I've been studying spirituality for the last 12 years and I get to points where I'm less confused. Not that I have all the answers but where, for the moment, I am comfortable with the answers I have been able to hash out. Then, some time later, something shakes me up again.
If you're never questioning, you're not thinking, I guess.
I believe that what we believe is important and that what we believe is not as important as that we believe. I believe in one God but I also believe in Many. I believe that these many gods are individuals, immutable, and separate but I also believe they are the same. I believe in gods that have names and gods that don't. I believe in personal gods, who are happy to be all up in our business, and I believe in impersonal gods, who are too busy making the Universe work to worry about the minutia of our daily lives. I believe in gods who are archetypes and gods who are unique.
I believe in a God who has a name and a face and a God whose only an idea that lives in the spark of things. I believe in a Goddess I have not met and a Goddess upon whose bosom I walk every day.
I'm a crossroads and I'm not sure what path to take.
I'm a crossroads and I'm not sure it matters.
Very true thinking. I believe, in essence, the same...but yes we humans do like to put a name and face to everything we can. I find nothing wrong with that as it helps us connect deeper with the Devine. I think this is something I need to start listening to more and trying to rationalize less.
ReplyDeleteI've been there; have walked from there thinking I finally got the answers, just to stumble into a different there. I think it matters, but only you can say how it affects you. I use my crossroads moments to remind myself that the world is made of half decisions (half moments) that we interpret into a wholeness that fits our needs and hearts.
ReplyDeleteAnd on a totally different topic. You don't want to miss The Wheel of The Orishas, a giveaway from The Hoodoo Shop. I've thinking about emailing you about it, ever since I posted it (I probably emailed you and forgot, did I?
Well, if I did you get the link twice. Here it is: http://pagan-culture.blogspot.com/2011/04/wheel-of-orishas-from-hoodoo-shop.html
Like it says in the description; this is a great gift for someone starting to walk the path of Santería or anyone who wants to know more about it ;-D