God is the belief. Religion is the practice

I've had this theology of my own brewing for about a year, maybe more now and I think I may be on to something, at least for myself.

To me, religion is the one thing that separates people in terms of beliefs - the spirit/god/energy is the same, it's just the metaphor we place along with it to better understand this divinity. I mean, the similarities between religions is astounding to begin with but that's a whole 'nother story having more to do with the similarities in people and (ahem) a lack of creativity perhaps, than actual GOD G-D spirit energy divine. Got it? cool.

So here we go -

In my belief system, Air is God. The way I see it, energies flow through air and if our spirits and souls are energy and transcendent of bodies then they are part of the air and we all mingle in it. Air is omniscient, omnipresent, omnibenevolent. Air can get into everything, even our bodies, air does not discriminate - it flows through every living thing and over those things that cannot breathe it - ie. the rest of our earth. Air has existed since before humans, at the dawn of the earth, before there was land and sea the air existed and inspired chaotic reactions to cause life... "In the beginning there was nothing..." see where I'm going here? Genesis people. Air is our life source, it sustains us, it will exist after us, it exists beyond us, for all we know it exists in other dimensions, realms, etc. We do not see it but we trust and believe it is there for if it is not then we do not exist any longer. We have faith in air, which, I know, can sound a little hokey but do you not have faith that when you wake up in the morning there will be air for you to breathe in?

And just a small tidbit to leave you with - as we muddle religion with our human hypocrisies, trite pettiness and wars - so we muddle the air with our pollution, greed, and sloth. And here it is biting us back - hurt the earth, hurt the air, hurt those you love, hurt yourself - karma. It is all full circle. I think we all in our own religions have pieces of the puzzle and if we just decided to put down the damn walls built so high between ourselves then we might get closer to a truth that is easier to understand than a man in the clouds in birkenstocks and a white robe.


Meh, food for thought. Take a bite.