Spiritual Reality

Spiritual Reality
by Darrell Borza
(Email: zensunni7@neo.rr.com)

Spiritual Reality is all around us. It is in the winds, the woods, waters and skies. There is nowhere we can go that it is not. It is in the very air that we breathe.I beleive that spirit is a verb, not a noun, as it is an active force that brings oneness between flesh and soul. It is life as we live it everyday. It is where you walk, talk, love, laugh, eat and cry. Religion has taught us that it is something meant for only a select few in Human history, for Gurus and Saints alone. It is the greatest control hoax ever perpetrated on Humankind – it is a lie. The history of us all is one of controlling us and keeping a ‘ third world ‘ country within our our own race, a subspecies within those that want to raise themselves up on high. What good is wealth, power, and prestige, if all were to share in the abundance of the Universe’s gifts? What religion would we worship if all were to evolve to Jesus and Buddha? What would God be if we all realized our true potentials? Some call it energy, some call it spirit, and some call it God or Goddess. But the majority of the Earth’s people seek it, and after all the centuries, it remains as illusive as ever. I was raised religiously, and cannot abide it in my maturity, nor teach the religion of Jesus, and I feel Jesus is more than allright with that. ” Make no religion in my name ” and what part of that did we miss so drastically ? All of it I think. Buddah was not set as a deity until a good one hundred years after his leaving us, nor did anything he taught dictate that Buddhism should have grown from his teachings. We decided to call them teachers, prophets, and demi-Gods, we rearranged their words to fit our desires and needs. We built them into a religion, and then into a business. I feel we could not have come any farther from the truth of it all, and what these people tried to say. I image talking to Jesus, and it being just that, a talk between two men about life, living it, and how to improve upon it. I also hear him talking of the greatness of being born Human, the grandeur of my potentials, and the inborn design of such a miraculous creature as myself appearing in life. In times of trouble and stress, I feel Buddah walk me down by the creek and reminding me that life is a great adventure, and to see it once again through the eyes of a child, as I once did. I can feel Mother Theresa tell me in a scolding and loving way that I am too caught up in the drama of life, that in the midst of all that Humans do to one another, my troubles pale in comparison, and if I truly wanted to feel better, I would do best by helping someone else feel good about themselves. Albert Einstein would have me look at the vastness of space, all the many galaxies and universes, shaking a bony finger at me to make me see the incalculable odds of being born a Human Being in the midst of so many lifeforms, and the sin of wasting one moment of that gift. Sin is an ancient word meaning error, error in thought, and to feel less than a special child in all the Universe is an error in my thinking. We have rewritten scriptures, history, and the present to suit very selfish desires and agendas. We have believed lies in the name of tradition and honor, only to find they have left our lives empty and acting in ways that do not honor us, our children, nor our seeing any concern for those grandchildren that will inherit our dillusions of righteousness, and worship. I told my children as they grew, if they wanted to be near to God, then take a walk in nature, be silent in its presence, and the wind will speak to you, the words will not come in the wind, but cause feelings to rise from within, and you will understand the language of it. Religion can only be the manner we conduct ourselves in every moment of our lives. Spirituality, has been with us since we first looked at the moon in meditative silence, wondering who we were and why we lived. Since we realized that our life was one of learning about the lands we dwelled, and the voice from within that would tell us who we are. I don’t feel Jesus wanting to rush to church, nor Buddah to the centers built in his name, reading words he probably never spoke. Nor would they invite me anywhere but outside to show me the wonderous nature of what we do not see with our eyes . ” Love your neighbor as yourself ” words we all grew up with, and words we all know regardless of our backgrounds or personal beliefs. I feel we all live these words too. Some as a guide to their days treatment of those they meet, and some find themselves feeling angry, resentful, and bitter towards those they encounter, but they are still living the ‘ Golden Rule ” because they do not love or even like themselves. Somewhere it became wrong to love oneself, as selfish and selfcentered, a sin rather than a believable reality leading to a life of wealth, prosperity, and fulfillment. We were taught to give the best of ourselves away to beleifs that served only a few and rose the quality of living to them alone. Is this not exactly what Jesus got in the faces of religion in his time for? It is what Buddah walked away from in his time, but we are a stubborn race, we hold onto our self loathing until the Earth shakes and quakes our empires to the ground, returning equality to us once more, in the hopes it will stick this time around. If going to church, using crystals, attending the latest new age workshop, or reading the latest ‘ revelation ‘ does it for you, then great. But if it doesn’t, remember we were given all we need to realize ourselves within ourselves, and nothing ‘ makes ‘ us fulfilled and enlightened, all these things only exist to remind us we are . Every tree, brook, stone, and meadow is a living testament to the Love we receive as we continue to search for our particular brand of love, according to someone else’s definition of Love. Meditation is looking to the sky and feeling the greatness of the form you are, and realizing that we can overcome any circumstance if we choose to because we are the same Human that Jesus was, Buddha told us to be, and any other scientist can tell you we are by biology alone. Believe whatever gets you – there. But beleive it with your whole heart and mind, and let your neighbor know you beleive it.

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