My
Personal Beliefs
I’d like to start out
by saying that while what I will present here is intellectually
strong, logical, and sensible, it has at its foundation something
quite different. I believe that there is a source of all life
that is beyond our full comprehension. This source can be
felt. Many people feel this source to varying degrees.
For me noticing this source is not constant and is affected by my
own ability to be mindful of its presence. Many times the
sense of this source is so overwhelming that I am brought to my
knees in tears that are not of sadness, but which are the result of feeling
so loved and safe that it is overwhelming in contrast to
how I have felt in the past.
I believe that life is the
best teacher and that life is bound together by the desire of one
unifying source. I believe that this source understands what
we will all come to understand: Self Love and Self Trust. I
believe that what we experience is not happenstance, but is the
result of our own creation, where “our” includes this involved
source as well as the many people we share this world with.
I believe that life is
completely loving, just very misunderstood. I believe this
because I so misunderstood life for many years. What I am
able to see today is filled with understanding and love beyond my
wildest dreams. I still struggle with the events of my own
life, but I now realize that I have the capacity to see what is
happening from a greater perspective that offers me those deep
feelings of love.
What I will present is going
to require you to think in ways that you may never have thought
before. It requires courage to challenge ourselves when we
are afraid of ourselves. I believe that I have a deeper faith
in many of you than you have in yourselves. It requires
courage to be willing to explore the nature of a reality that seems
to have brought about so much pain and suffering for so many of
us. It is, however, a great thing you will be doing for
yourself. Remember that the foundation of what you are about to
read is one that led me to experience love to a degree I
didn’t think was possible. The main message here is
that you can trust yourself, your life and life
itself.
