Many people take the extreme view that you either believe in a personified God as described by one of the popular religions or you have no belief in any spiritual reality at all. I don't take this view. To me the only real beliefs that matters are the belief in the intrinsic goodness and beneficial nature of Life and the Life process and of the Self, which we all are a part.
This belief in a loving creation supposes a belief in a loving, caring creator which I do accept, but perhaps doesn't necessarily need it?
Too many people get hung up on accepting or opposing the view of "God" that other people present to them. Far better, I believe, is to spend time alone in nature, focused outside the self (i.e. the mind) for at least some of the time, if we wish to have an inkling of the "deeper" nature of things.
From this a belief in the beauty and harmony of all should flow with no problems, and this provides the grounding for true spiritual belief, rather than agreement or disagreement with some concept someone else has foistered upon us!
Sharka Todd
This belief in a loving creation supposes a belief in a loving, caring creator which I do accept, but perhaps doesn't necessarily need it?
Too many people get hung up on accepting or opposing the view of "God" that other people present to them. Far better, I believe, is to spend time alone in nature, focused outside the self (i.e. the mind) for at least some of the time, if we wish to have an inkling of the "deeper" nature of things.
From this a belief in the beauty and harmony of all should flow with no problems, and this provides the grounding for true spiritual belief, rather than agreement or disagreement with some concept someone else has foistered upon us!
Sharka Todd