For as confident as I am about death and what happens to us, there are still situations that never make sense or feels right to me. I am a true believer of seeing God in everything, and that there is a lesson to be learned by all. However, when I hear about a story that entails a newborn dying suddenly I sort of stop in my tracks, get sick to my stomach, and ache for those parents. The why never gets any easier in dire situations. It is Christmas, and for what should have been a joyous time celebrating around a new baby, is not rattled by heartache and loss. I grieve for them, because even though I never met them, we are all connected.
We are all connected. A simple statement so many of us forget.
I knew when I spoke up and told my story that I would get some backlash. I prepared for the non-believers, and the skeptics. The thing about God talk is it is always a source of fire (like politics) when being spoken of. I get it. I knew it. I still went for it. I am not sorry for doing it or putting it out there. Thankfully it has done exactly what I had imagined it doing–helping other people. Why? because we are all connected.
I opened up an e-mail account, and a Facebook page as a way of connecting to people who either saw the show or stumbled upon this blog, and needed more. I am blessed with the amount of wonderful private e-mails I have received, and have made a hearty attempt to answer them all. After all, I am no different from any of you. I just had a unique experience I was meant to share and a deep love for an all loving God.
The thing about this entire thing–the show, the blog, the e-mails, the person I am…. is I will never pretend to be something I am not. You will not find me claiming to be gifted with miraculous abilities that some near-death experiencers have. I also refuse to disconnect myself from others, as I truly believe our soul existence rests on how and what we are to other people. This includes how we react, or relate to people we don’t even know. We are all human, and have flaws, but it what we do when we catch ourselves doing something unkind, that the lesson is to be learned.
Recently I received an e-mail stating I was vague, and clearly didn’t know God. It is ok that someone had that opinion, as everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and beliefs. My heart hurts though when people stand in judgement of one another based upon religion. I am not sure how one can be considered doing Godly work while holding judgements of others faith. This being the reason I may seem vague. I truly believe all religions, all beliefs lead to the same God. We do not need to stand in judgement or use God’s name to feed our own ego saying “my way is the only way”. I have no way– I am no different, all beliefs and faiths are welcome here. If that is vague so be it.
It pains me to see faith sometimes bringing people apart instead of together. I sought out my own struggle with this, when I recently decided to rejoin a group I once bowed out of because of my own hasty judgement of their faith. I am rejoining, with my soul purpose of being open, and loving. We can all except each others differences while loving God faithfully.
Being mindful that we are all connected helps us be at our best. We must concentrate on the more that we have in common and less of what makes us different.
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Very well put. Either it is the God in everything or the everything is God. The force, so to speak. We are surrounded by energy and it is that energy that connects us, I believe; Similar to Jung’s “collective unconscious.”