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| Sat, 01-01-2005 - 7:47pm |
I too am a refugee of the closed down Unitarian Universalist board. Like Barbara (and hey there, amiga! Funny seeing you here!), I took the Belief-o-matic a while back, and came up WAAAAAY UU, but unlike Barbara, there were a few nearby congregations. It was a good enough fit that our family joined the local congregation just before Christmas this year. Despite being raised RC, I've never felt like a real "member" of any religion before, so this is a great new feeling.
By way of introduction, I live in NJ with my dh and my 2 girlies, aged 2.5 and 5. I currently CL (as cl-triptakers) on the Visual Impairments and Travel Abroad boards, but suspect I'll be stepping down from one (or both) soon - I've become so active in the Freecycle movement that SOMETHING has to give! I'm a speech pathologist by trade, but have been a SAHM for about 6 years (yep, including a year before dd was born - we lived in Europe, and it would've been too tough to find work, so I figured if there was ever a time to just sit back and enjoy, this was DEFINITELY it!)
So that's the Cliff Notes version of me!
Looking forward to getting to know you all!
Edited 1/1/2005 7:55 pm ET ET by i_m_the_lorax

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Gyspsy, I agree with you, when you have that feeling it is usually there for a reason.
I am hesitant to post a link to the web site only because I don't want it made public on this board where it could be used as a target, KWIM? I know you would not do so, or anyone I've come to know here on this board, but whatever is posted on this board is open to *all* eyes... I would not inadvertently send harm toward this congregation. The woman is beautiful. There is really nothing about her physical looks that connotes anything. It was something *I* saw in her eyes and in her short bio and philosophical piece, put together, that rumbled around inside of me... We are all on different paths, with different ways of relating to potential "teachers" we may come across, and one person may not be harmed but enlightened, while for another, it would be an inappropriate or even potentially harmful side road to their path. Does that many any sense at all?! LOL! :P It's a very individual sense I got, regarding me, and my Path, specifically, not that she would be harmful to anyone and everyone....Just that this particular person, at this particular time in my incarnation, is *not* someone I should seek out.
I'm sorry I can't be more clear. :-\ It's hard to wrap words around an intuitive sense... I had a very strong sense of "Stay Away!" I'm just not convinced that feeling is for anyone else but myself... Again, this isn't about the religion at all, or even my personal reaction to it, I don't think. I will continue to investigate available congregations in my area.
Gypsy
Edited 1/6/2005 2:37 pm ET ET by gypsywolfwoman
Blessings,
Gypsy
)O(
Here's another thought:
"There are no coincidences."
I agree with this. However, it could also have been something I *should* have learned in that past life -- to leave well enough alone, LOL! ;o) Perhaps the lesson learned in *this* life, is to trust my intuition...
Gypsy
Blessings,
Gypsy
)O(
Perhaps...
"you may never know."
Sometimes I think this self-doubt and fear of "missing something" or "never knowing for sure" was the single major roadblock in my learning to respect and use my gift of intuition and trusting my instincts. I think that's why a lot of people get themselves into trouble. They "knew" they shouldn't, but didn't trust themselves enough. Our whole society is based on not trusting yourself, controlling people by encouraging self-doubt, so that people believe they have to go outside to find the answers to the their inmost questions.
I now TRUST. I know my Lady is signaling me. She has given me this intuition and has been schooling me in its use. I no longer feel driven to put myself in harm's way just to "prove" I was right. :o) It's taken 'way too many years to get over that hobble.
Hugs,
Gypsy
Blessings,
Gypsy
)O(
"you may never know."
Funny how this expression conjures up different thoughts in different people. It seems to have caused fear in you, at least in the past. For me, it elicits wonder; not the "if only I had done xx" kind of wonder, but more of the your-fate-is-never-sealed kind of wonder. I like that things aren't always "known", I think.
How about you others? What do you feel when you think "you may never know"?
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