My Religion

As I was pondering what to write about this issue, and coming up blank, I began to imagine I must be like a minister trying to come up with a Sunday sermon. Sometimes it feels like I am preaching the gospel, or trying to save all of you from sinning. Though those thoughts are far from my mind when I sit down to write I know my words must come across as religious fervor at times.

Then I thought about it more and realized I AM touting my "religion" when I post oftentimes, because I speak from my heart on core issue. I do not attend a church, and despite my upbringing I cannot claim that I am Jewish in the practicing sense, but I do have a strong spiritual core and it leaks out here and there on this blog. In essence my beliefs revolve around the concept that God is not a separate entity from us, but that we are all Gods.

My theory is if God is outside of us, then we expect him (or her) to do something for us: help us. But if we are each our own God then we each have that power. We are in charge and can manifest, despite great obstacles sometimes, incredible things.  

I also believe that my body is my temple. This and the natural world are my worship sites: preferably together. When I am on a bike, or hiking on a rural trail I am in church. The feeling of my body working while I am surrounded by the beauty of our gorgeous world awakens a gratefulness and spiritual bliss that I cannot find any other way.