Ep. 34. The truth in every religion

Have you every studies something for awhile and believed that you’d known better than anyone else, and feel eager to show the world what you’d learned and how they were so wrong all these times?  Well, I did.  At the beginning of my psychic journey, I was given lesson after lesson in average of every 3 months.  I’d seen ghost, spirit, gods, devils, goblins, fairies, energy and past lives… I’d thought that I’ve seen it all.  That inner arrogance of me that continuously seeking for power game, is dying to tell the world how wrong they were and how much better that I’d known.  I would not deny that I’d even considered creating my own religion (or cult, whatever you’d call it), just so I can differentiate my belief from the others. 

But my spirit guide stopped me (and thank god that he did).  He started the conversation by telling me that THIS is exactly what stopped human from growing.  As you all must be able to imagine; I was puzzled.  I’d once thought that the reason they threw lesson after lesson to me, just so I can reveal what truth really is, how different the truth is from what every other people believe.  But my spirit guide smiled (He has a 5 degree smile that I hated so much at that time.  It seems like that’s his way of showing me how ignorant I was without insulting me, which now I’d probably agree with him completely. ;p)  He told me that when people starts to believe that they’d known better, they then stopped seeking for truth and questioning the reason.  They’d believed everything they know is everything there is in the universe.  They create a religion and preach over and over about the truth that they believe.   Human have different point of view and perception to explain things that the truth eventually get buried behind religion.  No one question it anymore, and no one want to seek more either.

I hated it when my spirit guide never just give me an answer to my question, but I am also thankful that he didn’t (because I will probably try everything to prove him wrong anyway. ;p)  So I asked, “what am I supposed to do?  If I am not supposed to share what I’d learned, then why bother learning?”  He then laughed, “I did not tell you not to share, I’d told you not to create another religion for this world that already have too many.  Your job is not to create a new belief, but to seek for the truth in every religion.  There’s truth in every religion waiting to be found, a truth that connect all thing together and make it a whole.”  Did you understand this?  Well, I didn’t.  My ego was probably trying every possible way to combat with him and prove him wrong.  But I didn’t.  Because I have not given any religion chance to figure out what he meant yet.

Then I was quickly put to the test again.  In the following weeks, months and years, I was lucky enough to be introduced to various religions.  I encountered New aged, Tibetan, Taoism, Jewish, Muslin, Christian, Catholic, 7 Days Adventist and Jehovah witness etc… I was introduced to religions that I cannot even recall the name these days.  I was even called Devil, Satan, and a lost soul who a Jehovah Witness claimed that bringing me to their church will ‘fix’ me.  As if it were me 12 years ago, I would probably argue with them and tell them how wrong and ignorant they were.  But since my spirit guide told me that there’s truth in every religion, I often force myself trying to listen and seek for the truth that I was missing.   (and seriously, I could only try.  I too am human that sometimes has a need to defend myself when feeling belittled or make less worthy by others.  :p)

Have you ever have come to a realization that how little we know when we thought we knew so much?  Well, I did.  My spirit guide made me realize how arrogant and ignorant I was when I thought I’d known better.  It is not until that I continuously learning more that I realize how little I actually know.  The more I learn, the less I feel that I know.  Though many of you think that I’d already known so much, I keep telling you that ‘no, what I know is not even 2% of what universe has to offer.’  (and I am not even trying to be humble.  I am damn serious about this percentage.)  I am grateful that I still have so much to learn.  At least, that make me feel that I still have so much room to improve myself.

Religion is a great way for people to open up their spirituality, to accept intangible things, to be connect with force and energy that their physical eyes can’t see.   Religion is there to make people feel that they are not alone even when they feel lost, to make them feel belong even when the world seems to neglect them.  Religion connects people.  It makes us realized that under religion (or spirituality), your social statues, skin colors, nationalities and sexs etc no longer matter.  You are treated equally under the great force of Gods (no matter what god you believe).  You are protected, respected, cared for and given equal chance under the big umbrella of religion.  It was then, I realized it only comes to a simple truth…

Religion is about humanity.  It is what connect us together as whole and teach us to accept individuality.  Through religion, we find peace within ourselves, peace with the person around us and the peace around the world.  We have no need to have power over anyone because we’d known they are no different from us.  We would not look down at anyone or anything, because we respect the existence of all things.  We will give while we take.  We will show respect to the universe and that would includes ourselves.  We are all a part of humanity no matter what religion you choose to believe.  That’s also when i realize that the religion is a door for us to connect with our soul, but it’s not the golden rule to teach us how to live a life.  As my spirit guide always said, “with question in mind, you will always find the truth for yourself.   Seek for the truth and you will always find your answer. ”

I had many people asking me what religion they should choose to believe.  I believe in the old time, I would probably act like I’d known everything and even suggested what religion would be good for you.  As I said, what did I know?  I was so ignorant as hell that I was ashamed to admit that was me before.  But if you asked me the same question now, I will suggest you to find a religion that you feel connected to, that resonate with you, that you feel belong to.  After all, religion is just a stepping stone for you to start getting connected with your soul and make you feel that you’re never alone.  🙂