CAMELOT FANTASIES

Quote from: thetruth on December 15, 2013, 01:03:30 am

You speak of such interesting things. Some of the subjects I find fascinating as well, but my journey has been tailor made for me. I know without a shadow of a doubt that I am where I am supposed to be.

It's difficult to explain Christianity in a way that many people would understand, because I find that many people who call themselves Christians are clueless as to what God requires of us. There is a big difference between being religious and being spiritual.

The stories that I could tell you.
 

I am of Muslim background and they don't believe in reincarnation. The concept of reincarnation was first introduced in Hinduism and Buddhism, two of world's oldest religions. It is said that "Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that cannot be defined, but is only to be experienced." I believe that speaks volume.

So judging by my own background, I should only subscribe to my own faith but I am also a person of great curiosity. The God I believe in is not judgmental nor does it tell me how to live my life. I believe it has given me choices and free will to choose anything I want and whatever I choose, my reality will be based on that. In other words, if I end up being in, say, "Hell", it will be because of the path I chose - the path of darkness - not because God was too keen on punishing me. So as I see it, it is all up to me and not up to God. For all I know, God is only capable of unconditional love and it is made of all archetype values that I often speak of. It is not made of judgement or punishment. It does not care which path you choose to believe in it as long as you are a good person and you do good deeds. And even if you don't do good deeds, it won't punish you, you will punish yourself. It is the system and the rules that are in place just like the physical laws of the Universe but at the same time, it has the power to override anything since it is the creator. What you believe in is crucial of course since that will be your reality once you move on from this physical life. If you believe in nothing then once you pass on, you will be thrown into nothing, in complete darkness, but with the sense of knowing that you still exist or that your consciousness still exists even when you do not exist in physical form. That will be your reality as you have created for yourself when you were in physical form.

Anyway, I like both religions and science but they both have their dogmas and paradoxes and tend to be highly polarized. I am strictly spiritual and Quantum Physics is the only science I believe in because it's dogma free. I love Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Muhammad, Moses all these historical figures and spiritual beings but I don't believe in the books. They've been all manipulated by the followers to create fear and false faith in people. At the fundamental level, it is all the same - they all talk about this creator called God and all being One and equal, that's all I can subscribe to. I don't believe in rituals but I believe in prayers and mediation because that's the way to connect to each other.

I do believe that in the near future - perhaps a couple of hundred years from now (or even less), both religion and Newtonian science will cease to exist and people will be mostly spiritual and will be far closer to the truth. It is bound to happen now that we are more and more paying attention to our experiences.

I was raised in the Catholic faith which lacked answers for me, so I converted, but it wasn’t a conversion that I chose, instead it was a gentle pushing and prodding that led me to a non-denominational faith of which I had no prior knowledge of.

I do not serve a judgmental God, although he is often erroneously attributed with that trait. God does not deny us freewill. He created satan which shows the depth of his leniency. We are all free to make our own choices and God does not tell us how to live our lives, he simply shows us those things which will make our path easier, but the choice is still ours. He understands that we are imperfect and cannot fulfill the law, but he loves us regardless of our frailties.

We should all be comfortable with the spiritual path that we have chosen and I am ecstatic over mine. I am grateful every day that he has chosen me to be a joint heir in his kingdom. I have tested his Word in my life and it is has been as he has said every step of the way.

I feel sorry for anyone who enters into any religion as a result of fear, because God denounces fear all throughout the bible. I'm grateful because I realize that God doesn’t need me. It’s me who needs God. I follow him because I love him and because he first loved a sinner like me. I'll be eternally grateful for that.
 
I'm also happy for you and glad that you have a strong faith that you're comfortable with as it is the most important decision that we’ll ever make.