I'm not religious. At least not in the theatrical sense. Meaning I don't believe in the show. The stage, the audience, the costumes, the script, or even the principle players...living, dead, resurrected or ethereal.
I am however open to the belief that I, as a mere human, one of billions on this planet, along with a seemingly infinite number of other living things, have no idea what there is beyond the world I live in, both in life and after death. In fact, if I were to best describe what I thought there could be, I would use what some might call a cop-out, and say I don't think we are meant to understand.
Yet, humans have continued to discuss, debate, argue, alienate, oppress, and kill over such topics. Because if there's one thing I've learned, it's that we don't like not knowing how things work, and once we think we have it figured out, we don't like others not knowing how we think things work, too.
I've heard the argument that we have been given the gift of reason for just this purpose, to question our existence. I personally, lean more towards the idea that our brains have just evolved into being able to reason, and they are still quite flawed at that, hence all the debate.
With all that said, I'm still here right now, having this debate with myself right now. Maybe it's just my meds, or maybe one of my 12 tumors is pressing on the part of my brain that makes me think about these things, or maybe this is just what people do when they become very aware of their mortality... or maybe I'm not supposed to understand.
One thing I'd like to say is that I believe in prayer. Maybe not in the sense of the word that many people associate with it. I believe that we are all part of a great human network. Let me restate that, a living network, everything on this planet. And that somehow, someway, our energies are connected. And whenever we send a message out into that network, it has the power of connecting with someone or something. And that message can be sent by any means: prayers, thoughts, vibes, love. Who you choose to address that message to is all a matter of choice.
I have received a great deal of messages that I'm being prayed for, that I'm being thought about, that good vibes are being sent my way, that I am loved. I'm not just talking about the ones sent via comment or email, though I do appreciate those. I'm talking about all of them. The ones I receive every minute of the day, from someone, or something, somewhere, via this great living network. Thank you.