Keep it Simple (Stupid)!

That’s what my spiritual teacher used to tell me, when I would try to complicate my life. Why do we do that? Because, if we make it complicated, we can get ourselves lost in confusion, which is just another excuse to lose site of the simple truth. Love is all that is real and that’s it. We can discuss all of life’s endless meanings and events until the cows come home, and we’ll be led right back to this simple truth.

My wife and I were talking about religion the other day. Religion can be good as a guiding force in our lives. It can also be used to confuse the heck out of us in order to convince us that we don’t really know how to live and that we need someone outside of ourselves to explain life to us. Some of us souls, on this journey we call life, want to experience that religious journey, and to be led by someone else, who has the “credentials” necessary to lead. All experiences are valid and there is no right or wrong way. The key point to remain aware of is that we are all one and there is no separation. So the “someone with the credentials” is really us.

I believe we all need some guidance at some point in our lives to help us to understand that we are in charge and responsible for our own life. Anyone who has “a path” that they want you to follow should be helping you to see that you are ultimately responsible. If they are not helping you to see this, I suggest looking elsewhere.