Is My Parents Love Greater Than Gods?

You may be thinking that this sounds absurd, yet it is what many religions continue to tell me. It is one of the many reasons I could never stay locked into a religion. I have a much grander view of God.

I have been very blessed in this life with parents who provided a complete, amazing childhood and an environment of support to be nurtured in. They also offered their Unconditional Love, always. I’ve come to realize that unconditional is the only actual love there is. Everything else is something less disguised as love…period.

Maybe you have not experienced the power of this kind of world. I hope that you have at least discovered God’s unconditional love for you. I will take it a step further. If you believe in an eternal hell that God will send certain sinners to upon their death then you believe in a God who does not offer unconditional love. That is a God made in the image of man. It’s just backwards.

Man judges. We all know this and experience it on a daily basis. Even though the Bible says, “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” This is one way in which we all create our own little versions of hell to live in, or at least our mental prisons. Judgment limits. There is no way around that. The moment you judge something as good or bad, right or wrong, or as the one way, you have essentially cut off other avenues, which may have merit. You do not allow other ideas in, and so you become closed-minded. This absolutely limits you, yet the nature of your spirit is limitless.

This also creates fear in your heart. Fear that if you don’t behave in a proper manner, one that God approves of, then you will sentence yourself to eternal damnation. Can you see how that outlook serves to keep you restricted and confined? Spirit never restricts! Religion restricts. Spiritual life is about finding your bliss, the gift you decided to bring into this material plane, and then following that path with courage. It will lead to an adventurous life, certainly not a restricted one.

Once you fully realize that God’s love contains no conditions or restrictions you begin to feel a freedom like never before. It will be a freedom from worry and fear, which keep you from moving toward your true passion. A God that loves you, no matter what, would not damn you to any eternal hell, which of course does not exist in the first place.

As I researched the concept of judgment, I became curious as to what the accepted antonym of the word “judgment” is, but I could not find one. I have since come up with my own opposite of judgment. That word is …freedom! If judgment limits us, then a non-judgmental acceptance of the world and people as they are frees us! I have practiced this to the best of my ability and found it to be true. Sure, I backslide at times and find myself in judgment mode; but now I can pull myself out of that much faster and easier. It’s easy to determine if I am judging as it negatively affects the way I feel.

Pay attention to the way you feel about someone or some concept as you move forward. If you begin to feel angry or frustrated, just notice what it is that you are concentrating on about that person or idea. Answer the question, why does it make me feel like this? Now imagine that God did create a perfect world and we are each free to do exactly what we want, which is expressing God through our own experience here. Understand that right and wrong are merely labels we use to determine which experiences or ideas serve our unique purpose in that endeavor, but God will never stand in judgment of them!