For me being a spiritual being differs from being religious. Religion for me is much more structured with prayers, songs and other types of rituals that take place both in private and in churches.
I have always been a spiritual being. I love nature; love being out doors, hearing the birds sing and smelling the sweet fragrance of trees and flowers. For me this is God in its fullest and truest form.
As a child I "had" to go to church and church, let's face it was long and boring. My mother wouldn't let me go to the bathroom during church and sleeping was enough to cause her to have an apoplexic fit, lol.
My son recently told someone that he was spiritual, not religious so I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. My father was the same way and so was my grandfather. Both never entered a church unless someone was getting married but they both had a sense of God that was profound.
My grandfather was a 33rd degree Mason and my grandmother was in the Eastern Star. Now, she attended church regularly and had the same seat in the same pew and if anyone was sitting in her "space", she would ask them to please move.
I attend a spiritual New Thought church and discovered New Thought when I was an adult. I love the non-traditional nuances of New Thought. It helps me to get along in the world.
I also honor other philosophies and religions and am deeply interested in Buddhism and read and study voraciously.
I also listen to Christian ministers like Rev. Joel Olsteen and Rev. Joyce Meyer, both of whom teach a type of New Thought philosophy with Christian roots. I have attended services at Catholic churches where the same New Thought ideas come through.
I think ultimately all of us will come to the same conclusion. God is God is God. No matter what name what you believe in is called, we are all children of God; we are all created the same and have the same every day problems. We all go through illness, death, accident, loss of jobs, loss of loves so we are all in the same boat.
Bill Maher is adamant about his antheism. He is also judgmental and can't understand that he should just leave people alone in their beliefs. Everyone has a right to believe what they believe. If he chooses not to believe in anything, good for him.
I believe that whatever gets you through the tempestuous situations that come up in your life, no matter what it is called is a good thing. None of us can depend on our friends and family to see us through things, God will always be there.
Leaning on whatever you believe in is just fine with me. There is so much going on in the world right now and we all need something we can cling to so that we can make it through the darkness.
The light is always there, ready and waiting for us to turn to it and I truly believe in my heart that the world would be a better place for all if we just stopped judging each other and saw the similarities rather than the differences.
This is what tears us apart as is the feeling that what you believe in is better than what I believe in. Nothing is better than the other. It's all good because it's all God.
Find what works for you, cherish it in your heart, don't let anyone tell you that you are wrong for your beliefs. Your beliefs are yours and my beliefs are mine. No good or bad, no better or worse.
Happy Traveling.
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