Doug's Journey

2 Main Groups As I have observed, read and talked with folks who have been re-inventing the spiritual paths of their lives (or possibly having a spiritual awakening or epiphany), I think there are usually 2 categories of people who experience this. They are: People going up People going down I realize this is simplistic & cliché. I say it with some good humor and no offense intended. Going up  refers to those with commonalities such as: increasing their realization of relationship to deity (whatever their understanding of deity may be). daily walk with God (whatever theirs may be). typically increased spiritual manifestations. frequently religion is involved, or study and discipleship with adherence to some other "theme", "group" or "movement" that essentially plays a similar role as religion. increased commitment to virtuous standards & principles. spiritual identity. choice to prioritize the spiritual over the temporal, phys...

I like to have the facts together and be confident in decisions I make. I'm not big on making assumptions. When I was a teenager my ecclesiastical leader told me, "you think too much", "stop thinking so much", "just go out and be a normal kid". ;-) Later I learned the term "over-analytical". I think I like the details. And I like to make informed correct decisions. Lately I've been doing a lot of thinking. Mostly about life, purpose, truths, accuracy of conventional history (particularly surrounding my belief system). This has been well over 6 months. And after a lot of thought, and study, and discussions with wise, caring friends, I'm ready. I'm ready to write. I'm ready to move this journey forward into the next chapter. Thanks for reading.