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I just felt like writing today, this topic was pushing itself out of me with passion that I just couldn’t resist writing. You know the last time I ended up in a relationship with an atheist I paid a hefty price. It’s important that when you pick a partner, friends, and who you want to be around with that they have some kind of beliefs, and ensure their beliefs, even if it’s not about God is good, a good influence on you and others, it brings out the best in you and others but the best advice I can give you is, make sure their actions speak the good because actions speak louder than words. As a person who was with a narcissist, this was the biggest sign I ignored.
Can you relate to this? Have you met fanatics of religion who still don’t get it? I can tell you that even we had our share of priests who had scandals. While the scandals are different in the Hindu religion for some priests the scandals, I read and heard about in the news around some catholic priests is something else, a lot of paedophile stories. In my books The South African series, I demonstrate how most of the community view the temple and temple goers, the pressure of living around the corner from the temple and the idea of being a perfect Hindu girl. To live around the corner from the temple and to not go to it was a judgement that Saesha and her family members had to live with. In the books, Saesha feels that you can go to the temple with a dirty heart and show everyone you’re praying to look good or you can have god within you; in your heart and be called various things, scrutinized for being in the experimental stage of life if you were seen drinking a glass of wine, eating meat etc. by Hindu fanatics. In one place drinking port wine is a symbol of Jesus’ blood and in the other, it’s seen as a dirty habit.
We’ve got it all wrong people and what it really boils down to is when you sit in front of God/Universe/Source or whatever you want to call it, sit in the temple or church, or simply sit on your meditation mat to say a prayer it’s a wonderful practise, but how many people can really appreciate the Universe/God/Source or whatever you want to call it when you’re pushed out of your comfort zone? Yep, I mean, say for example, when your house gets burnt, your business is on its final hope, you and your family are about to get kicked out of your home because the economic crisis left you without a job and paying the mortgage is now at risk? That is what I refer to when I say to you, that your real belief is tested outside of the comfort zone not the one where you say a prayer for prayer’s sake, it’s the genuine prayer out of the heart that counts, that is the prayer God/Universe/Source or whatever you want to call it really hears, otherwise, you’re just chanting, that is all – T. Dench Patel, 28th February 2020, 16:19
When I was with the atheist, I asked him, “Why don’t you believe in God?” At that time God was the word I used for all three; God, the source and the universe. The answer I got was, where was God when my mother got a stroke? In my head, I was like, “What are you saying, dude? You won’t even spend three days in one year to go and see your mother because you say you get bored without internet. Spare me the reason why you don’t believe…” Can you imagine my thoughts after that… “Boy! I wished my mum lived in Spain, then I will go and see her until she asks for a holiday from me.” Of course, if you’ve ever been with a narcissist you already know that they think they’re God and that they can get away with breaking all rules and boundaries including the universal code… T. Dench Patel, 28 February 2020, 16:28
What about everyone else, some people in this world never were/are baptised, were/are Christians but never followed religion, are of different religions but prefer spirituality… and there were a lot of beliefs and practises that people did until they were pushed out of their comfort zone thinking they were abandoned when in fact, they could have been miraculously saved or directed to what was more aligned to them. Isn’t that what they or we ask for in our prayers?
Personally, I like going to church to light a candle to say a few words, I like going to the temple to light a candle to say a few words, I like going to my room to light a candle to say a few words and if there are no candles it doesn’t stop me from conversing to God/Source/Universe or call it whatever you want. The action is consistent just the place changes and if I am pushed out of my comfort zone you will find me saying a prayer anywhere at any time. T. Dench Patel, 28 February 2020, 16:38
God/Source/Universe or call it whatever you want does not abandon us, we abandon it before seeing the result it was/is bringing for us and not to us. Did you hear the saying? Life happens for you and not to you… T. Dench Patel, 28 February 2020, 16:42
You know once I did a practise, a time where I said I must believe, I can’t doubt it especially when I do believe in God/Universe/Source or whatever you want to call it. I simply realised that I had no more to hold onto, but there was something in me making me hold onto it. I asked myself, “Patel, what’s the worst that can happen? And so, I closed my eyes, pretended while my eyes were closed that I was at the end of the cliff. Weirdly enough, even though the conscious knew I wasn’t at the end of the cliff the subconscious felt like I really was. I was standing at this time with my arms out as if I was ready to fly or fall – T. Dench Patel, 28 February 2020, 16:55 and said in my mind, “God, catch me. I give you everything, I give you me, my life and I’ll let you be my compass one hundred percent from now. Here I come.” I saw through the fall in my subconscious, I was terrified with those words, thoughts and most of all the act or action because inside me I really gave it all up and handed it over to the Source/God/Universe or call it whatever you want and once done, I felt like I let go of a heavy baggage out of my life, days just got easier and so did my faith.
The next time things happen out of your comfort zone, embrace it, sure complain (that’s what I did) but if you don’t complain you’ll have more focused energy, eventually it will settle and fall into place. Wait for the miracle to happen, don’t stand in its way and most of all, get out of your own way. – T. Dench Patel, 28 February 2020, 16:45
Yours sincerely,
T. Dench Patel
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