What do you believe?

Published on June 19, 2005 By dharmagrl In Blogging

I'm interested in knowing what people's personal beliefs are.

I don't want what your book of faith tells you you should believe, so please don't trot out the party line...tell me what YOU think, what YOU hold to be true.

I believe in Karma, I believe that what you do comes back to you. I believe that compassion, tolerance and love will get you far, and that spite and anger are destructive properties. I believe that we have souls, and that when we die our souls are released and are either re-born in another form (sometimes human, sometimes not) or go back to the great creator. I believe that there is a divine force...and this divine force has many names. Some know him as God, some as Jehova, some as Allah, some as Brahma...there are many paths to this divine force.

What I DON'T believe is that there is one path to god and that only one faith has exclusive rights to said god. I don't believe that the world was created in 7 days, and I'm not entirely sure that jesus of nazareth was the humanized form of this god. I think he was a rebel in his time and that he led the way to a spiritual revolution, but I question his divinity. I don't believe in the christianized version of a heaven paved with streets of gold, and I also don't believe that all that's required to get you there is showing up to church every sunday and knowing your bible inside out.

So, know you know what I believe....what do YOU believe?

Comments

dynamaso

on Jun 20, 2005

My beliefs are pretty simple, really. I don't believe in the idea of singular deities, in any form, although I do like the symbology of artistic representations. I believe the Buddha is in us all and this can be found in the power of positive thoughts, words and deeds. I believe in living my life so I won't be regretful in the future. I believe in the good of human kind and that we have the power to overcome the greatest obstacles and rise above them.

Simple, I know, but I really do feel empowered by them.

Cheers,

Maso

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