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Walking the Path . . .

I’ve had this blog for a while and didn’t know what to write but I decided this week that I’m going to simply just write about my path. If you want to follow along, please be my guest.

So then . . . Let me start at the beginning – wherever that was.

I’ve always considered myself a spiritual person, most likely because we attended Church when I was a child. For a while, I was probably a pretty fundamental Christian although I never truly believed the way many of my peers seemed to in that respect. For example, that gays are going to hell simply for the fact they are gay. I never understood that. I never understood how one could call themselves a Christian and yet not be “like Christ” – as I thought was the main concept.

So as a teenager, I began to change my views and strangely, that lead me further away from the Church instead closer to it. As an adult I have been fairly conscious of my spirituality but never put a name to that path. Sure, I attended Church now and then but often, I felt more down-trodden than lifted up. The experience always left a bad taste in my mouth as I found I just didn’t see to eye to eye with everyone else.

I guess it must have been about 10 years ago that I truly felt there was something more than just religious dogma and that I fell outside the Church’s perceptions. Now, I always knew I saw things differently – even as a child sitting in Sunday school. But I always pushed that notion away like it was a bad smell. I think that was mostly because the Church said I had to. As an adult though, I’ve learned that the Church isn’t always right.

I know there may be some out there who argue with me or who will not accept what I am saying. That’s ok. This is about MY path, not theirs and at this point in my life, I could really care less what others think of me. I’ve found the spirituality, like anything else, is in the eye of the beholder. Each person has his or her own truth and what may be right for me isn’t right for someone else and vice versa. That doesn’t make anyone wrong. Just different. And that’s really not so bad in the grand scheme of things.

Anyway, today I follow a nature based path and have probably for at least 10 years. I didn’t always know what it was called, though. I just did what felt natural to me. A few years ago, I found a name for that path. And since I really began studying, I’ve had one “aha” moment after another which makes me feel I am definitely on the right path.

This blog is about that path and the road it’s taken. Stop by again and follow along!

Blessed Be,
Raynefire
(Emerald Raynefire Phoenix)