"I believe in evolution of thought and understanding, not lineage and blind acceptance." -- Carlos Tao
Years of parental training, years of questions, years of observing and dissecting and re-questioning and contemplating, but purpose, clarity, or understanding how Islam was THE way to live - was silent.
"They are wrong, and we are right! And you better do as we say because you will be cursed otherwise and burn in eternal hell."
Wait, what?
Resistance began it's campaigning. Resistance to investing the time and energy to understand all that was considered to be absolute.
God doesn't speak through mediums to relay his messages.
Just as a ray of light is an extension of the sun. Just as a wave is an extension of the ocean. I am an extension of our creator.
Allowing myself to be still. To be quiet. To look inside, thru the darkness of a chattering mind. There is a secret and sacred place. My creator and I embrace.
Boundless love. Purity. She smiles upon me. And I submit to her. My love.
Then Im back. Confused through the chaos of the routine of notifications and status alerts.
"The good people of the world they're washin' their cars
On their lunch break
Hosin' and scrubbin' as best they can in skirts in suits
They drive up in their shiny Datsuns and Buicks
Back to the phone company and record stores too."
Gifts. Presents. Present. Creativity. Inspiration. I choose to reverse momentum and spiral upward.
This journey is mine alone. You cannot walk it for me. Begin your journey. I want us to hold hands thru our trek.
Let us be without resistance. Find a state of flow. When time blurs and aRt is created. Just Be Here Now.
What you think becomes true. So what do you think of?
Just as we breathe in, we must breathe out. Then do not separate - I am whole.
