The views expressed are those of the writer and reflect what sits well with me today. I respect all individuals walking their path in whatever way seems to fit for them.
I often see spirituality grouped together with religion. In my mind they are separate. Religion is the dogma. Of those I have read many and feel at the end of the day they all say the same thing. Be kind to one another. Do good work. Then go home gracefully.
Spirituality speaks to the essence of me. It cannot be turned off and I cannot press a snooze button. Quantum sciences have shown that we are just bundles of energy and that there really is just one energy field. We are litterally NOT separate. What we do to another, we do to ourselves. There are always ripples in the field and we feel them all whether we are aware of it or not. Every thought we have, every judgment we make affects another. If people really got that - we would live in a much different world.
Where does the energy of me end and the energy of you begin? There is an overlapping-an intermingling.
It is why you can think of someone and they suddenly call.
It is why you can talk to someone in another part of a world yet feel them fill the room as if they were sitting right there with you.
It is why people in separate parts of the world can invent the same thing or can write similar songs with similar melodies without knowing a thing about each other.
Spirituality to me is the acknowledgment of that energetic existence. A knowing that this physical manifestation of me is just that...a physical manifestation so that I may interact with my environment. So that I may experience and grow and learn. But is not the whole of me.
That would be like the most insignificant wave declaring itself the entire ocean. I am but a wave - a presence - a ripple - but I roll with the tide of the whole field. When I die I will sink back into the field. Still part of it ... but not individualized.
I am it ... and it is me. That is spirit...that energetic life force ... the creative and animating energy.
Yes, I think people make judgments about one another based upon their forum posts. In some cases, it is all we have to go on.
The mistake is in thinking that what we read is the whole of the person. It is not. We are 3D technicolour beings - all the colours, all the shades, all the textures...light and shadow.
We are filled with dreams and contradictions and wisdom and an inner child sometimes run amok.
We have histories and stories that colour our world and our experience. The diversity is glorious.
My forum posts are me ... they are me in that moment. Sometimes soulful, sometime philispohical, sometimes humourous, sometimes tongue in cheek sarcastic, sometimes sad and frustrated. They represent me ... authentically me ... in that moment ... but they are not the whole of me.
Other's perceptions are just that. Theirs. Over those I have no control.
And I have everything I need - the universe just works that way... doesn't mean I don't have some extra wants mixed in with 'some kinda wonderful' desires. Guess I'll see what shows up. I do like your attitude.
PISCES - The Partner for life, caring and kind. Smart. Center of attention. High appeal. Has the last word. Good to find, hard to keep. Fun to be around. Extremely weird but in a good way. Good Sense of Humor!!! Thoughtful. Always gets what he or she wants. Loves to joke. Very popular. Silly, fun and sweet.
RE: I HAVE A DATE YIPPEE
lucky - he is such a sweetieHope you have a great time!