Grey Wolf’s Spiritual Advocacy

This is a beautiful write up, I just have to share it.  I agree with this whole heartily!

I wasn’t raised in any one type of faith, but I did convert to Christianity [I had plans on becoming a missionary, go figure] in my teens and became bewildered of it’s teaching’s, and it’s followers.  I left it after four years!  After that I became agnostic, but later became a Buddhist because I felt that it fitted in with my back ground of science, spiritual beliefs and it’s respect for nature and the world we live in.  I find this very interesting because even though it’s Native American, it seems to be similar to my ancestral background practice of Shintoism which is tightly connected with nature and the world we live in.  Shinto teaches us that all things have kami [spirit] miss translated as “God” in the English language.  So, “god” is with in us all and with in all things.  Personally, it is the life force with in each of us, and that is energy is within all things, down to the smallest atom within each of our cells we have this energy, that life force.

In Shinto there is a saying:   共存共栄  Kyoson Kyoei, Mutual co- existence and co- prosperity  ["A way that knows no prejudice."]

It’s unfortunate that we have to be bombarded daily with something that teaches so much hate towards everything else, when there are these beautiful teachings of respect for everything.  What happened, and why do so many choose the route of hate and disrespect for everything around us?

Grey Wolf's Spiritual Advacacy on Spirituality vs Religion