More Fluid Thoughts on Religion and Spirituality.

God is supreme. God is wonderful. But, do we really know God if we don’t challenge authority? It is not my intention to dissuade people from religious practices. I choose to simply share my experience. I watched children (myself included) beaten by adults who claim to have the authority of God as to not spoil the child by sparing the rod. Whether we held our tongues in fear or watched in favor of it, no one challenged the authority of a zealot committed to ridding the sinful ways of the world in a child. I for one think that it’s time we question antiquated practices from unproven and out-of-context scriptures. Do we really know God if we ignore our intuition? The voice inside our head that tells us to wait ten more minutes for the weather to clear up before we drive. The loud whisper we hear in the middle of the night telling us to get up when something is wrong. Overtime, we tend to ignore it or bury it under the work day as we exchange our exploitation for small wages. The ephemeral ways of life seem more permanent then they actually are and somewhere along the lines, God becomes our societal conditioning. That changed for me when I decided to be guided by my voice and not a man in suit behind a pulpit. Listening to myself, journaling, deep breathing, and prayer have now become my church. I seek my own counsel with meditation and a lit candle. And when my thoughts are quiet and my mind stops racing, I find the answers. There was no need for me to get up and go to a place deemed “the house God” when my body is already a temple. I always ask for the counsel of the Universe/God or the heavens on high and so far, it seems to be working.