"Are you christian?" "Are you religious?" I am buddhist I am christian I am hindu I am a little bit of everything Ultimately - I am me (whatever "me" means - separate topic) What I am not is in the conventional christian box, AKA the church. I am not contained by that box. There is nothing inside those 4 walls that I cannot get outside of them in the congregation that is the world. I am with God every day every moment and he is with me Because God is in everyone and everything The christian says: → "Praise the Lord" as a generic refrain and answer to everything. → "Do you believe Jesus christ was born again?" to test your "faith" → "All glory to God" but to say "God is everything & everyone, even this tree, & me, & you" is somehow "woo woo spiritual" Because it falls outside of their tiny box. (A box which is a good place to start, by the way, and is where I started) My answer to "do you believe Jesus christ was born again?" is: Do you believe God is everything? Don't you see God is that tree? God is her? God is him over there? That God is defnitely you and me? You say "All glory to God" and yet are not prepared to give God credit for everyone & everything? Don't you see It? You ask me when is the last time I went to church or spent time in "the word" as if that's the only place I can find God. Like your sect has a monopoly on God. Like I have to go through your road to get there. As if the church is the gatekeeper to God. (It's a gateway, by the way, not a gatekeeper - I think that's gotten a little twisted unfortunately) Just like the Roman Catholic churches in medieval times where you couldn't talk to God; you had to go through a priest to get a word to God. Don't you see? That your way is not the only way? That God is You, Me, Everything and Every One? That God is every tree? every drop of water? every rock? every man and every woman? Don't you see - that God is within You? That God Is You? And so my call to You is: Sit with that Sit or lay in the grass oriented towards the sun or the water Close your eyes Listen And rest in your own divine Goodness Sit. Breathe That in And enjoy It All Don't You See It? As you are It? And as It Is You?