Independance, Indeed.

I guess you could say that right now, I am a Seeker.

I found Wicca somehow after finally deciding it was time to satisfy the curiosity I've had about what it is. It is said that things happen when they should, and this was the case. It wasn't until recently that I finally decided to put together the ideas that I have come to believe throughout my life, on my own, through hearing thoughts of others, listening to what a few different Christan churches had to say to me, and listening to what I feel to be true.

I know that a person can't just ad-lib and make up faith as it suits them in their current life just because it's convenient. To do so would really not be following a religion at all. This is one reason why I feel it is important for me to identify with a religion again, and not just remain in a spiritual only, non-religious state as I have been, now that I feel I have found what speaks the truth to me. Also, I feel that it may not matter so much, in the greater scheme of things, if what we believe is 100% correct, because with so many paths to follow, how could only 1 be right and all the rest wrong? I think that what truly matters is that we seek for what feels the most right, and we adhere to it, and we truly live it and be it.

This path is the closest thing that seems to match what I feel. I believe the spirit of deity is within every person, and every living thing, and that spirit returning to the greater whole upon death. I really was not certain about the whole God/Goddess idea until more came to me. Humans were created in the image of God (and in saying God I mean as in the All). A man or a woman alone are really not complete without their mate to make them whole, down to their very souls (I can feel this one for myself). Therefore, I conclude that we constitute both the male and female aspect of God, the Lord and the Lady. The Father and the Mother. The Lord God our father, and Mother Nature herself, the Goddess of life. Also in regards to the bible, I am sure that it was written by an inspired hand and mind, but I sense much corruption of what the book may have originally said, by corrupt men and governments who intended to control and instill malleability and fear of not doing as instructed into people. I feel there are many outdated things -- it's actually safe to eat pork now, for example, thanks to the modern world's inventions -- and it can't all be followed as literally as it is, so I cannot follow a religion who follows this text in whole without leaving any room for question or doubt. Translations and who knows what else changed words over time before the integrity of data was protected in such ways as it is now (presumably).

These are my thoughts for the moment. It feels nice to be free of mind and spirit. I am thankful to be able to go out and buy books on alternate ideas such as these to learn from. I have a lot of reading to do, so goodnight! :) Time to go hit a chapter, or three.