Spiritual Endeavor

I come from the school of thought that all paths lead to God. My mom had always given me choice when it came to my personal spirituality. Mind you, I am sure from just being her daughter I was apt to be more open than the next cat, as she studied and challenged her own beliefs at a deafening pace. I was given the opportunity at very young age say 5 or 6, to pick and choose for myself. My mom understood the premium of free will and the strong importance it was to teach choice. I was offered a chance at going to Sunday School, I took it. A woman my Mom knew was taking me. That didn’t last very long, as the woman died, and it was on to the next spiritual endeavor. I was exposed to many philosophies Christianity primarily Protestant and Catholicism, Gnostic and Essene teachings, Eckankar, Transcendental Meditation, Yoga, Science of Mind, and later on via my brother and other channels, Zen and Tibetan philosophies in Buddhism, Hinduism and Jewish Kabbalah and Metaphysics.

Needless to say I had a lot to choose from. At times these opportunities of choice were a blessing and curse. Some years all I wanted was a institution or a set of rules to follow to make me feel more connected, to have a sense of belonging or even a feeling of righteousness. At times I was comforted knowing that the meat of God was always accessible within my soul and not by teachings that didn’t resonate truth for me. I now appreciate and feel connected more by being challenged by all my experiences and my personal quest into the feeling universe. For me, the dogma aspect of religions mask the truth behind the original teachings. I do think religion and institutions have their place but I do not think that God says one doorway or access point to me or I will delete you from my “Heart”. That doesn’t compute for me! My beliefs are based in trial and error, faith as well as, study. I am a believer that every piece of energy (the space in between the energy, as well) in the universe is a subsection of God, Consciousness or Source. Whatever label you want to put on it, it is All There Is. I am happy to know that I am a speckle in this wondrous outcrop of physical reality. This doesn’t take away the fact that I can manifest this energy into a personal God that I can talk to, cry to or even scream at. I also know that God in human experience can barely be fathomed in its Wholeness by the logical mind and I am ok not knowing everything at this moment. Well, at least some of the time

I could go on and on but I will let this simmer.

Love and Hugs
Jen