is it necessary to label ourselves with a belief system, and in doing so immediately create boundaries that we - and others - are unwilling or unable to cross? do you know anyone who does this, and consequently, considers anyone outside of this belief system to be "wrong?" i do. and i am not saying that i believe they are wrong for believing this way. i believe they are living in the ways that feel right to them. and i seek to understand their perspective and to feel from where they feel. what i AM saying, is that this fascinates me.
recently i found myself in two separate experiences, each mirroring the other, yet each person unaware and on the outside totally and fundamentally opposing the other:
one person who is completely and proudly atheist, absolutely and without any reservation, was explaining to me the scope of parental love. this person said, "there aren't many things that i know for sure in this world, beyond the shadow of any doubt. because there can always be questions about anything. but the one thing i do know, no matter what, with all my heart, is that no matter what happens, i will always love my children. it doesn't matter what they do, say, feel, or think." i asked, "even vote?" and believe it or not the answer was: "even vote." "... even if they ended up in jail for doing something horrible. i would want to understand. i might disagree … and i would still love them. they are my children, and that is forever, and that love can never ever be broken. that love always, always comes first."
not long after that, i was discussing God and judgment with a person who is completely and proudly christian. and this person said, "i believe that God loves us without judgment, and loves us the way i love my children. my children are going to do things that i do not agree with. things i might not want them to do, might hope they don't do, might be mad at them for doing. we are not always going to agree. i might think, what the hell are they thinking?? but none of those things are going to make me love them any less, or stop loving them. they are going to do what they think they should do and i have to let them. i have to trust them. they are going to mess up; we all do. but my love for them does not diminish. i believe that is how god loves us."
these people will probably never meet, nor would they be likely to carry on such a conversation with each other if they ever did meet. but what is interesting to me, and what touches my heart, is what is so obvious. these people could not be farther apart, more opposite in their belief systems. neither one would consider the other to be "right." and it's not about right. or wrong. things are not always right or wrong, sometimes they just are. and how important is it if one of them believes in God, or the Universe, or a Supreme Being, or Love, etc? … at the core of each one, all of these are the same … the very inner spirit, the love, is the same. the root, is love. the common bond, is love. the most important thing, the truest connection, is love. this is the universal language and it was my honor to find myself as like a midpoint between these two energies. as if i could look to the left and see one; look to the right and see the other ... and know that i am surrounded by love. i believe we can all connect to others in this simple and natural way. all it takes is one person at a time. once you connect with one other person not at face value, but as a human being, at this core level of one heart to another, there is no judgment there. there is no room for it. and this becomes more natural and more instinctual. this is what so many people are missing in their own lives. this is what so many people are missing about everyone else around them. they are so busy forgetting to look at the hearts of others; instead … they are looking only … at what they see…
and this is simply, not, the best that we can do.
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