Awaken

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this book is to get you to question your understanding of and beliefs about God and spirituality. I am encouraging you to create your own relationship with God outside of what you have been told to believe. So many people around the world have changed their beliefs entirely based on setting out to disprove a certain theory. It is through new and expanded knowledge that they come into an understanding that they at one point never believed that they would see as such.

I am encouraging you to study other religions and other ways of thinking when it comes to beliefs about God. If you have only read the Bible, maybe it's time that you took a class on the Qur’an. Do you realize that children all over the world are being programmed by the beliefs of their parents, teachers and ministers? Do you realize that this just might be you that I am talking about? What I am sure of is that if you have decided to pick up this book, then you are looking for the Divine in a way that you haven’t encountered the Divine before. For this, I am so grateful. I am in no way discouraging your faith. I am encouraging the expansion of your faith. This can be done through questioning, searching and finding out for yourself what it is that you truly believe.

There are many people that were born into families that were so strict with their religion that they turn away from their faith altogether. The truth is, they have no faith. The beliefs they had were instilled by punishment and fear. This is no way to emulate any teachings of any leader in religion! Gandhi said, “If the Christians actually followed the true teachings of Christ, all of India would be Christian!”

Children are raised to believe that the schools that their parents attended are the best colleges around. They have absolutely no proof of this other than what their parents have told them to believe. This happens with music, movies, and more!

At some point, the stronger of us stop to question what it is that we really believe. This takes great strength, great curiosity and great faith to enter a path that just might take them to a direction that they never imagined would be their own. This book is quite basic but does offer something for everyone who is seeking. Whatever you find here, go and take it deeper on your own.

I am so thankful to have found my own walk with God and all of God’s divine helpers. I am blessed. So are you.