by ChrisJerri S.
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August 21, 2007

What I Am, What I'm Not

March 01, 2008 10:56 AM EST
views: 77 | rating: 10/10 (30 votes) | comments: 30

What I Am, What I'm Not


Some people think I'm a Hindu. I am. I'm not. I read Yogananda almost daily.


Some people think I'm a Buddhist. I am. I'm not. I would love to be following that middle path where neither good or bad affects me.


Most people don't think I'm a Muslim. I love Rumi. He was a Muslim. Maybe that makes me a Muslim, maybe not.


Some people think I'm a Christian just by the mere fact I'm American, and maybe because I live in the Bible belt. I saw Christ once in a vision, maybe not a vision. It seemed more real than life. He came as Jesus. He laughed almost constantly, offered me a lemonade, told me to quit analyzing everything and take life as it comes. I guess Christ could have come as Buddha or Krishna. God does what God wants and also maybe what's most comfortable for us because we're his children.


I'm asleep. But then I know I"m asleep. A lot of people think they're awake, but then they are snoring away.


One day God will wake me up. Then I'll know what I truly am and what I wasn't.

 

Jerri

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Comments: 30

Warren Keating Mar 1, 2008, 11:07am EST
Fascinating post that I can really relate to. You're on the path to enlightenment, which is closer than most people are. I think that you are already awake.
lena lemieux Mar 1, 2008, 11:08am EST
i think i will order a Yogananda book from the library.do you recomend one,or have a favorite?
trish e. Mar 1, 2008, 11:12am EST
Knowing that you are asleep is brings you so close to being awake.
ChrisJerri S. Mar 1, 2008, 11:12am EST
Warren, no, I'm far from awake. I did wake up once briefly. I cannot even describe the bliss, but then I fell back asleep. I do sometimes think the veil is getting thinner though.
Lena, read Autobiography of a Yogi first - which you can read for free on line: http://reluctant-messenger.com/yogananda/intro.htm
lena lemieux Mar 1, 2008, 11:14am EST
thanks.
i have also had moments of being awake
it sometimes can be so hard when it goes away.
Larry M. Mar 1, 2008, 11:51am EST
You don't have to label what you are. Just be what you are. Ignore, if possible, other people's attempts to put you in a limiting box. Whatever you are in the spiritual or cosmic sense, you are still wonderful. :-)
Jodi G. Mar 1, 2008, 11:58am EST
loved your article
Ashley B. Mar 1, 2008, 12:15pm EST
Intriguingly interesting. Very thought provoking this one is.
Teresa A. Mar 1, 2008, 2:29pm EST
We are all asleep to some extent. What makes things happen is when we become aware of that fact. I know tons of people that are very happy in their daily lives but are as you put it, snoring.
Jerry Kays Mar 1, 2008, 2:38pm EST
I AM what I AM because I AM ... .?!
Debby O. Mar 1, 2008, 8:28pm EST
Just listen to your heart and that will lead you on the path that you need to be on, I truly believe that, a the Lord has work this way for me all of my life.
Kimberly Ripley Mar 1, 2008, 10:00pm EST
Thought-provoking and very interesting. I like hearing about your vision of Jesus!
Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. Mar 1, 2008, 11:49pm EST
WELL PUT!
Susan N. Mar 2, 2008, 3:43pm EST
I am I said.....

a really good song!
Donald M. Mar 8, 2008, 2:54pm EST
Thanks for sharing your feelings with us.
Vivian P. Mar 8, 2008, 2:59pm EST
Interesting I think we all sleep at times
William Dotani Mar 9, 2008, 2:58pm EDT
Since I read Hindu, Buddhist and Koran verses daily, I understand your concept.
Karolyn Q. Mar 14, 2008, 1:55pm EDT
Very good article.
Helen C.D.~2009 ~. Mar 18, 2008, 6:46am EDT
I would have to repeat what Teresa A., has already said. Great article.
Dee - Nature Babe! Mar 30, 2008, 12:50pm EDT
Fascinating! Great article!
Barbara B. Apr 2, 2008, 8:45pm EDT
This was so overwhelming to me young lady.
I am at a loss for words.
Cindy P. Apr 3, 2008, 7:16pm EDT
Interesting
Cortney R. Apr 4, 2008, 1:50am EDT
I a bit confused by this post, but that could be because I am so very tired. Or mabey I am just not to the point of understanding yet.
Heidianna "Coriander" T. Apr 4, 2008, 11:30am EDT
Well said. Truly.
Kevin F May 15, 2008, 10:54pm EDT
I like the way you express it. I can relate to being in the bible belt. I consider myself alternative whatever. Christian, buddhist, taoist, etc. with plenty of myth an magic thrown in for good measure....
Ashley P. May 22, 2008, 7:20pm EDT
What a unique way to express it. We are all a little of what we seem, yet mostly not. Well written
Sammie B. Jun 9, 2008, 2:22pm EDT
I truly love your way of thinking. It's so unorthodox (much like mine), but so beautiful and it seems like perfect sense to me. And the way you express it...gorgeous!

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