{"id":6769,"date":"2025-12-21T15:56:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandrasinger.blog\/?p=6769"},"modified":"2025-12-21T15:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:56:24","slug":"guidance-and-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandrasinger.blog\/en\/guidance-and-religion","title":{"rendered":"Guidance and Religion."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my family, there are many religions.&nbsp;<br>We have Catholics, Jews,&nbsp;<br>Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, and Atheists.<br>I write each of them with capital letters \u2013 intentionally.<br>A capital letter belongs to each one of them,&nbsp;<br>and to everyone who believes in their own Truth.&nbsp;<br>But in my experience, certain contradictions&nbsp;<br>started to bother me.<br>This eternal battle between people&#8230;<br>Who\u2019s&nbsp;<em>more<\/em>&nbsp;right?<br>Who\u2019s wiser?<br>Or maybe, who just got lucky&nbsp;<br>being born into the \u201cchosen\u201d family,<br>into that \u201cspecial\u201d religion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hmm&#8230; sounds very&nbsp;<em>human<\/em>&nbsp;to me.<br>Maybe even a bit too shallow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for the God of all people?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cEnter through the narrow gate,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<br>we were told<br>and then the whole crowd elbows their way in!But maybe, if there\u2019s a deeper meaning here,<br>and it truly is about a narrower, more demanding path,<br>then the key lies not in the\u00a0<em>name<\/em>\u00a0of the religion at all?<br><br>I write about all religions with capital letters,<br>because in each one, I\u2019ve found people of deep faith,<br>integrity, and true values &#8211;\u00a0<br>People who truly live their lives with a capital letter. <br><strong>So maybe it\u2019s not one\u00a0person who holds the key to the truth?<br><\/strong>Not the priest, the rabbi, or the elder brother.<br><strong>Maybe, once again, that key is already in each of us?<br><\/strong>In our inner world.<br>In the truth and quality that shape the way we live.\u00a0<br>There was a time in my life where I came close<br>to believing in nothing at all.<br>Looking at people, I found myself in deep disagreement.\u00a0<br><strong>Can walls and rules that divide us\u00a0<br>truly be the love we were meant to learn?<br><\/strong>From someone greater than us &#8211; like Jesus, for example? <br>Have we, perhaps, built our own little mental camps,<br>where we worship ourselves,<br>and pat each other on the back\u00a0<br>just because we share the same name?<br><br>In my rebellion, I opened my eyes even wider,<br>and I began to look at other religions.<br>In each one, I found people who are\u00a0<br>beautiful in their faith and their principles.<br>And in each, I also found those\u00a0<br>who are not even worthy of a handshake.<br>But they\u2019re more accepted than others\u00a0<br>just because they belong to the same label,\u00a0<br>the same membership. <br>During this time of my dissonance,\u00a0<br>I watched a documentary series by National Geographic<br>about the universe, the planet, and us, human beings. <br>With every episode, I was more stunned by<br>how even the movements of water flow in harmony,<br>so the whole world can stay in balance. <br>The importance of a single drop. <br>The rhythm. <br>The light, the moon, the energy all around us. <br>How our brains are formed. <br>Our bodies. Our hearts. <br>The miracles in nature, the elements, the animals,\u00a0<br>the planets, the cosmos\u2026 <br>And I asked myself a question that kept resonating\u00a0<br>within me for a long time. <br>How is it possible that this wasn\u2019t designed by someone? <br>How is it possible that all of this, including us,\u00a0just happened by accident?<br><br>So I preferred to admit that the fault lies with people\u00a0<br>and the religions they built. <br><strong>And that\u2019s why I decided to rise above the religions\u00a0<br>that divide rather than connect us.<br><\/strong>Since then, I\u2019ve stayed close with my own prayer. <br>Simple, sincere and mine. <br><strong>To the One some of us call God,<br>others Light,<br>and still others, the Energy that created us.<\/strong> <br><br>And that\u2019s when my\u00a0Guidance\u00a0began.<br>In a way I never could have even imagined myself. <br>So maybe what truly connects us\u00a0<br>is our humanity, <br>not the names or traditions <br>we are too afraid to question?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guidance is available to every one of us. <br>It begins the moment\u00a0<br>we stop trying to know everything, <br>and instead, <br>ask to be shown the way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s only that. <br>And somehow, it\u2019s everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we stop letting the Ego\u00a0<br>lead from the head, <br>and open up to guidance\u00a0<br>from the Heart, <br>that\u2019s where we begin to feel.<br><strong>That\u2019s where our connection truly is.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Because the Miracle is Us.<\/strong><br><br>\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In my family, there are many religions.&nbsp;We have 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