โ i had no inkling that i was about to embark on a journey โ
Posted: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 07:38:40 AM
which would awaken my sleeping spirit. i actually had no desire to have a spiritual awakening, because quite honestly i believed that the whole spiritual and mystical side of life, was the construct of weak-willed, superstitious fear mongers, to keep the intellectual pursuit trapped in middle ages, when society was stratified into three classes and religion was the only vehicle for intellectual growth. although i have softened a little bit in my stance, the religion part of that idea, still is part of my belief structure, the divine, spiritual and mystical, well that, as i have seen, is one of the many things that like Horatio, have not dreamt of in my philosophy.
as i did not believe i had a spirit, why would i need to have something i did not possess, awakened. behaving my way into better thinking, has created something new and different in my life, i can admit that when it comes to the mystical, spiritual and yes even the divine, i really do not know. what i do know that the principles i have been taught are spiritual, are pretty much universal as ideals to be strive for, through religion, all religions. i am almost prettify certain, that practicing those principles in my daily life, to the best of my ability makes for a better world in the here and now, and i need not concern myself with a reward for doing the next right thing, after i transition from this conscious life. today i have no fear of there being nothing beyond this life, so doing the next right thing, is an act of immediate gratification, i do the next right thing, i feel better about myself, the better i feel about myself, the more willing i am to do the next right thing, a positive feed back cycle that has nothing to do with eternal reward and punishment.
simply elegant and certainly a gift of a spirit i did not know i had, being awakened to the possibility, that i could be more than i ever dreamed possible. anyhow, it snowed over in Boulder last night, and i am certain the nutcases are already sliding all over the streets, so i guess i better get rolling, it is after all a good day to support my physical as well as my spiritual self.
as i did not believe i had a spirit, why would i need to have something i did not possess, awakened. behaving my way into better thinking, has created something new and different in my life, i can admit that when it comes to the mystical, spiritual and yes even the divine, i really do not know. what i do know that the principles i have been taught are spiritual, are pretty much universal as ideals to be strive for, through religion, all religions. i am almost prettify certain, that practicing those principles in my daily life, to the best of my ability makes for a better world in the here and now, and i need not concern myself with a reward for doing the next right thing, after i transition from this conscious life. today i have no fear of there being nothing beyond this life, so doing the next right thing, is an act of immediate gratification, i do the next right thing, i feel better about myself, the better i feel about myself, the more willing i am to do the next right thing, a positive feed back cycle that has nothing to do with eternal reward and punishment.
simply elegant and certainly a gift of a spirit i did not know i had, being awakened to the possibility, that i could be more than i ever dreamed possible. anyhow, it snowed over in Boulder last night, and i am certain the nutcases are already sliding all over the streets, so i guess i better get rolling, it is after all a good day to support my physical as well as my spiritual self.
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