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June 1, 2016 at 9:45 am #106206SParticipant
Hello everyone,
A strange one this (maybe)…
I am not spiritual, nor religious (although have prayed many times, in times of need), yet find myself wanting to be! I think it’s for many reasons I.e. feeling lost, no purpose, low, without hope in life…the list goes on.
I think I want to be as so many people I know that are seem to be fulfilled by spirituality and yet I do find myself deeply sceptical of it but wish I was not!
I have tried many times to find God but nothing enters my head but feeling absurd and total scepticism of it…why do so many that preach claim that God has called them or they found God? Why can I not? Why is this the same with spirituality and me?
I know very little about spiritualism and there are many aspects I do know could never be me but some things seem to draw on me from my little knowledge of Buddhism.
I wished I believed in a higher power and yet all I see are barriers in front of me…Where do I start….how do I start…for example, I have tried meditation and mindfulness and yet nothing but a furiously busy mind just laughs at it…
Not much sense I know but please help me…
Spen
June 1, 2016 at 12:45 pm #106220EvanParticipantHi Spen,
Well written – and yes you are not seeking another framework to believe in. This journey is not based in the mind, but the heart. I would suggest Eckhart Tolle – Power of Now as a great start. I am sure you will receive many replies, so I will keep mine brief.
Best
Evan
June 2, 2016 at 1:13 pm #106320RuthieParticipantHi Spen,
Wow, you sound like my boyfriend. He said he struggled his whole life with wanting to believe in a God (as his entire family are faith oriented people) and yet was always left skeptical and confused. He said he finally made peace with it about 5 years ago and just accepted that he couldn’t wrap his head around it. I am not promoting in type of specific faith, however, I would encourage you to read the book titled Letters from a Skeptic, it is very powerful. It addresses a lot of the issues we have around our unbelief or should I say what makes it hard to believe in a higher power. I am sending you good thoughts and hoping you can find your way through this. No, in fact I know you will find your way through this. Seek and you will find.
Blessings,
Ruth
June 3, 2016 at 3:14 am #106348Maria_LParticipantHi Spen,
I understand your struggle, cause I am also trying to ‘find my way’ since I can remember. I have explored the teachings of many world religions, philosophers, and I can only say that I found something comforting and inspiring in most of them. I think there isn’t just one way, the right way. If there is God, I don’t think that God understands words, or protocols, or rituals… just the pure energy we send to the Universe through them. You will feel in your heart what is the true and what is the right way to express yourself and re-connect.
I often wonder if humanity is ready at all to lift it’s consciousness to that level to understand God… I have a feeling that all the religions are trying to say something, and it’s the same thing…. but also most of the teachings are distorted through time, re-modeled to serve someone, and different human perspective had taken it’s toll also. Maybe we will progress… I’d like to believe that the time will come when also religion (or spirituality) will merge with science and we will see clear how we are one.
I won’t impose my ways, cause as I said, I accept that we all might have different ways. I might recommend a wonderful documentary though, called Kymatica.. It offers interesting insight and explanation to the question ‘how are we connected’ 🙂
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