Re: Re: David’s Guidance

[julie]

Aye, yai, yai. I don’t know. I don’t think that EVERY Jewish person, because of the fact that he/she is Jewish is not spiritual. That is like saying all Jewish people are rich or have big noses or are born with horns on their heads. These are stereotypes and broad classifications for a group of people of whom we may know only a small percentage of. Some may be rich, but I grew up with a ton who were dirt poor. Some may not be spiritual or open to learning more about anything else except what is interpreted for them, but the same can be said of many Christians, Catholics, Lutherans, etc. Maybe it is more of an individual thing? A religious title is just that, a title. And it is only on a person for one lifetime. The soul continues and moves in and out of lifetimes. While a soul may be Jewish in this lifetime, it may have been Catholic, Yaweh, Muslim in others. I an say that in this lifetime I have known many Jews who are very open and very spiritual. Just because they choose to call themselves Jewish (or Christian or Buddhist) does not mean they are all the same.

I also think that people can live in love and be good people and on the right spiritual path and not believe in everything. There are people in all different religions who do not believe in either Jesus, (Please forgive me, it actually hurts me to write this) Buddha, Lord Krishna, or even God (oy vey). Yet, they may be generous with love, compassionate, connected to Earth and all her wonderful miracles and blind to color, sex or race, etc. I kind of always thought that those things are what God, Jesus, Buddha, Lord Krishna, and company actually cared about, not whether each person “believed”in the same exact people (maybe I am wrong???). Just because a person has not found Jesus yet does not mean he is not on the road toward spirituality, only that he has not yet opened that door. There are many doors on the path to spirituality and Awakening. And if people live with love and light in their hearts and their intentions are good and loving, then no matter what religion they are, they will find those doors and begin to open them one by one.

All religions teach wonderful and beautiful things. I was born Jewish and I loved it because I always felt so much spirituality connected with it. I was taught my first spiritual lessons there and am so grateful: Love all people and do not judge others (even when they are different), plant trees and respect and love them, always remember and give what you can to those who are not as fortunate, be grateful, pray, see God and the good in all people and things big and small, remember each breath is a miracle, and so much more. It is where I first learned that one could be very spiritually connected to God with each and every little action and chore….putting on the black hats, clothing and headpieces, walking to Temple, making dinner, praying. In Israel I saw so many Jews do these things with such a great love for God that it transformed the everyday rituals into loving, spiritual connections with God. They were so moved internally by prayer and love for God that their bodies actually moved physically. I do not feel sorry for these people. They have such a deep connection to God and the Divine. I do not think it matters that the clothing is black or that the head is covered when the actions are done with the intention and will of loving God and bringing God into every aspect of life.

The temple is also where I first learned about Jesus, where he first came into my life and where I first learned to love him. I was so young when I first heard his name and they talked of him with such love and reverence. I was immediately drawn to his name and his being. As I allowed myself to learn more and more about him, my beliefs shifted and changed, I loved him more and more and he became a bigger and bigger part of me.

Maybe this is just what I (and all the other Jews who believe in Jesus, for there are many) chose to hear. Maybe I just kept the good stuff and left the rest, but there was and is good stuff…in Judaism as well as all other religions/spiritual belief systems.

These good and love driven teachings are what I choose to put into my spiritual basket. Like shells on the beach, I pick the ones that resonate with me and leave the rest…God, Buddha, Jesus, Lord Krishna, Native American beliefs, Pleiadian light-beings, Gwanyin, Judaism, Mother Mary, Mary Magdalena, Archangel Michael, Reiki, and so many others are all part of who I am. This is what makes up my belief system today. I am still Jewish, and I am proud and happy about that. But I am so much more than that as well because my essence is not made up of that one title. None of us are, whether we are Jewish or not. Please look past these classification categories of religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, profession, sexual make-up, place of origin, etc. and look deep into each person’s essence. All beings are so wonderfully different and layered..like an onion, each being has so much more than that first layer or what we can see on top. Find the good and light that each one brings and open yourself to learning from him/her for there always something to learn from another loving being no matter what titles we believe that person to hold.

We are all one. Each and every one of us has the ability to attain spiritual awakening/ascension. It is not a matter of IF but a matter of WHEN. Let us have patience with one another, let us look beyond what we think to be true and open ourselves to the many possibilities of God’s truth, let us share our light and love with one another and I believe the blessings of awakening will befall us all with more love than we could ever imagine.

I will step off my soap box now. I apologize for the length of this. I mean no disrespect at all to anyone or anything. Please forgive me if offend anyone, I do not mean to do that in any way.
With all my love,
Julie, the Irish, Mexican, Native American, Ladina, Southern Jewban soul-searching mommy girl from the Beach.