be more religious

I have discovered the joys of disorganized religion. there is no barrier, no intermediarey between me and my god. I’ve intuitively developed this connection over the past few years, and I’ve never felt more at peace, comfortable and free of pain. Life in general has been going my way.

I have found that ritual prayer, churchgoing, or otherwse being told what to think and beleive acts as a hamper against our connection to the universe, it is only through the exporation of ideas, drawing conclusions from evidence rather than the other way around – and otherwise disallowing yourself to feel guilt for having a differing view from those around you. Naturally, everyone must approach this in their own way, but the sheep that strays from the herd is never led to the slaughter. (spiritual death from blind faith and lack of real conviction – is it fear of hell or love of god that motivates us? Do we simply give lipservice belief in the stories or do we live them? Do we label our faith without backing it up with our actions? Important questions to ask yourself.)

Inso, i have actually become less religeous, but at the same time, i feel closer to divinity than i had ever known possible.

Acknowledge alien ideas and incorporate all input into your being.
A mind works best when it is flexible, if it is rigid and inflexible it will crumble.

I frequently see my friends who stayed on the path well traveled, whose zeal and zest for life i once admired has now grown into a cesspool of disillusionment and doubt. i’ve seen angry bursts and a great deal of negativity directed in my direction from those very same people who can’t come to grips with their own dwindling faith – or rather dissatisfaction that the world around them is changing, and the ideological walls they have constructed are deteriorating.

An inflexible idea will shatter like glass.

I love, love, Love my religion. am not following it thurly right now. but i have the passion for it. and I promise to not go too far away from it.

My first goal is to pray at dawn before the sun comes up daily for 30 days then after that I would like to move to the next prayer until I reach all 5 prayers. This is something important to me that I want to succeed in doing. So far I have imitated the dawn prayer notion but until 30 days has come I will not do the dawn prayer. The whole point is to get use to getting up at that time in the morning for 30 days with no excuses.

I am more “religious” in a way, in that I finally abandoned Christendom and have embraced atheism. It’s a whole new world out here!

I attend church just about every week but that has never really turned me on to being as religious as possible. What really makes me want to become more religious is seeing people who are religious. They are always so much happier than those who aren’t, and always have a much straiter mind. Every summer I go to a mission camp with my church and that is usually when there is a spike in my faith, but a week or two after getting home again that is gone. But it is time for me to pray daily, and truly follow my faith. May God bless all of you.

i try to attend more services and interact with the poeple there. it makes me feel better about myself.

Well, I’m taking baby steps. I went to mass last week and I plan to go again with the fiance on Sunday. I seem to have trouble going by myself and I know I have trouble believeing some of the fundamental things. Like Heaven. I really want to believe in Heaven, but I’m having trouble. It’s not as hard for me to believe in God or the power of prayer, but I’m having trouble with Heaven. My born-again friend just recommends more Bible reading and prayer, but I’m open to other books as I don’t seem to be having a lot of success yet.

Too restrictive, too brain-washing.

If you go to www.fellowshipchurch.com Ed Young has a good message and you can watch the sermon online! I am not some spam person or anything either, this is a local church. Watching these sermons on the weekend is a lot easier than attending the full service for me so it is a small step toward a bigger goal.

I bought this book called “Thirsty” and it’s this diary to help you along your journey with god or something. It’s really great. Each day there’s something to read, a bible verse to read, a song they recommend ,something to pray about and then a journal topic that you should write about. All concerning god. So with that and just being more spiritual in general , iam beginning!