College provided me with many valuable experiences and opportunities to bring knowledge into my life.  I went to a Catholic College and part of the curriculum was to take a number of Philosophy and Theology classes.  I spent 4 years exploring what others believed.  Being a member of a structured religion held much beauty: that of community, Tradition, and mystery.  Community being my friends and family (I will fondly never forget hearing the abbey bells ringing while walking alongside my classmates); Tradition being one again of my family culture and all those practices handed down from generations before us; and the mystery which surrounds me and intrigues me always.  The Mystery is found within Structured religions as well as beyond.  For me, the mystery created a pathway OUT of the structure.  It moved things within me that were not aligned with the structure that I had existed in.  I became aligned with a Truth, one found in different places that I looked, but most importantly, I found them inside of me.  Then I began to develop personal relationships with those Divine who had always been there.  Those that perhaps I could not see past the Traditions.

With these clear intentions to live life aligned with the Truth, I step forward.  Truth has to be experiential because as a Human, how do I experience when I am aligned with the Truth?  My personal sense is that I am not the center of the Universe; therefore, I believe that we are all connected to the same Truth.  A pragmatic approach at "doing the right thing" seems fine; although, how do we gauge these attempts within ourselves?  Without my church telling me how to define my morality, how do I maintain my morality?   Who holds up the ruler?  I do.  I can see how this path can get a little covered when using this approach.  Recently, I was given a most amazing tool.  I was given the phrase, "For the Greatest Good of All."  Using this intention before ANYTHING I do, clears the path.  It literally illuminates the Truth.  I am still experiencing it, but it is literally making all Illusions disappear.  See, even helpful, spiritual people such as me can get lost in an illusion.  Illusions of being such a helpful and spiritual person!  My intention to help and be spiritual may not always be for the Greatest Good of All and this allows me the ability to know.  I am put into my place.  Into alignment.  Into Truth.

Try it out.  It is amazing.

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