In my last post, I started by talking about my own spiritual path as a metaphysical Christian and acknowledging that it is not the right path for everyone.
For instance, I see God as male, because I was raised that way. I’m good with that and I don’t feel less or imperfect because I see him as male, and I’m female.
But that’s not necessarily true for everyone. The person who’s had bad experiences with men, or with fathers, or the woman who feels closer to a Deity of her own gender is not necessarily going to have their best spiritual experience on the path that I am on.
I also believe that “male” or “female” are fairly arbitrary labels when it comes to God. I believe that God is too big to be crammed into a little pigeonhole like “male” or “female”, and that images such as that are only ways for me to fit the concept of an infinite Being into my finite mind.
There’s a story about six blind men and an elephant.
The first man touches the elephant’s trunk and says “An elephant is like a snake.”
The second man touches the elephant’s leg and says “An elephant is like a tree.”
The third man touches the elephant’s side and says “An elephant is like a wall.”
The fourth man touches the elephant’s tail and says “An elephant is like a rope.”
The fifth man touches the elephant’s tusk and says “An elephant is like a spear.”
And the last man touches the elephant’s forehead and says “An elephant is like a boulder.”
And they were all right, as far as they could tell.
I believe that many of us are like the blind men and the elephant. We connect with God and our perception is real and true, but we are only able to perceive part of that infinite Being.
And that’s why there are many spiritual paths, each legitimate in its own fashion as long as it is a good match for the person who is living it.
The good thing is that God reaches out to folks in different ways. Since God is Infinite, and not limited by considerations such as gender, He can and does reach out to meet each person where they need Him, whether as God, Goddess, Spirit, or with other Faces.
That’s why there are Christians and Jews and Buddhists and Muslims and pagans and heathens and a myriad of other paths out there.
Because Spirit is there for those who need it….
More coming…
Catherine
Foresight
4/12/11
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I’m reminded of a post I read quite a while ago it basically talked about how gods are just different culture’s personifications of energy.
I’m pretty much with you as my main ‘religion’ is still Christianity despite all the other things I’m learning about and meddling in though I’ve found myself taking a more open view of it than what they teach you in sunday school.
Here’s what I read by the way:
http://sortofpsychic.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/theological-ramblings/
Read that post and found it interesting. While it makes some good points, as someone who’s both a longterm energyworker and on a spiritually strong path, I have to respectfully disagree.
Find that I can feel both energy and the Divine. For me, the basic difference is that God communicates and communes with me in a way that energy does not. Energy is present, whereas God is a Presence…
Thanks for commenting
Catherine
Foresight
I enjoyed the read about the blind men and the elephant. I agree that each person in there own way has his or her perception of “god” and there beliefs. It is very important to engage actively in the search for spiritual growth and understanding, not just what others say. Thank you, Jo’El.
Glad you liked the post, Jo’El. Thanks for stopping by and for commenting. Hope that you’ll find other things of interest to you and will come back soon 🙂
Catherine
Foresight