All Spiritual People have contemplated their conception of God, what it is, how it fits into world and their lives and what its role is in the world and the way they should believe or follow; and even if they should. I honestly believe that the world’s people are better off with belief in God; found in their heart and after searching their soul and conscience to find the truth for themselves. For many people Religions provide direction and the feeling of contact with God. It is wonderful the thing we can find out about ourselves and others going to church(es) and taking advantage of the things they offer in the way of direction to help us find our own way to God, community and companionship in a common belief and the comfort in times of need. The doctrines provided by different religions must be evaluated by each individual to see the things that will help them in their own spiritual path and should not be too quick to discard the things that may not fit into their path right now. Living a spiritual life becomes more fulfilling when we have a clear concept of God that works for us. Being told what that concept should be should be a sign that a religion may not practice spirituality and look to people as the individuals that God want us all to be. So… what is God? I cannot answer that for you. I can tell you some of the things that God is and is not; based on my own investigation and forming my own conception of God, of the truth as seen from an open mind and with careful contemplation of how it fits into my life as a spiritual being having a human experience.
With a connection to God, we can live with our heads in the clouds and our feet on the ground.
Seek God
To understand the true faces of God we must look at all we see as a product of God and as God. When we see God in everything we become open to others who are created in the image of God and embrace all the visible manifestations of God at any given moment as real and present in everything. All knowing and ever present transcending and being of both in all extremes and duality, as that which creates balance in the world leading all to the middle as that, which always was and will be. Is and is in everything that has been or existed, will ever be or ever exist and does not discriminate or favor anything or being or extreme.
When we pray to God for guidance and inspiration we are sending out energy, thoughts and prayers are energy, with the expectation that the energy we receive is beyond our human will and more in line with what is best for all beings of God. That energy that comes to us in the form of inspiration and direction to our next right action can lead us to the things that we need to have the things that we want.
GOD The Father Sky
The sky of blue, part of you.
Direction to the things to do.
Inside and out, around and about.
Who and what, removes all doubt,
Where all comes and will return.
Filled lessons for all to learn.
Where prayers go and answers come.
Forever one as all and all as one.
Power that bind, beyond our mind.
Strength holding, true self we find.
Good and bad in every thing.
Inspiration and songs we sing.
Love we feel that makes us whole.
Relief from all that takes it toll.
Guiding hope there for the asking.
Showing when we stop searching.
Helping us be the best we can.
Beyond the help of any man.
Holding lessons of the past.
For the future on to the last.
Forever, on and on this shall go.
All and you, it’s all to know.
FAITH
Faith that the things we want will come to us is a learned thing, we are selfish by nature and when we don’t get what we want our faith is tested. Practical experience shows us that faith can be and is very powerful. Whatever you believe you can achieve, is a great saying but leaves out the fact that we have to have faith that what we believe is achievable.
It would be absurd to believe we can sprout wings and fly, no matter how hard we try to believe we will not sprout wings. We can however be realistic and believe we will someday fly and with faith in that fact, we will be directed to whatever we need to do to get up in the air. When we get what it is in the form of inspiration or direction we need to again have faith that what we are feeling is the right thing to do. Buy that raffle ticket for the hot air balloon ride.
The more we use faith we find it becomes almost second nature and we begin to rely on its power. By releasing our thoughts and worries and letting things play out as they will, the practice of using faith becomes our way of acceptance that we have done right with right intention and released control of thing that are not in our control. It is at those times, when we don’t have control we feel we need that our faith is tested the most.
No discourse on Faith would be complete without discussion of the role that God plays in our lives and the faith we have in God to care for us and make things right. We believe making things right is our responsibility and when those things don’t appear at first to be the way we would have ideally wanted, we need to see that lack of faith may have been or be the cause.
When we look at faith in our lives, the many things we take for granted and that we place our faith in; God, ourselves, our thoughts, actions and their outcomes, external forces, others and just how things should be. We find that with careful examination and evaluation of the things that are going on that we control and don’t have control, will lead us to find the times when just having faith, in any of the for-mentioned is right to comfort us in the fact that things will turn out for the best or the way they were meant to be.
Our Faith in God’s power and our connection with that power is increased when we see the power that faith carries in our lives, those times when we can really see that all things require some type of faith that, things will turn out for the best and that it will be the way it was meant to be. Our understanding just what the Power can do and what our role is in all situations can be easier when we use our faith that, things will turn out for the best and that it will be the way it was meant to be, before, during and after our actions.
The depth of our faith is dependent on our spiritual condition and our connection with “All That Is”. The different things we place our faith in, defines who we are and the way we attract things and people into our lives. By taking responsibility for the things that have happened or are happening in our lives, we can focus on attracting the divine inspiration and faith in that inspiration that will help us attract our desires and realize how our faith in the God played into the results of our actions.
If we have taken care to only create causes in our lives that lead us closer toward having things and relationships in our lives that are fulfilling and meaningful, we can have faith that things will work out for the best, based on the work that we have put in. This Faith in ourselves can make things seem as though it is all riding on us and for the most part, it is. That is when faith in our thoughts and action is most important. All of our careful attention to the things we are doing will all boil down to moments of faith sooner or later.
