I like your blog post.* It was succinct and said it as you see
it. Life so far I've spent searching for meaning and being
authentic to myself, whatever that is. I guess I was raised
kinda eclectic.* Went to the Methodist church in town 'cause it
was the only protestant church there. All I knew is that I
"wasn't Catholic".* Picked up a book called the "Inner Game of
Tennis" (about Buddhism and Tennis) at a garage sale somewhere
in middle school.* I also read Linda Goodman's Star Signs in 7th
grade and learned: numerology lucid dreaming out of body
experiences vibrations of the universe crystal power and all
sorts of stuff they call New Age usually. My sister declared
herself a Wiccan at the time (this was the mid 1980s)* She still
considers herself one, so I guess she's a lifer. Anyway, Mom
didn't mind.* She just wanted us to be good people, whatever
that was.* Seems like it worked. High school, a teacher tried to
get me into Baha'i (10th grade I think).* She probably shouldn't
have but I had a good time.* Explored Unitarian Universalist,
Quaker, Islam, had a GREAT time with Vipassana Medication (just
out of a book, no guru)... almost went Roman Catholic (I was
gonna be a priest), then ended up going Eastern Orthodox for 5
years.* Convert-itis. Then I was super-into Science. And now?
Officially I declare myself a "true agnostic" : I REALLY don't
know either way.* But I believe in the "be more like Jesus and
try not to be a jerk" that I grew up with as a kid in the
Methodist church Integrating all of it as best I can.** I don't
like to align myself with "Groups" - I'm not a joiner. But I've
invented a few religions along the way and I believe somebody
who is authentic and 'real', generally nice but firm only when
necessary, understands the absurdities in life and within the
self... is going to do just fine in this life. And the next?*
That's where the agnostic comes in.* I don't know :) Might be
heaven, might be nothing, might be reincarnation, might get
reborn in the center of a star and experience life under
pressure, might get my own planet or pocket Universe. It's all
good to me.* Thanks again for the article and best of luck on
your journey. I'm enjoying the hell out of mine. :) Hints: Brush
up on history from multiple perspectives.* If one group says,
"This was bad" - find another group that says, "This was good"
and look at historican's view of history as well, although all
history is biased somewhat. Sometimes let feeling lead you.*
Sometimes let thinking hard about something lead you.* Sometimes
just.. be.
