Hello Readers and welcome back! It has been a very long time since I lost wrote... It has seemed if when I did have an idea to write about I couldn’t get it out for some reason, but lately it has been just that I am so freaking busy with good ideas... I think the writers block is finally gone... I guess this will be the answer... Namaste!
I really like the title of this post because I am speaking of so many things with so little words. East Bye West, Finally interesting title right? East Bye West means to me that my Western view of religion I can say finally is gone, It was due to Eastern religion that this happened, but I still have unique views in religion that I do not think anyone else does, as well as other meanings it [that part of the post title] has to me. I still study Western Religious Thought and have a subjective view with all of it, but have found my own beliefs. The Western View of religion is so ingrained in many U.S. born citizens, because our parents were raised us this way, that it is really hard to lose it even when you know true reality, what is really occurring all arounds us and in the other Realms (at least to a certain extent). For example, I am finally saying thank goodness instead of thank God. That was a hard habit to break, and I still slip sometimes. I believe I have been traversing the Samsara for millions of years but also think I am really going to jump when this existence ends if I continue my path as I have for the last 2+ years. I was once. Some may think this is crazy, but I believe it to be true. When I asked YHVH for a sign I never saw enlightenment being that sign... Think about that...
Now lets get back to what I was originally talking about, that being the reason I like this tile so much. I think I have explained the first part well enough and went off topic well enough [lol]. Now to the last word, finally... This also holds multiple meaning for me. I am so glad that my religious thought process has finally changed, that I know true reality, that I found the philosophy/religion that I was always searching for so desperately, and that I found the Teacher(s)... the Buddhas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmakaya], as well as other meanings. It has seemed like a long transition and really it hasn’t been considering the situation. I broke a 23 year view that I will always be surrounded by in less than 3 years so I think that is pretty good. It is a less usual transition than vice versa really. Mostly what I had always heard [given this info comes during my 23 year Judeo-Christian period. I have not researched this since my “enlightenment” 2+ years ago.] that people that were born with Eastern religion being ingrained in them transitioning to Western Religion was way more frequent than what happened to me. However, you have to find the religion that is best for you, as I have mentioned on this blog so may times before. The bottom line it is what makes you the best person you can be and that others benefit from it as well.
No matter what religion you are I think ascension is possible. My father was not a Buddhist, and I know he was either reincarnated as a Human or higher even though he was not a Buddhist and knew nothing about it. He is definitely not a Poodle, lol. I believe this because of his generosity and his care for people. He may have not have been perfect, but there are no humans that are, however, people benefited from what he did and he went through so much suffering in stride, in hindsight, it is only logical that he ascended to another realm, or at a minimum came back as a Human and will endure a lot less suffering than he did when he was my father.
My mother was a white witch in her very young years then converted to Christianity and embodied the values of Christ which is a good thing no mater how you look at it, for decades. Then over a decade ago she converted to Messianic Judaism, which I think was a step back because the personal benefit and the numbers of people that were made better by her religious belief were decreased dramtic. She was a great Christian, too pushy but that was the only religious practice flaw during that time period. I wish she would see that. Her search for truth derailed what is most important, which is helping others in one way, shape, or form. Though, I still think ascension will happen because I think her Karmic merit is very high even now.
Well, I think that was a really good post and I hope that you walkaway with something that creates some type of good constructive thought. Believing in something that is bigger than you.
-automachi
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