This description of one person's God caught my attention:
"the natural consequences of our connections to each other";
is a remarkable way to convey what it means to be alive
and human in this amazing world.
I believe we are all in the process of creating
our own unique version of this entity
called by many different names...one of them being God.
"I also believe in it because I want to believe in it."
This too, strikes me as an amazing statement because
it underscores the truth of belief, doesn't it?
We believe what we want to believe.
It's when we attempt to impose our version on
others that things go off kilter in tragic ways.
If only we could be taught this from the beginning
instead of the other way around.
So often, someone's version of God
is imposed on us as children;
most often with the best of intentions,
most often by a well meaning community.
A sense of belonging and security is instilled
as if it depended on this exact belief.
What if, as children, we were taught that we
are in the process of creating our own version
of a supreme being; that a benevolent creator
lives inside of us, bringing us the powers of goodness
and a source of comfort and solace when things are hard?
That any path we choose is sacred?
That we are holy beings as is everyone around us?
What would this world look like then?
Namaste'
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