Follow Your Dreams

In my last post, I stated the negativities of religions. The issue is not that they are bad in themselves, but that we should find the enlivenment of our own lives. Faith is more then a religion, it is an adventure that can give us more then hope and joy.

How can one find that enlivenment? There is nothing wrong with reading books about other faiths. In fact, it is highly suggested that you read about a good many of them. For me, I have been with Christianity for 30-31 years. I learned a great deal about humility and integrity from the pastor-teacher that have been listing to. After the 30-31 years, I felt that I was not reaching the place I should be at. I first thought it was the "Christian negativities" that so many Christians throw at us all today. They say, "You cannot do this or that." Constantly sticking their ways of life into others. When I started to learn about the Wiccan faith, I say there was more to faith then what Christianity has to offer.

The one thing I have noticed in Christianity is the lake of natural bonding with nature itself. Bonding with nature is nothing dramatic. It is simply living within nature itself and being a part of it. Now with our technologies, I strongly believe that we can be more of a part of nature then we ever could before. Technologies has allow us to see that nature need us as much as we need it than ever before. As I have learned this, I have come to realize that my personal life is more powerful then I could ever imagine.

Yes, we all have a purpose in life, but does the average person realize how much of a purpose he/she has in life? When we learn about self so profoundly, then can we start to see a brighter light in life in general and for our own personal life. I have seen so much of a power fullness in my life that I cannot wait to learn more, more, and more. Here is the key, "Do not follow any rules or guidelines. The only two guides all of us needs is "humility" and "integrity."

No one does not need to blindly follow a group of people or person. Following a "one religion" is like following someone else's path in life. We need to follow our own path in our own lives. No one can do this for you. I wonder if that is why so many follow an organized religion. It is scary at times to take up a grate responsibility to live one's own life. Having some else live it for you will only make things worse, by going down the wrong path. The ratio to the number of faiths to the number of human beings on Earth is 1:1.

Living one's life is like playing a personal solitaire game with a unique set of rules different from the others. We cannot have someone over our shoulder telling us how to live. We should listen to advise, but it is our responsibilities to make the final decisions. It is faith that guides us to walk and complete our path in our own lives. It is not religions that does this. There is a big difference in the two. Faith/spirituality is a personal adventure that can allow more understanding of how to be team players in our day-to-day life. While on the other hand, religion controls its follower to follow a "one path."

The "one path" fits all is a lie. Human life is far to complex to have all of us to follow a one certain path. Each and everyone of is unique and special. In that uniqueness can there be one path special path for each of us to follow. By living out special unique faith/spirituality for our lives can we be able to fully and completely walk that path. I am not talking about stop thinking and follow you emotions. That would very dangerous. Empty emotions is vanity at best. What I am talking about is something more profound.

As I have been reading book after book on the Wiccan faith, I came to realize how personal I had to become in my own faith or spirituality. None of the books directly said this. I figured this out on my own. How do we know if we are walking on the right path? That is where listening the your desire, dreams, and what you personally believe what is important in your life comes in to play. The dreams I am talking about is not the "day dream," but the what you want to accomplish with your own lives. It is a lot more then going after a career, which too can be a big part in your dreams. As the old saying goes, "If you love your job, you will never work a day in your life."

It is the dreams behind that special career that is more important. To prove this to be true, one can fulfill their dreams even it they change careers due to whatever reason. The real prize is not necessarily a physical object. It is fulfillment of what that physical object represents. With a personal faith, one has to find things out for themselves. They must take chances, makes mistakes, and get messy in order to go down the right path. Even going down the right path, it may seems like it is the wrong one.

In my life, I have gone through a number of dark and dreary encounters. Sometimes we reap what we sow. Other times we still go through ruff times even though it has nothing to do with bad decisions in the past. Whatever the case may be remember this quote from the television movie "Dinotopia:" "You must face your fears if you are to over come it. Fear in the future. There is not fear in the present, only action and reaction."


Blessed Be to Isis and you,

Brandon Frater Phoenix
Real Name: Brandon Bowers