When you enter our home, you will walk past a Mezuzah above your head to the right of the doorway. If you exit the backdoor you'll see a Catholic Blessing certificate and a red and gold placard written in Chinese as a Blessing. The one thing you may never realize is that we own nearly every religion's book(s) and have them in our home. Why? Because these are all sacred.
Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, my parents thought I would either become a nun or a Marine and then go into law enforcement as I'd desired. Yet, I practiced privately my own religion in healing and prayer daily. My mother was religious, but didn't appreciate the way her religion was taught in its fullest. My dad was arrogant and acted as though he was God, pretty much like our current POTUS. It at times could be discerning, because there was nothing about anyone he liked unless they totally agreed with him and told him how great he was.
Aside from that, little did I know that I was practicing a far different religion in thought and some actions like the seldom heard of Christian Science Practice. It was considered weird to have such beliefs, then. Yet, I developed them on my own with I'm certain some Divine Intervention. Basically, I inadvertently prayed for it alone mostly at night. It was as if I had a direct line to a Higher Source. I'd whisper out loud at night. Have discussions of my fears some internal. I'd play films in my mind, to keep me safe and aware. I started doing this by age seven or perhaps a little time prior to that age.
What I'd learned was, there was no correct way of believing. That many religions, if not all were filled with hypocracies. I knew that for certain and stated so before age eleven to my parents in the kitchen one day. Thusly, I decided to create an ideology ro embrace even that which I could not comprehend. That was/is out of compassion for others, including other animals and our earth as I knew it.
Our youngest wonders why I question actions or non-actions of others. She at times has misconstrued that for judgement when I'm investigating something that is not in my wheelhouse. What that shows her or others is as much as humans are a deplorable animal,
It is better to question to understand than to not even attempt to learn.---Jody-Lynn Reicher
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