Writing today on the subject of faith. When you have so many different people in one place, it is impossible for just one faith to be explored.
We, as a system, spent a long time searching. It didn't take long to come to an agreement about some of the things we know we DON'T want. Satan worship, demonology, necromancy, any religion or spiritual path that takes it upon themselves to declare any group of people unworthy of life.
That was the easy part.
The harder part was when we realized that what we have in common are the things that most of the positive western religions at least pay lip service to...there are certain things that are just wrong.
So what we have wound up doing is finding our own balance. I won't declare for anyone but myself, but for me, I have decided that as long as I hold to the tenets I DO believe in, then I am probably okay. For me, the whole "And It Harm None, do what thou wilt" makes perfect sense, as does the golden rule. Not killing anyone just makes moral and legal sense.
But all of those things bring up other questions. If I am not supposed to harm anyone, is it still okay to protect myself? If I treat others the way I want to be treated and they turn around and still trample on me, what then? If I forgive someone 77 times and they still do it, what, then, is my responsibility? And what if I accidentally turn some bad juju out into the world? Does that, too come back to me three fold?
Anyway, what I have figured out is that even once you have declared, you don't stop searching. There are always more questions to try to find for yourself.
So, weigh in here people. How goes your searching? And if you have truly found what you were looking for, then how did you know you had found the answer? Comment. Discuss. Run screaming from the room.
Good Day and may the God/s/dess of your heart lead you to truth and peace.
Roni (who feels very old today)
My search has lead me 'From The Cross to The Hammer' as I like to say. But even now, my search continues. I like what I know of Asatru and feel comfortable in it. But there is much I don't know and am eager to learn. It was a long and winding road that led me here, filled with plenty of queations, doubts, concerns, anger and darkness along the way. But life is a journey. To stop learning is to grow stagnant.
ReplyDeleteI wish you all luck in finding one or multiple spirtualities in which you feel happy and at home.