Spiritualism vs Religiousness

Spiritualism to me explains so much of the questions that religious teachings left a hole. I had a few questions about religious issues be in Buddhism or in Islam that no one could answer. In the past, not being able to answer these questions, I was forced to accept the teachings in a half hearted manner. It was hard for me. I wanted to know and was curious to know what the religious point of view was, but somehow no matter how hard I searched for an answer, it did not satisfy me. I felt a lack and deep inside felt that religion could not answer it. I was told to have faith but the voice inside of me asked "How can you have faith when you don't know what is it you are having faith in ??"

New age or spiritualism opened up a new door for me and all of my questions could be answered. Finally I could bridge the gap between mysticism, science and religion, all subjects close to my heart. "Why do some children have to die young and suffer","If bomoh's are using Islamic incantations then are they practicing the word of god","If god is good, why does god allow bad things to happen in the world" are all questions that I could answer now and I am happy and inspired. I have reconnected with my source. A force or God which I have always been close to as a child feeling it's warmth and comfort. I nearly lost that as I was growing up swayed by the good judgments of those around me. New age beliefs allowed me to see the bridge between my other childhood beliefs such as astrology, chinese facial astrology and conventional religion. I saw a lot of things differently and found the answers to my of my questions. For those who think that spiritualism will cause you to be less religious, it actually strengthen my belief in God. I felt the closeness I felt to God back when I was just a child. How could I not? God is after all a part of us.

Chinese face theories and vibes

Through my observations I found that there is a link between chinese facial theories and the study of vibes. I found this by looking at people who have had high levels of stress in their lives. They usually have something about their facial features that is a bit out of sync too. This is the place where ancient chinese theories about recognizing a person's behavior or character using their facial features. Eyebrows that meat is a sign of close minds. A high brow means an intelligent mind .. those kind of things.

Your inner feelings or vibes will manifest itself on your face. I learned the hard way that how good you look on a day will influence who you meet and how good your dealings will be on that day. It's hard for me initially who wanted to move away from being judge outwardly and felt that people should not look at the exterior but judge a person what is like inside. However, if you accept the fact that your outer shell or looks is a representation of your inner self then judging a person by their looks might not be so stupid as hithero thought.

What I think is, Chinese philosophers learned the skill of facial reading using their superior mastery of vibes reading and recorded all the knowledge now which is now known as the Chinese Physiognomy - Face Reading. I found a nice blog which says a fair bit more about what I am trying to say here.

Do not own that

I found that more often than not the temper we are seeking so hard to control can just be controlled with the simple act of delaying a reaction to the stimulus. It's simple. Delay your feeling of reaction or injustice for a few minutes, slowly compose your smart come back. If you feel hurt or that anger sting become less sharp and blunt continue for a few more minutes longer without a reply. It's letting the hot air out of a balloon. It works everytime. If this doesn't work I find that quickly extracting yourself from the heated situation works wonders. Remember everyone of life's seemingly out-ta-get-ya moments are nothing more than oppotunities god or the universe gives us to let our best qualities shine through.

If you ask for patience, the universe or God delivers by putting you in situation where you can exercise your patience. Viewing it from this aspect allows you to always be on top of your day. Hold on to this and you will always be calm. If however, you are not ready, it's okay to just step away and come back at another time. It just means that we have to do some extra tuning to get ourselves ready for the situation. You are perfect. You are exactly the way you are meant to be. You just choose to extend and test yourself in new and uncomfortable situations. That is growing.

Garbage truck awareness

Came back today after a run and a garbage truck was behind me. It was noisy and i knew it was behind me. There was this old garbage truck that does it's rounds everytime when I finish my daily runs. The last part of the run I will turn around and run in reverse running backwards. Something struck me today an epiphany. That warm rush of feelings inside of me I have now know to be a moment of pure inspiration. I refused to look at it and just kept on going backwards and just kept on going backwards with the knowledge of the garbage truck behind me, looking at what is in front of me instead of what is ahead. Somehow it struck me how much that is like life. We can choose to look at the garbage truck or our own achievements and forge on ahead based on that. It was an exhilarating moment when I came to this realization.
Feel the fear, feel it smell it even but concentrate on your successes and do not it hold you back.A sense of freedom and ease came over me a powerful realization that I can solve any problem that presents itself and that the problem is my friend and something I can accept and change. The uncertainty, chaos and fear is like a dear friend which encourages you to go that extra mile in that tough marathon and will not give up on you when all others would not even look at you.

I am very thankful to Pappy for creating the storm for me to ride on. The storm helps me let go and leave things to the universe. It lets me practice the true essence of law of abundance and the other laws. Meeting up with Paul too help to solidify things I have learnt throughout this time. I am thankful for all the beautiful people that the universe has put my way.

Update: Saw this post and thought I would post it after all but with a twist. Your achievements and your failures are all the garbage truck in front of you. Most often than not it turns out to be the thing that holds you back. Giving you pain where you don't need it. Successes creates unnecessary anxiety while failures brings us down. If I can I would like to approach each of life's untaking without the burden (or the advantage?) of experience ...