Monday, January 4, 2010

Destiny

It has been awhile since I have shared here. I can only say, that I was immersing myself in the supposedly mundane details of day to day life.
And sometimes, it wears me out thinking of how to arrange the words.
That they may be taken as they were meant in the intent of the giving.

The world is filled with mysteries. But the magic is certainly not gone from it.
It amazes me when I read old tracts and references to beliefs that are designed to shape the beliefs of the reader.
I find most of the manipulation offensive. As, they are not only based on lies, but by their very design, created to confuse and in doing so grant power to the confuser.

Peoples beliefs can be a most precious treasure. In that they are an initiation of faith. Whatever that faith may prove to be.

I do not know why so many of us wander and wonder based on why. When why is simply another word for the journey to arrive at the destination of understanding.
Otherwise known as, the place of discernment.

The Church has the ability to anger me more than almost any other belief management program.
Because the church is filled with lies and people who do not think to question.
And it is often fear based.
The Bible as it is presented today in it's many different interpretations is another source of frustration for me.
Mostly because it has been manipulated by man in what seems to be a direct challenge to God.
Good thing God has a rather remarkable sense of humor.

Why I am writing this? Here? Today? Because I felt rather compelled to do so. And because I am tired of seeing children cheating themselves based on what someone else or several someones have presented as absolutes. To suit their own agenda.

There has been so much unnecessary pain and twist. Over power. True power is to be found in the strength of your beliefs. Again, whatever they may be.
Because that is what is true for the individual who holds them.

Some people would call that a conscience. I prefer to call it a compass. And not unlike, snowflakes, no two are exactly alike.
Were that true? There would be no variation of color in this tapestry of life in which we all represent a strand or two in the weave of.

I would like to challenge all who read this to do one thing. Be true to yourself. Value the compass that is uniquely your own.
I promise the rest will become so much more clear.
Because it is your Destiny.

6 comments:

  1. My father always said he felt closer to God in a field behind the rear-ends of his horses. I echo that. I can see God everywhere just looking out my window, more so sitting in a church listening to someone else's view of what I should or should not do with my life or how I should live it while they are passing around a plate to plunk my money in to support them. God has been good to me and given me riches that I might not really deserve but maybe he felt I do. Who has any right to determine how I deserve them or not??? I could go on and on about this but I will not. I NEVER discuss religion or politics. Both piss me off to no end especially since Joe Public is the one screwed on both.

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  2. Well said Pheadra and Dena , God is there in everything we see and do. Just gotta rtemember to look.
    One of my all time favorite poems is footprints. It is good to remember it the tough times there is someone to carry you

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  3. You comments echo the thoughts of many Christians. My mother is a Fundamentalist. She leaves the service if there is hate mongering. She believes that the written texts are manmade and is quite happy with her own spirituality.

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