However, what I
know for sure is that facts are merely observations from one point of view. Ask any witness what happened at the scene of an accident and you will get several different interpretations, each completely accurate in the mind of the observer, so I've come to see TRUTH as being a very subjective thing. What many refer to as Personal TRUTH.
According to this person, "TRUTH is absolute. Take for instance a simple truth in mathematics. 2+2=4. That is true for everyone." and went on to say, "...when Jesus makes the claim that "I am the way and the TRUTH and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me", either this is true
or it is not, not both. One must decide whether or not to accept the TRUTH...Are you absolutely certain there is no such thing as absolute TRUTH?!!"
Well, when it comes to knowing the unknowable, yes I am.
I'm thankful that my Catholic roots instilled my belief that there is much more to us than flesh and bone and that we wouldn't exist without our Spirit, however most of what I was taught just never rang true. I've always seen the Bible as a series of stories, which helped us from going too far astray. We were not there to actually hear the spoken words, so how could anyone be absolutely certain they are true? Even when I was a church-going Catholic I couldn't see taking the Bible as 'Bible' when there was one text for us and a variety of different versions for the multitude of other Christian faiths! It all comes down to what we believe and belief is subjective. Taking us back to the formulation of Personal TRUTH. So here goes.
My best understanding of the Divine comes through my own heartfelt experience. My God is everybody's God, completely accessible with all communication lines open 24/7 and no need for a go between. She is a perfect egoless Being requiring no worship. Why would a perfect egoless Being require worship? My God would never turn away His creations based on their Personal TRUTH. I just can't imagine a line up of beautiful loving Muslim or Jewish Spirits floating around aimlessly in the universe because of their beliefs. I don't need a doctrine to tell me this is true. It just doesn't make any sense to my heart. Devote Christians can quote all the Bible verses they'd like. As I don't put the same faith in those words that they do, they don't hold the same meaning for me.
I do not accept that we are separate Spirits searching for God outside ourselves. However, I do believe that Jesus was God in the flesh, but I also think we are ALL sparks of the Divine, which in our humanness, with our inflated egos, over rationalizing and excessive thinking, we've pushed down the knowing until our Divinity has become unrecognizable to most of us. I believe that Jesus, like the Buddha and others before and after Them were enlightened beings ~ wide-awake, while many of us are still in various stages of fitful sleep. And I believe our current physical form is one of hundreds, perhaps thousands we experience before reaching our own enlightenment.
I experience my God as my Highest Self, my Higher Power, the Best part of me. I've stopped searching outside myself and found everything I need inside, as that's where I feel at peace and where I receive the Best answers. This is not narcissistic, as my Spirituality connects all of us together. This isn't about thinking I'm God. It's about knowing we are ALL
God, one Spirit with a longing for ALL
of us to stop thinking we are separate from God.
I come to my beliefs with the integrity of thorough investigation through mind, heart and Spirit. I've formulated them based on endless discussions, like the one with my friend, as well as by reading the texts and the interpretations of many Religious and Spiritual sects from Catholic, to Aboriginal and Buddhist, to the teachings of a man his followers believe to be the most recent incarnation of the Christ Spirit ~ Meher Baba, who lived in India and dropped his body in the '60's, to the wisdom of many of the Spiritual teachers of today.
I take great joy in exploring the unlimited realm of possibilities our Divinity holds, however I also believe that even when we transition from this physical state, complete knowing is not possible until we've reached our own enlightenment.
So here's another thing I know for sure. As a Spiritual seeker, my Personal TRUTH is ever evolving.
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