“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?”
― John Lennon
Anyone who has read this blog before knows how much I agree with the sentiment above. Yet this believing in all things and all faiths (or elements thereof) tends to be a difficult thing to explain to people who believe in one standard belief (including atheism which as far as I can tell is a very strong conviction that there is no guiding intelligence in the universe. I see this as being a slim possibility tho too much in life seems to me miraculous to hold on to that notion as anything more.
“Do you believe in Jesus?”
“Yes I believe many things about Jesus.”
“Hare Krishna, Hare Krisna
Hare Rama, Hare Rama
Krishna Krishna
Rama Rama”
“Jai Ganesh”
“Namaste”
“Ishah’Allah”
Om Namaha Shivaya”
Also entreaties to almost any deity from any pantheon including some of the darker ones. They to me are all part of the whole.
Tonight I received a stern talking to from my son who due to normal adolescent curiosity came across a conversation I was having about Satanism. I had to explain to him that no I am not a Satanist. His curiosity is usually sated by telling him I’m eclectic tho he still tries to find a box he can fit his father’s beliefs in. Still he’s concerned what his grandmother may say. I reassured him again and sent him to bed.
It’s funny tho when you consider how our belief systems tends to demonize that of others. The nature gods Pan and Cernunnos oft get mistaken for Satan and when you start talking about Wiccan beliefs, forget it. I have known Satanists in my life and many of them nice people tho a bit extreme but self-limiting as well. Most of them are just Christians at heart trying to show how rebellious they can be.
As always I try to understand the underlying centre of all beliefs and show respect towards them all.
Blessings, G
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FIre Amulet by G A Rosenberg
Neon Star Mandala by G A Rosenberg