A bit about me

I was brought up as a Christian, was confirmed, went to different denominational churches. For a while I didn't go to Church. At one point, a 'prophet' said I was without church. But at that point God was closer to me than I ever realised. I studied the Bible, talked to Buddhists and Jehovah's Witnesses, studied 7th Day Adventist literature. Then a literary journey began, to India, China, Tibet, Nepal, back through China to Japan and then back home. At one point I wondered why, for it seemed that I was moving away from what I knew, yet at this point, God 'met with me' and explained, "This is why..." Alot of people don't understand and wouldn't understand why, but I do now. It was learning about how faith has evolved. How, essentially, we have the same moral dimensions in different religions. I've practiced Zen for a long time now and still have my beliefs. I knew what I wanted to do all along, but it took courage and confidence. And now I am beginning to become who I am, who I wanted to be, simply me. Yet to do this I had to not be me. There's something beautifully Zen about that. If you are wondering what I'm talking about, take a walk in my shoes: don't lose faith, look at your religion from outside your beliefs, look at all the spiritual ideas. It's about loving our neighbours, ourselves and doing what's right, peacefully. It's about being in harmony. You can't love your neighbour or enemy if you don't understand them. Learn. Love. Live in peace. Just because someone believes something different from you doesn't make them a bad person; they are who they are. I am who I am. I'm not God, but I know God is.