Growing up I was a christian. It was very negative, you can't do this, you can't do that. It was like watching the 10 o'clock news, all negative. All this with the threat of going to hell. Yet I went to many funerals, mostly relatives, many who never went to church and did not live the "christian" life, yet (and most of them were Baptist) at the funeral, the preacher would always say that he knows that they are setting up there next to Jesus right now. Why go to all the trouble when your going to be up there setting next to Jesus anyway?
I am not knocking being a christian, but I am not knocking being any other faith. It is human nature to wonder "who we are" "where did we come from" "where are we going". I do know that it is not necessary to give 10% and your hard earned money to a preacher in order to get to heaven.
Life is for living, living is now. I spent much of my life trying to get past the guilt of not being a "good" christian. I have spent more of my life searching and learning the truth about life. The turning point in my life was learning to meditate, to get closer to the creator, who is in everything, learning to enjoy my role in this creation. I do believe there is life after life, a continuation of this life on a different level. We will not leave our mistakes behind but will still have to deal with them, we will also take with us our level of enlightenment and continue to learn and grow mentally and spiritually.
Here is some recommended reading:
- What the Bleep Do We Know
- Read everything written by Dr. Wayne Dyer
- The Book of Secrets by Deepak Chopra
