Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. – Zen Proverb
It has been a while that I have posted in this blog. At first, I thought I purposely simplified my online time so I could focus on creating a website that sells inspirational fridge magnets, mouse pads and in the future, posters. Now that the project that took many months of my dedication is complete, I don’t have an excuse to not write.
I admitted to myself tonight that the real reason I have not written is because I have had shifts with my spiritual beliefs.
Or rather I have let GO of most of my beliefs because I realized they were stories. I still enjoy inspirational writing but cannot in good conscience write about what I used to believe.
At this point, all I am truly sure of is that I exist in this moment of now. I am also comfortable with the idea that there is an Intelligence that none of us has seen moving through Life, that love is the answer to everything under the sun, and that perception creates our reality.
It’s not a bad place to be in, but it has simplified my writing and perspective.
Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday! 🙂
Sometimes when I read the “stories” I wrote when I started on the more spiritual path, I cringe. I was echoing what I’d heard, not sharing what I felt deep within.
I still feel tapped into a universal energy, and sense that my intuition pulls intelligent info from that web, but I’m no longer convinced about much of what I once believed.
I think that’s a good thing.
Absolute certainty is a privilege of uneducated minds and fanatics. ~ C.J. Keyser
Have a Cool Yule!
Nancy, Love the quote; too much certainty closes the mind. I guess life is a letting go, but, it made feel me uncomfortable at first.
Have a Merry Christmas! 🙂
Thanks, Marie. I know what you mean . . . I think. 😉
If we think we have the answers . . . and one of those answers no longer fits into the puzzle as a whole . . . it makes us wonder about other things we thought we knew. In time, we grow comfortable with the uncertainty and allow life to keep unfolding.
I, too, love inspirational writing. I am always happy when I can find some blogs with comments about it. I hope you keep on writing and sharing with others. Have a great holiday. Best wishes for the New Year 2015.
Aunty Uta
Thank you Aunty Uta for your kind comments and encouragement. May you have a joyful holiday and blessed 2015.
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Thanks for your honesty. I think a good outlook on life is to always question our beliefs and keep adjusting them as we experience more and more of reality. As I like to say is that I usually put new thoughts on a shelf to rest until more information comes forward for me to either accept the new thought or to reject it. My beliefs are always changing and I hope it will always be so.
Your words are filled with wisdom, Larry. Thank you. I also see my beliefs as always changing as I continue to evolve.
Marie, I’m also noticing a transition….it seems the more I seem to “understand,” the less I “know” and the less I have to say…. and the quieter I’ve become…quite a remarkable deepening, I guess….and a bit of a surprise for “myself” too…and yes, I do think “love is the answer” Wishing you so much wonderful happiness, simplicity and love throughout the holiday season and into the new year! Blessings to you………………..
Kathy, so good to see you. 🙂 Wonderful to read that you are also noticing a transition… the deepening offers the promise for me of a deep inner peace. I wish you a joyful holiday season and a blessed New Year!
Changing ‘beliefs’ about ourselves and others is never easy. I admire that you have challenged yourself and your beliefs and are moving in a new direction – how exciting! x
Thank you Wendy. 🙂 I am always changing and hopefully evolving and for this reason I am tolerant of those who do not share my spiritual beliefs.
We spent so much time learning that it becomes hard to unlearn what we have learnt! Your writing resonates with what I have been thinking lately ! Wonderful post !
Thank you! Life is an ongoing process of learning and re-learning. 🙂