It seems nobody reads this blog (though there's a pointer to it on my dot-mac home page -- he he -- I guess nobody reads that either! ;-))
So let the truth set me free ...
About that ... I must say that my friend in the Navy, Dave Bottom, once answered my question "How can I be a better person" with "be honest with yourself." He warned me it sounded easier than it was. He was right.
I started right away (this was 35 years ago) to try to be honest with myself. One might say that is when the philosophical part of my internal dialog began. I started asking myself "Is this honest?" and "what does honest really mean". Deep questions for a 17-year-old. ;-)
To this day, I am still trying to be honest with myself. (I wish I knew how to find Dave Bottom and thank him for that advice.)
So ... to be honest, I think I have a hang up with the name/word God. There, I said it.
And people like Dave Bottom are partly to blame.
See, I never wanted to be a "Jesus Freak." I really believe we each and every one of us have to find our own way to God. And I think organized religion is pablum, only useful for those that can't think clearly enough to make their own decisions. (See the Celestine Prophecy for an interesting story along these lines.)
Dave was a really smart friend I made in the Navy, while in school in Millington, TN. We learned about Carlos Castaneda and Captain Beyond together -- well, I learned about them from him. ;-)
After I got out of the Navy, I stayed in touch with him for a while, and pretty soon he was trying to spread the "good word" to me. Have you heard the good word? Yes, I've heard the dang good word, but it doesn't turn me on like it does you! LOL! I have too many damned questions, like why Christians say Muslims will go to Hell, and vise versa. (Don't get me started!)
So, back to God. I am trying to get over my hang up. I call him/it/whatever Nature, The Universe, Cosmic Order, ...
I bet God doesn't have to stop to eat dinner, but I do. Later!
