Your Faith. Your Freedom.
/I had to share this one with you!
I don't believe the map [
] accurately represents any of the religions, but it sparked the usual discourse on Facebook...
It's Your Belief
A beloved cousin of a cousin wrote
,
"like a virus"
, and my initial reaction was
"so true"
. Then my mind started down the path of, 'somehow, the spread of religion, in almost every instance, lead to wars - or genocide or the loss of another opportunity to see God in a different light - because control is rooted in fear, and no animal... or person... is more dangerous than one that's afraid...'
Then I remembered
that we couldn't feel the joy of liberation if we didn't know the bondage. I didn't want to comment on this publicly, because I finally realized that I don't want to tell people what to believe - I myself rebelled against anyone who told me what to believe, and I've realized that everyone else has a right to guard and grow in their beliefs on their terms, as well. What I share, here, is only my journey.
When I finally realized that
they
, religion
(and frankly schools, governments and now corporations, too) took our free and direct connection with God, spirituality, intuition, self-governance, and decided that only
They
should define that connection, and then build laws around and enforce those laws on that connection (or power or other monopoly)... for All...
I was totally liberated from it!!!
All of it!
I wasn't angry or resentful or bitter,
but liberated,
because I realized that
I have the same power they had!
Perhaps more, because my power is rooted in actual Love, and not fear! I simply choose to use that power to liberate myself and
remind others that they, too, are equally as powerful!
Many leave religion... or some other group... and fall right into another form of bondage, locking themselves into a "new spiritual movement" or atheism or some other set of rules, because they can't see the pattern. Still, perhaps that is simply a part of their journey.
I am closest to God when I'm closest to myself,
when I can hear and trust my own voice within and share All of that with God... in my decisions, in the joys of learning from my mistakes, in learning that life is the journey, not in the end result... but rooted in the knowledge that we only get this time, this space, this body, right now - and that the freedom to live in and enjoy all of it is exhilarating!!!
I'm learning what a waste it is to wait until we're perfect,
right, 'good', to be happy. When we do, we miss it altogether.
I am so inspired
to put this into words, in an entirely new way. Thank you Richard J. Acosta!
#Inspired
I pray your journey is focused on the positive aspects
of all you encounter. If what we focus on expands, then I will continue to focus on the beauty, the joys, in life. And thank God for them. You?
In Love & Light, Crystal-Marie Sealy.
