Monday, September 21, 2009

To religion or not to religion? That is one question. Another, what is religion: what it means to the individual, or the group, the society, the nation? Organization: necessary or not? A defined, factual god or a feeling of freedom, wind on a cheek, vastness, emptiness, smallness. Worship: drifting meditation, jubilant public singing, climbing.
The fear of religion makes sense. Religion as we know it has caused wars, death and argument on the very base level. If nothing else it challenges people, something most don't handle well. Most take it as an opportunity to judge instead of apply compassion.
But what of 'religion' that glorifies the self and self's place on earth: A self-defined spirituality that need not be explained, spread, proclaimed from mountaintop nor street corner. A study of oneself, with no end and no need for an end. Constant learning and exploration, seeking wisdom always, but also content with being present: in the body, and the surrounding world.
Breathing as the only connection, from heals to hair, belly button to spine, soul to mountain.
That is all.
If we all breathed a little deeper and looked inward for contentment, who would we be?

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