Happy Diwali! My spiritual awakening through Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) has been one of the most rewarding (and surprising) experiences of my entire life.
I spent the first two decades of my life as a Christian. Blindly following the religion I was spoon-fed as a child. I never questioned it or challenged it. I just mindlessly assumed (arrogantly, I should add), that I was given the correct answers to the universe as a birthright. The billions of people around the world who were born into different cultures/religions… were wrong.
Eventually my Christian faith unraveled. I couldn’t buy into it any longer. There were too many holes in it for me.
I spent the next two decades of my life as an Atheist. Completely rejecting the idea of ALL religion. I questioned it and challenged it. And I mindfully assumed (arrogantly, I should add), that there are no correct answers to the universe. The life experience is arbitrary and random, and we’re fools if we think there’s any level of significance to this. If science can’t explain it, it’s a fantasy.
Then, out of absolutely nowhere, Maa Durga harpooned my soul with her trident. Never, in a lifetime of skepticism and the demand for irrefutable truth in all things, would I have envisioned myself going down this path. But here I am. More confident in my own existence than ever before.
I believe I’m indistinguishable from God. I believe I’m indistinguishable from you. And I believe the universe is a massive vibration, and all of us are one entity, inside of it. This is the concept of Brahman. The all encompassing supreme consciousness. 1 and not 2. The Self is the highest form of bliss, love, and enlightenment that exists.
Today is the day of new beginnings. Happy Diwali to ALL. 🕉 ♥️
