A note to a friend.
Here's a letter/email I sent to a good friend. I haven't posted much, but that doesn't mean that I haven't been doing much. So here's some of the stuff I've been doing/ thinking about.
NAAAaaaaaaacccchhhhoooooooooooOOOO!!!!
I mean Hello old friend.
So, I too have been slacking. I wanted to send you an email about the UU church I went to. It was really neat and spiritually uplifting. I was curious to see how a service would be lead without having a faith based common ground. I found out that there was a very common ground. I think they called God the Great Spirit and the One. Each month there's a theme connecting the topics of each week. The Sunday before Memorial Day was when I went, and it was interesting to here different religions and religious figures mentioned when the reverend spoke about peace, honor, shades of gray, "us versus them," and acting while keeping our hearts focused on love. I feel like UU church is more like applying religion, love, and peace to daily life instead of learning about religion. In the application aspect, I like it. In the learning aspect, I might need to look elsewhere. After everything though, it was good and very connected to the local community. I think I'm going to go every other week due to my work schedule. I'll keep you posted.
I've also been reading a lot of books lately and working on art. I've read "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" and "The Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior," both books by Dan Millman. I just started "Walden" by Thoreau. For me, it is easiest to see God when I return to nature and to the state in which the world was and will return to (unless we kill it first). I've still been thinking about 'talking to Jesus' and what that phrase means to me. It's easier for me to see the Jesus-like nature within others and myself rather than seeing Jesus actually being present among us. I can see his word, his deeds, his kindness, his heart, but I cannot see his body. Is that what I'm supposed to be seeing? I feel his presence as I do Buddha's, Gandhi's, Mother Teresa, because I feel God's love in them all. I hear their message, because, to me, it's the message of the universe. Peace, love, service. Jesus seems to be on a different level, and I do admit that, than the others I mentioned, but I still cannot see him being the only way to God. His way is the way, but can others find the path he left to get to God without knowing that it was him who paved it?
I know these questions are similar to ones I've asked before, but I think they touch on something I haven't before. If you follow the path that Jesus paved to God and that others have followed in the name of love, will you end up with God? Why does saying 'yes' to a present and living Jesus make all the difference? Can you say 'yes' to Jesus's past, his legacy? Let me know what you think. I'd love to hear.
NAAAaaaaaaacccchhhhoooooooooooOOOO!!!!
I mean Hello old friend.
So, I too have been slacking. I wanted to send you an email about the UU church I went to. It was really neat and spiritually uplifting. I was curious to see how a service would be lead without having a faith based common ground. I found out that there was a very common ground. I think they called God the Great Spirit and the One. Each month there's a theme connecting the topics of each week. The Sunday before Memorial Day was when I went, and it was interesting to here different religions and religious figures mentioned when the reverend spoke about peace, honor, shades of gray, "us versus them," and acting while keeping our hearts focused on love. I feel like UU church is more like applying religion, love, and peace to daily life instead of learning about religion. In the application aspect, I like it. In the learning aspect, I might need to look elsewhere. After everything though, it was good and very connected to the local community. I think I'm going to go every other week due to my work schedule. I'll keep you posted.
I've also been reading a lot of books lately and working on art. I've read "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" and "The Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior," both books by Dan Millman. I just started "Walden" by Thoreau. For me, it is easiest to see God when I return to nature and to the state in which the world was and will return to (unless we kill it first). I've still been thinking about 'talking to Jesus' and what that phrase means to me. It's easier for me to see the Jesus-like nature within others and myself rather than seeing Jesus actually being present among us. I can see his word, his deeds, his kindness, his heart, but I cannot see his body. Is that what I'm supposed to be seeing? I feel his presence as I do Buddha's, Gandhi's, Mother Teresa, because I feel God's love in them all. I hear their message, because, to me, it's the message of the universe. Peace, love, service. Jesus seems to be on a different level, and I do admit that, than the others I mentioned, but I still cannot see him being the only way to God. His way is the way, but can others find the path he left to get to God without knowing that it was him who paved it?
I know these questions are similar to ones I've asked before, but I think they touch on something I haven't before. If you follow the path that Jesus paved to God and that others have followed in the name of love, will you end up with God? Why does saying 'yes' to a present and living Jesus make all the difference? Can you say 'yes' to Jesus's past, his legacy? Let me know what you think. I'd love to hear.