Spiritual Freedom

I always say that my spirituality is entirely personal and I never seek to persuade anyone to believe in what I do, I simply share my experiences and my beliefs and people are free to pick and choose what feels right for them, if anything. I do, however, ask for respect for my beliefs, not to be judged for them or for being me. I try to live a good life and generally succeed and I am worthy of more than people’s judgments.

Each of us is unique because our experiences and our choices are unique - individual things may be common enough but what makes us unique is the particular mix and match of experiences that are ours. So, it is unrealistic to think that we can be the same as anyone else and, indeed, it is most unattractive. But why then do people seek to put us in boxes and insist we all follow the same beliefs. Where is the love and freedom in that? It is fear-ridden and intolerant. Such things are so much less that what God or the universal consciousness are about, the unconditional love that is everything.

As I have ventured along the path to where I am now, I have gradually met more and more people who seek a freer sort of spirituality, whether or not within the broad guidelines of their familiar or chosen religion. I myself follow any and all major spirits behind a whole range of religions from Jesus to Mohammed, from Buddha to Shiva and my main guiding light other than the One is Kwan Yin, the spiritual head of Mahayana Buddhism, yet I am not a Buddhist. I love God, I love Jesus, I love Mohammed and I love all the others I have named and many more who came to serve mankind. I am dedicated to one God, one world, to the unification of mankind and to peace on Earth. Does it mean then that because I don’t see Jesus as the only way to God that I am doomed to eternal hell fire? I don’t believe so for an infinite, loving God would never do such a thing. Yet they are as entitled to their beliefs as I am to mine. All I ask is not to have a judgmental finger wagged in my face!

As I meet others on a path of freedom in spirituality I find a non-judgmental acceptance, a belief in themselves and a sense of love and kindness that is not common in today’s world. It is this that gives me hope for the future, for a world of mutual respect of religious and spiritual beliefs, of cultural differences and, above all, of the many things that unite all mankind: the desire to love and be loved unconditionally, to live an abundant and healthy life free from poverty and disease. All this is the promised land for me, a land I am committed towards helping bring about.