This isn’t a religious question. The connection between most religions and God are tenuous at best. Churches are more concerned with internal matters and God tends to get lost in the process. Besides, ultimately it’s a question you have to answer yourself. First of all, there is the question. When raised for other than purely intellectual pursuits, itRead more
Higher Consciousness
When you read a novel, you don’t want to know the plot before you finish it. That works for novels, but it’s not a very good formula for life. But that’s what a lot of us end up doing. We go from problem to problem, without any real grasp of the bigger picture. If you want to makeRead more
Karma
It is very likely that some part of you feels unworthy, inadequate, etc. That’s a pretty normal feeling at this stage in our evolution. Those beliefs come from your life experiences, especially your early ones. You were quite impressionable then. Those beliefs could not have formed had you known who you truly were. But because you did not,Read more
Belief
Setting aside Universal Truths such as “All people are created equal,” what is it that you believe – good or bad? About minorities? Maybe Muslims? The girl at work you don’t get along with? Your neighbors? Dogs? Your partner? Your kids? When you go to the dark place inside, what beliefs reside there? In other words, how doRead more
No Other Gods
There are two great competing forces in The Spiritual Universe – God’s love and your fear. Those two cannot exist simultaneously. This is a continuum with pure egotism (fear) at one end and the God Space – love and compassion, at the other. You fall someplace on that scale. At one end you are either with God andRead more