The Tales we Tell

Let's start off with the definition, Autonomy: The right of each individual to determine their own goals in life, and to decide how to achieve those goals. Lately I've been thinking about the road I'm taking and how many side streets I've taken, endless highways, and a few dead ends that I've hit, having to turn back around going back the way that I came and picking a different direction. This has not only been the case with goals/dreams but with my personal and spiritual beliefs. Like I have said before, there is a change happening in me and even though I was skeptical and a bit nervous at first, I decided that there is no point in fighting it, but simply embracing it. I have not considered myself to be a part of any religion for a while now, and even though this confuses some of my family members I always tell them, "It's not about the religion, it's about the relationship," which leads them to ask with whom am I sharing this relationship? I simply tell them that I don't think we are one huge beautifully intricate created accident, so whatever it is or they are, that is what I give thanks to...I pray to an omniscient being that is simply beyond me, so I don't try to put a face on it or give it characteristics, it just IS and I'm happy with that. I've come to realize that whether you're Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, or whatever you want to be, every religion wants to do good, each religion strives for deeds of loving kindness. We can tell these stories of the one true king, Lord, gods, or no gods at all...and these stories will continue to be passed down and everyone will believe what they want to believe. History is constantly showing us how religion is changing, and we always have a way to pick and choose what we want to follow and what we want to leave out, with the attitude of, "Well that was then and this is now," but if we have the idea that religion is constantly changing then that might not necessarily make it true. We have only been given what we see as being true, and where it all really started we will never know. I just always wonder where we will all go, and in the end if we are all right. If you believe in something and have enough faith in it, it becomes your truth. So maybe there are all of these "extensions" that stem from the ulimate being in the universe that overlook different parts of the world, people, and cultures but in the end we all just belong to One. Maybe we have given these "extensions" names because they are easier to see in our minds eye and have a spiritual relationship with...they have been given to us in a way to accommodate, if you will, our stories and imagination. Or maybe there is just a plethora of these energies that have come and gone in their own time, or will forever be. I know I just jumped from one topic to the next...but these are just some things that I have been thinking about, hope you got to read to the end. Have a pretty day!

-Carcar <3