I’ve turned away from the dogma and rigidness of “religion” for most of my life, taking the spiritual path.

Now, with a tribe of 5 children, we attend a metaphysical church called Unity, which suits us well.  It takes the Bible as a metaphysical journey of learning (as opposed to getting stuck on each word and verse as the ONLY truth), and presents Jesus as the Christ Consciousness, and how each and every one of us can embrace and live as Jesus did, with the same loving consciousness and being-ness.

What I am working on myself is my assaultive negative reaction to Christians, whom I’ve dealt with all my life, shoving Jesus down my throat as the ONLY way to God and Heaven.

And they totally and thoroughly believe that their religion, their understanding of such, is the end all and be all.  Period.

Well, I believe that Jesus is probably very sad to see His followers using Him to do the opposite of love, to promote favoritism (if you don’t believe what we do, you are going to hell), judgment, and total closed-mindedness.

For me, I’ve been trying for ages to develop a personal relationship with Jesus, minus the religious fervor around Him.  This is a goal for me, as it is not His fault.

My faith is so real and so profound, that it amazes me that my Christian friends believe that something is missing in my life, that I don’t know the “truth”, that I need Jesus to be OK.

I am more than OK, I am Divinely inspired and thoroughly blessed.  My spiritual path and relationship with God provides me with so much strength, love and bliss.

So, how can they see me, and who I am, and believe that I’m going to hell, or that I am “off base”?

This has come up even stronger for me now, as a very close friend just “found Jesus” again (brought up Christian, then explored other avenues, and is now back) and I am having a real difficult time dealing with this reality.  She’s not trying to convert me, but believes, as stated above, that I need Jesus to be OK, and that I’m going to hell otherwise.

A very good friend of mine wisely told me to just say, “Well, you may be right”.  That may work for an acquaintance, but not for a close friend.  I need to align myself with others who are on the path of LOVE, PEACE and HARMONY of all living beings, of all of God’s creation.

Any advice? 

Please let me know how I can love those who do not love in the name of Jesus?!

Thank you, and God bless you,

Wendy Sue aka Lady Clarity

As a single working mom with 5 darling children, I do not have much time for the movies, or extracurricular activities.

Yet, last night was a grand celebration of my 2-year anniversary of rebirth and new life.  So, I hired a friend to babysit, and met a new friend for a movie date.

We were going to see “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: An IMAX 3D Experience”.  This was after much research, to find that there are no highly rated films, and at least this one will provide an experience, an adventure.

However, my friend was late, and we ended up seeing “Surrogates” with Bruce Willis.  This movie was actually my first choice, as I love Sci-Fi, but the reviews were negative.

And as it happens through out life, everything happens for a reason.  “Surrogates” was an excellent film in expressing the concept of what might happen to us humans if we were given the opportunity to change our looks and presence by choosing a surrogate, a robot, that we are programmed into and can virtually live through.

We can be beautiful, thin — have blond long hair (blond’s do have more fun, right?), or have the muscles of a man who works out at the gym every day for 20 years.

On top of that, are we morally responsible for what we do through our surrogate?  Can we take more risks, act more daring, less cautious? 

This reminds me of the early days of virtual worlds, which I was a part of in 1996 San Francisco.  Now, it has developed to the most popular “Second Life”, where through digital representations of oneself, we can be whomever we want.  And, we can express that part of us that may not be accepted or acceptable in the “real world”.

As a human race, as technology progresses — it is more important than ever to grasp who we are, inside and out.  To accept and love who we are, and to make the necessary changes we need to in order to be a better person. 

No technology can hide who we really are, from others or from ourselves. 

Don’t you agree?

“Faith is a passionate intuition.“ — William Wordsworth

Hey you.

Yes, you.  I’m talking to YOU.

We all like to give to a certain extent, as it makes us feel good, and we hope we will receive in return.  Yin and Yang.  Give and Take.  Love and hate.

Life is a trip, and we can either let the wind blow us from here to there, like leaves, or take a hold of the steering wheel, and take the trip from the heart.  That is the only GPS device worth mentioning here…

The heart is the center, the core of who we are.  Are we giving to get something back, including satisfaction and ego along the lines of, “they really need me”, or even better, “poor them, let me help them”.

OK, I’m talking from a place of being there, and now here.  Well, in a quick synapses, I went from being thrown out on the streets — homeless, penniless and childless (ex had full custody of my 5 children with a temporary restraining order) — to now, after almost 2 years of great struggle, faith and help — living in a lovely 3-bedroom home in a decent neighborhood with food, clothes, furniture… and even a good consulting job (during a bad economic downturn).

Miraculous.  Yet true.

So what has happened?

Well, a few of my good friends who have helped me in so many amazing ways when me and my children were down and out, are now lashing out at me with jealousy and envy.  How can that be?

Maybe it is because they were helping us to be better than us, or to feel like they were important because we really need the help?

Isn’t that all ego talking?  EGO – Edges God Out.

I’m hurt, but not personally offended, as I know it is their trip, whether they choose to be blown by the wind or to grab the steering wheel and find their heart, their love.

Thanks for listening… and please, always give from the heart, without ego.  That’s when you will see your offerings come back to you, and multiply.  I promise.

Wendy Sue aka Lady Clarity

“Be the cause of time, not the effect of it” — Yehuda Berg