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The pilgrim Fathers in 1602 went in the Mayflower Boat from England to America. On board were 102 passengers of which were two from a London Stock Company and 35 Separatists, a radical form of religion named Puritanism, they fled from England to Leiden in the Netherlands because they were so fanatic and were chased away.
One of the anecdotes to be recorded was that the Quaker like community of Christians were sitting in the silence as is their custom and as to this day, when the native so called 'red skin or Indians' I find this distasteful and belittling to name them thus, came and sat down on the ground and said 'good they pray like us' they sat very still and meditated for hours in their community. Normally the Quakers would settle for an hour and share vocally if felt moved to do so.
The next day the indigenous people were dancing around a Totem Pole and the Quakers said 'you mustn't do that, Jesus is not in a piece of painted wood'. The day after they were dancing around the pole chanting Jesus, Jesus, Jesus'
The Chief and Medicine man tried to explain that God, the Great Spirit was not in the wood as an idol but was a symbol reminding them to praise and thank him, and as the same as the cross and they were not stupid that God was a Pole, a piece of wood'. The reply was 'no the cross is a better reminder.'
Among my family and friends of the Jewish Faith some are disappointed that I do not go to Synagogue. I do not go to Church, Mosque, Chapel, Sanctuary or places of worship on a regular basis or if at all. Yet I pray and meditate several times a day at irregular times, bless my food and give thanks constantly. However sometimes when I need to be quiet in a busy noisy situation I will go to a place of worship for a few minutes should one be nearby.
This still does not satisfy them and they chastise me and barred me from seeing their children in case I pollute them with my heathen ideas. Where is God the Beloved that 'HeShe' cannot be found is 'SheHe' our Cosmic Parent, The Spirit playing hide and seek with us, nay, The Great One is in all of us and every place is a place of worship and prayer and silent willingness to surrender ourselves to Heshe's loving care and arms.
So symbols and signs I have and were and are given to me by friends of different faiths and yet I have none that are my own, a family member who visited my home was appalled at these items given to me as friendship and love as heathen and that I was antisemitic and so on. No amount of explanation would suffice and was said trying to wriggle out of the fact I was a Jew Hater. I support all religions and faith not the dogma.
A wise Jewish lady who was relatively religious and loved her faith and was very tolerant and came as refugee from Poland and was in her eighthes, and I gave her a lift home and we would talk for a considerable time asked me what I would say to Moses when my time came and he opened the book of Life on me and read my file; If Moses said 'Yosef (my Hebrew name) you did not go to Synagogue on Sabbaths and on Holy Days or keep Kosher foods how come?' 'Moses I never pretended to be religious, those who accuse me not going to Synagogue in the morning on Sabbath and then shop, do business go to football matches and other things in the afternoon, then they may eat Kosher at home and not when they are out, please judge me on my heart and not hypocrisy' To which the Lady said ' I believe you and know you are right, but I am so long in this tradition it is hard for me to change and my children would not like it as I am a role model for their children and my Grandchildren'. This I knew and out of the whole family I loved her most for her kindness to me and understanding.
So where do we find God or our Spiritual needs, I guess this is a personal quest or maybe there is not the interest to do so. For me it has and will always be top of the list, I have to be One with the One and is a burning desire etched and branded into my heart.
I need no omens, signs, tokens or symbols, Life itself is the Totem Pole and Cross for me. God does not play hide and seek.
The next day the indigenous people were dancing around a Totem Pole and the Quakers said 'you mustn't do that, Jesus is not in a piece of painted wood'. The day after they were dancing around the pole chanting Jesus, Jesus, Jesus'
The Chief and Medicine man tried to explain that God, the Great Spirit was not in the wood as an idol but was a symbol reminding them to praise and thank him, and as the same as the cross and they were not stupid that God was a Pole, a piece of wood'. The reply was 'no the cross is a better reminder.'
Among my family and friends of the Jewish Faith some are disappointed that I do not go to Synagogue. I do not go to Church, Mosque, Chapel, Sanctuary or places of worship on a regular basis or if at all. Yet I pray and meditate several times a day at irregular times, bless my food and give thanks constantly. However sometimes when I need to be quiet in a busy noisy situation I will go to a place of worship for a few minutes should one be nearby.
This still does not satisfy them and they chastise me and barred me from seeing their children in case I pollute them with my heathen ideas. Where is God the Beloved that 'HeShe' cannot be found is 'SheHe' our Cosmic Parent, The Spirit playing hide and seek with us, nay, The Great One is in all of us and every place is a place of worship and prayer and silent willingness to surrender ourselves to Heshe's loving care and arms.
So symbols and signs I have and were and are given to me by friends of different faiths and yet I have none that are my own, a family member who visited my home was appalled at these items given to me as friendship and love as heathen and that I was antisemitic and so on. No amount of explanation would suffice and was said trying to wriggle out of the fact I was a Jew Hater. I support all religions and faith not the dogma.
A wise Jewish lady who was relatively religious and loved her faith and was very tolerant and came as refugee from Poland and was in her eighthes, and I gave her a lift home and we would talk for a considerable time asked me what I would say to Moses when my time came and he opened the book of Life on me and read my file; If Moses said 'Yosef (my Hebrew name) you did not go to Synagogue on Sabbaths and on Holy Days or keep Kosher foods how come?' 'Moses I never pretended to be religious, those who accuse me not going to Synagogue in the morning on Sabbath and then shop, do business go to football matches and other things in the afternoon, then they may eat Kosher at home and not when they are out, please judge me on my heart and not hypocrisy' To which the Lady said ' I believe you and know you are right, but I am so long in this tradition it is hard for me to change and my children would not like it as I am a role model for their children and my Grandchildren'. This I knew and out of the whole family I loved her most for her kindness to me and understanding.
So where do we find God or our Spiritual needs, I guess this is a personal quest or maybe there is not the interest to do so. For me it has and will always be top of the list, I have to be One with the One and is a burning desire etched and branded into my heart.
I need no omens, signs, tokens or symbols, Life itself is the Totem Pole and Cross for me. God does not play hide and seek.
SHACK
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