Yawn, I wake up and make myself a pot of coffee. I gather together my morning supplies which include my coffee, of course, my laptop and my latest novel I've been savoring. I check daily my e-mail and facebook to see what's happening in the world and the very first thing I see is a bible verse, I'll just keep it to myself. Essentially, I am being told that I'm going to hell and when I do no one in my family will be able to save me.
Well, it literally wasn't for me but it was posted for everyone to see so, yeah, I guess it could apply to me. Anger rose in me but subsided quickly and the rest of my day was spent pondering this thing called hell and the qualifications of being a member.
Now, I am a deeply spiritual person and I have a very deep and personal relationship with God. I am often confronted with judgment over how I choose to live and raise my children and I have written on the subject before but I've become more tender and accepting of how I'm viewed. Let's just say it rolls off my back more easily now.
I wouldn't say that I'm Christian; though, I'm not entirely opposed to the whole idea. I lean more towards a Buddhist kind of thought; though, I'm not Buddhist. My home is a mixture of Christian and Buddhist ideas and I sprinkle a bit of Taoism in there too.
Anyway, this is how I feel in a nutshell and yeah, this is a reaction to that damning post I read and don't agree with at all.
When you know the true being of another,
You can judge -
And if you truly know the Tao
you will be in the light.
It takes force to control people:
but if I am humble, I can never be overcome.
If you know what you have is enough
you will be satisfied.
But if you think you don't have enough
then you will never have enough!
If you follow the Tao, what you are will last.
You will live, and live, and outlive yourself again.
~Tao Te Ching
The word Tao cannot be defined, it is everything and it is nothing. It can mean the Way or the Path. Here I'd like to think that it means Spiritual Path. There are many Paths to spirit, every culture and religion has their own idea of it.
I grew up in the Christian tradition and have a great love for the religion; however, I also see that no one religion has all the answers. It would be ignorant to think that only one religion will lead you to Spirit. I am blessed to see the truth in all religions. Religion is the story of humanity and it belongs to everyone and it is all right.
