SPIRITUALITY

YESTERDAY A WOMAN SAID TO ME, " YOU ALWAYS CLAIM TO BE SUCH A CHRISTIAN LADY." NOW, I FOUND THAT TO BE VERY UPSETTING, BECAUSE I AM WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A SPIRITUAL PERSON. YES, I DO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER, AND I ALSO THINK THAT MY SPIRITUALITY COMES FROM MANY OTHER PLACES. I LOVE THE BEAUTY OF NATURE AND WHEN I AM DIGGING IN THE SOIL I FEEL VERY CLOSE TO MY CREATOR. FOR SOME, I THINK IT IS CALLED BUDDHA, OTHERS FATHER SKY, ALLAH, AND FOR SOME IT MAY EVEN BE AS SIMPLE AS THE BELIEF IN SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEM. I THINK THAT THEY ARE ALL CORRECT, IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. I AM NOT A BIG STRONG SUPPORTER OF ANY TYPE OF ORGANIZED RELIGION, UNLESS THAT IS WHAT WORKS FOR YOU. I, HOWEVER, SIMPLY THINK THAT THE GOLDEN RULE IS KEY. I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER LOST THE GOD OF MY UNDERSTANDING, SO THE IDEA OF BEING "BORN AGAIN" IS A THOUGHT THAT IS LOST FOR ME. I DID MANY YEARS TRAPPED IN JAILS AND INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS MY OWN MIND, AND I MET MANY PEOPLE WHO SUDDENLY WOULD SEEM TO FIND A GOD OF THEIR UNDERSTANDING IN ONE OF THOSE PLACES. IT ALWAYS PUZZLED ME SOMEWHAT AS IT SEEMED THAT THEY WOULD ALWAYS LEAVE HIM THERE WHEN THEY LEFT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ORGANIZED RELIGION HAS CAUSED MANY TURBULENT TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF MAN. LOTS OF WARS , MONEY AND GREED SOMEHOW FOLLOW A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. I LIKE IT BEST WHEN I JUST SIT BACK AND ASK MYSELF, "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?" OR BUDDHA, OR MOTHER EARTH. AM I BEING HONEST, TRUE AND KIND? YES, INDEED, I LIKE WHAT MY MOTHER TOLD ME, "IT IS THE GOLDEN RULE: DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU."AS FOR THE WOMAN WHO MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT MY CLAIMS TO CHRISTIANITY, WELL , PERHAPS SHE NEEDS TO LOOK AT HER OWN TRUTH, AND DO WHAT HER CREATOR WOULD ASK OF HER..... JUDGE NOT!!!!!!