I’ve given it a lot of thought lately, and I’ve decided to finally try to put my thoughts on religion into something more cohesive (and obviously readable).
Firstly, I believe in God. I believe in something greater than ourselves. I believe in an underlying force that drives us to help each other, to learn, to love, to better ourselves and not just survive. I believe that God is that force, that energy that we sense but cannot exactly put our finger on all the time. I believe that God exists not just within a church or a sacred space, but everywhere and in everything, especially ourselves and each other. I believe in a God that is not good or evil, but simply existing at a higher consciousness than we do. I believe that it is within our power to achieve the same consciousness, that the ability is within us all to be better than we are.
I believe in finding a balance in life. I believe in enjoying the sunshine and celebrating the calmness of a moonlit night. I believe that life contains just as much beauty as death, and that neither is better than the other; they only help to create a balance. One cannot exist without the other, just as light causes shadows and love helps us to identify fear. Everything is cyclical, transitory; for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction… an entropy of sorts. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.
I believe in prayer and meditation. Prayer is the act of not asking, but acknowledging what is to come. When praying, I think it best not to hope in a thing, but to have faith in a thing. With hope, there is doubt. With faith, there is assurance because what we pray for will have more power from our prayer, from our direction. When you give a thought strength by praying, you help make the path clear for yourself so that you can achieve what you wish to achieve. I believe that through prayer we learn to better ourselves and the world around us. I believe that prayer is the purest and most natural way to commune with God.
I believe that as the one sentient life form on this earth (that we know of), we have an unbelievable moral and personal responsibility to each other, and to the earth. I believe that we must take it upon ourselves to realize when we are wrong, that we must face the consequences of our actions, admit our mistakes, and set things right whenever we can. I am not sure what I think about reincarnation, but I do believe that our actions echo down through years and years past what we can see, and because of that we must consider everything we choose to do and say. This, basically, means that I believe in a deep personal and spiritual commitment to my own growth, and that I strive each and every day to learn from every experience I have, every bit of wisdom I attain, and every instinct I feel.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (no truer words were ever spoken).
God doesn’t care what you call Him/Her, as long as you call Him/Her.