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Friday, March 04, 2005

She has Religion

Now I am not orthodoxically religious (Buddhist as a child gone awry), but I do believe in God. Interpretations of heaven say that only a few are given entrance - I don't believe so. I believe God is all-knowing in that he knows each and every one of our hearts. If we are generally genuinely good, golden hearted (because let's face it, we all do bad things once in awhile), we are let in in droves, doors are flung open, maybe there are no doors. Heaven to me is infinite, wide open spaces, lots of beings but it's not crowded, plenty of room to be free without limitations, re-connection to the important people of our past and most of all, peace from the pain and hard lessons undertaken down below on this earth. Churches that are typical, stiff, scheduled and confining are not forums that are welcoming - they are comforting to some who need structure, but I believe religion is open-armed. Religion to me should not provoke guilt, beat you to the ground, exclude people who choose to be distinct or even slightly out of the norm - it should open you, open your heart, your mind and your world spectrum. Maybe we all need a new religion.