Down…

We have things we disagree on, but I think we have common ground as well. In fact I suspect if we sat down and went down the list, we might find ourselves on the same page more often than not.

I have been able to separate my spirituality from organized religion quite easily. I can understand how a guy like yourself might see them as two sides of the same coin, and in turn hold the lot of it in deep suspicion.

Most religious texts (and I am no expert here) were written as parable. Stories used to build and control a social structure. And somewhere along the line, these stories morphed into yardsticks to measure punishable offences. That seems to be a sad aspect of human nature.

The exception that comes to mind is Daoism. And that isn’t even a religion in the strictest sense. There is no God Head, no Deity, no circumscribed code or scripture that need to be obeyed or suffer the consequences. Just attempting to find the natural harmony within ones own being. As they say, “No self, no problem”

You are right about one thing Down, “Things change” The only thing that doesn’t change is the fact that everything is going to change. And that is a good thing.

Still on the road to the good stuff,
Richard