The times when we have to have faith in others have to be the times when we need to tap into the other faith that we practice most. For our own peace of mind it is important to understand the things that we have no control of or over and how we should best handle the situations where we need to have faith in the actions of others. We may not have a choice in having to place our faith in others, but we can change our thoughts to how that faith is really in God or ourselves and the choices we have made to put ourselves in a position where we need to have faith in others.
Letting go of the things that hold us back most is easier with faith that there is a better way and that the things we are doing will bring us True Happiness because they just will.
“Love is a state of Being. It’s a forgiving, nurturing, and supportive way of relating to the world. Love isn’t intellectual and doesn’t proceed from the mind. Love emanates from the heart. It has the capacity to lift others and accomplish great feats because of its purity of motive.” David Hawkins,MD
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.” Albert Einstein
If you want to see God, stop desiring to see God
All paths led to God!
God is always telling you that that’s what you are meant to be doing.
GOD
This site uses the following conception of God as a common definition to eliminate confusion, create a sense of ease and to take into account common views of most people. The conception used relates to things on this site and can make sense of concepts used throughout this site.
God; has always been, will always be, exists as the ultimate energy of everything that is, inside, as and around everything, the creator of all from which all comes from, is and all will return.
Using the above concept it is possible for there to be only one God, for us to be one with God in this life and after Death, to understand that we were created in God’s image; being Spiritual Energy in our human form, that God is all around us, that everything was created by God; being of God.
A MASCULINE GOD
Distinction of God as masculine, he, the father, and as the creator makes sense; if we look at our human existence as being feminine, of the Earth, mother, she who bares us, and cares for us in our bodies, making it possible for us to be of both Mother and Father, Earth and Sky, Body and Spirit.
LISTEN TO GOD
Directions of how to proceed when inspired by faith in God will always lead you in the right direction. Being of God and being human, gives us the opportunity to create a life that is centered and balanced in both by doing things that make us feel good with right intention and direction. “What would God want me to do?” is the question to ask ourselves to begin our meditation on finding the right answers to aide us on our path. The answer will be known when it is right, wrong action comes from wrong thought, motive or intention.
Look for Good Orderly Direction.
As I grew spiritually I began to notice the growing spiritual movement that is going on in the world around us. Thank you, to all those other people in the world that share in the truth and the global shift of consciousness. I am not just talking about religion there has always been religion and there always will be. I defined my stance on religion as this;
“Religions of the world, though they are not for me, serve a needed purpose in the world and have done more good for the people of the world than bad. They may have been the cause of many conflicts and wars in history and in the present time, that could be resolved by an understanding of the things and the fundamental principals that they have in common.”
Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God
The difference between good and God is 0 not “o” as on “oh” but “0” as in “zero”.
SPIRITUALITY
Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and faith, a transcendent reality, or one or more deities. Spiritual matters are thus those matters regarding humankind’s ultimate nature and meaning, not only as material biological organisms, but as beings with a unique relationship to that which is perceived to be beyond the bodily senses, time and the material world. Read more at Wikipedia
There is bliss inside of you. One must try to be quiet to find this bliss.
It is all in the trying
If we agree to disagree, at least we agreed on that…
“Believes that everything happens for a reason., so don’t have regrets… coz without the bad things, you wouldn’t be the strong person you are today” N.P.L
Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of someone else. Judy Garland
The recovery of our inner spirit is in the process not in the outcome and is all about what we are doing in this moment.
Nothing ever goes away, until it has taught us what we need to know.
Empathy is part of my spiritual journey and the oneness found has eased my suffering.
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” Dalai Lama
Hi! My name is Marty Schirn. I really like your website! More than that, both of you are trying very hard to help people to greatly improve their lives. This is highly admirable!
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PLEASE FEEL FREE TO AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING I SAY. THESE ARE SIMPLY MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS.
As I see it, to bring people everywhere together in deep unity and harmony, there must be a dramatic change in the way we view God, mankind, and religion.
- a) We must come to recognize that there is only one Creator, though He has been called different names throughout history such as Ahura Mazda, Brahma, Adonoi, Father, Allah.
- b) We must embrace the fact that mankind is one family. There is only ONE race — the Human Race. We are all a beautiful human flower garden. Our diversity is to be accepted and appreciated, not condemned and destroyed.
- c) We must change our views of religion from being narrow to a universal view that is totally accepting. Here is a universal view that makes sense to me:
Logically, one Creator can have only one religion. He is not in competition with Himself.
However, I believe that God has revealed His one religion not once, but MANY times throughout history. God’s Messengers have been the Founders of the major world religions: Abraham, Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Christ, and Muhammad.
Hence I believe ALL the major world religions are Divine in origin, one in essence, equally true, equally important, equally valid, and all part of ONE progressive process.
As I see it, God, through His Messengers, has ADAPTED His one religion to meet the needs of each age in which it has been revealed.
I view the major world religions as many chapters of one book. If a chapter were missing, the book would be incomplete.
A universal loving Creator does not play favorites. He wants ALL His children, whenever and wherever they have lived, to know of His existence, to love and obey Him, and in so doing, to develop into the spiritual human beings we were all created to become.
All the above comes from the universal teachings of Baha’u’llah (1817-1892), Founder of the youngest of the major world religions, the Baha’i Faith that began in Persia (Iran) in 1844.
Thank you for letting me share these things with you. Keep up the GREAT work you are doing!
Warmly, Marty Schirn