Understanding Myself
I was born into a Catholic family, and I was confirmed aged nine, and the journey I began then was about understanding myself as a person in this world - incarnation, as a being with a soul, the breath of life from God - and how I can live as an example of a disciple of Christ.
I have looked at my brothers and sisters in existence around the world, Jains, Hindus, Buddhists, Shintoists, Muslims, Animists, and my fellow Christians, non-Catholic, to glean the many truths and their relevance in the debate we have about realisation.
I think on our social problems, and their impact. Racism, political partyism, discrimination in all its guises, and the division which is caused wherein those who seek to rule us find their niche and cause, and see how much work true egalitarians have to do. How long the road is!
I see how the Universalist church has to go to convince people of their wisdom all along, and I understand that my singlemost important work is not to change the world, but to change me, and make sure the fruits of change in me are always the prevalent observations of others who seek me as friend of acquaintance.
I have looked at my brothers and sisters in existence around the world, Jains, Hindus, Buddhists, Shintoists, Muslims, Animists, and my fellow Christians, non-Catholic, to glean the many truths and their relevance in the debate we have about realisation.
I think on our social problems, and their impact. Racism, political partyism, discrimination in all its guises, and the division which is caused wherein those who seek to rule us find their niche and cause, and see how much work true egalitarians have to do. How long the road is!
I see how the Universalist church has to go to convince people of their wisdom all along, and I understand that my singlemost important work is not to change the world, but to change me, and make sure the fruits of change in me are always the prevalent observations of others who seek me as friend of acquaintance.
