Are We Not All Seeking The Same Thing?

Greetings to you all, my precious friends.

In the name of the Almighty God, the Creator of all living things...I do greet you.
Whether you're Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Catholic or Christian, my honest desire & prayer is that you feel the sincerity of my heart in this writing.  For if you are a 'true believer', then each and every one of you are seeking the same thing - truth, wisdom, justice, happiness... and, enlightenment.  For is not the Almighty God 'Light'? Is not the Creator of all living things a God of Love?

Our Muslim friends say that God cannot "beget, nor is He begotten"... and yes, in the carnal sense, this is true. But God does have Spiritual Children. He is our Spiritual Father. That is, once you've come to know Him intimately.. .and thru a Spiritual "birth".

God does not have sex as we do. Neither will there be any such carnal act in His eternal Kingdom.

The physical union between man & wife is but only a shadow (or, type), of our Spiritual union with God.  For is this not what we are all seeking? To be so close to God that we can become one with Him? To be fully in His' Love? To have as pure a thoughts as Him?

Don't all of us just want to love and to be loved?

Our purpose here is not to force man's religion upon anyone. Our purpose is to share with you...that which has been freely given to us...L-O-V-E.  The kind of Love that truely sets one's mind, body and soul free. A Love that frees us from the bonds of this Earthly flesh.  Free from the carnal lusts and desires that God has no use for.
For a man does not find true happiness & freedom by having many to serve him. He finds it when he can serve others. For you can never know true Love until you are able to make others happy.

Most of you only want to live simple lives. To have security - a happy home, happy children, warmth, compassion, joy...all in a godly atmosphere of humility,  cleanliness, and respect & reverence to the higher things of God. Not forced or done out of fear, but done from sincere hearts...thru acts of kindness. An atmosphere like this can only be produced by humble attitudes - with patience, generosity, mercy and consideration.

If you see people who only desire to force their beliefs on others...thru fear and control...then you are seeing those with troubled souls. For such as them are those who are still in darkness. They do not know the True Almighty God.  God taught us, long ago, that those tactics do not produce an atmosphere of Love & happiness. They will only produce hate, suffering and separation from God.  Anyone who thinks they can find Eternal Life thru inflicting pain on others is in for a rude awakening. Only when you can do the exact opposite is when you are even beginning to find the path to Eternal Life.

For when you can allow someone to do bad to you, and not have hate in your heart...or, when you see them doing ungodly deeds, and instead of thinking only retribution for them, you think of only mercy, and that they might be able to know true peace in their troubled mind...and, when you can truely forgive, pray for, and Love them...only then have you, yourself, found the very vestibule of Heaven.

This is our religion.

May God richly bless you all. For i truely Love each and every one of you.

Your friend,

Brother Shane
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