I would like to post here what I have learnt from experience. I hope that's ok. If we look at mankind from God's point of view, then we see that they are spread far and wide and they are all aware of the presence of God. God is Love and extends that Love to all who are aware of him. (Genderised for convenience sake) Although each worships him in his own culture, histories and rituals he remains the same God. We all believe there is only one God lets acknowledge that truth. In the same way that we want to discover the nature of any creative artist, musician, fine artist, sculptor, writer, we look for clues in his work. So too with the ultimate creative artist who created this planet. He also brought life onto the surface in a sustainable environment of extraordinary beauty (As comparison with the newest Mars pics will testify). Nature. So where did I find God - The Spirit - but in Nature. Nature is my church. To know what I mean you'll have to dance with me. I believe that our moral code regarding nudity keeps us from making a personal contact with the Spirit. From my point of view, then: The skin is a sense organ and its the largest organ in/on the body. By covering it up we have stifled it. It cannot function. Our moral code, which is to my best knowledge a taught one as opposed to genetic, has cut our skin off and prevented its functioning properly. (Conspiracy theory fans can look into who set up that control and why) Eyes are to sight as skin is to .... ? All those who thought feeling are right. We feel with our skins. Touch is how we express with our skin. And we don't have to touch a flame for our skin to register the heat it feels. I believe, because I've proved it to myself, that the skin is the sense organ for our intuition. That's the sixth sense we all sort of know is there but lost the use of. I used to live in Hermanus, a coastal town in South Africa. Near it was a pristine beach 25km long. It is nature reserve so for all that distance there is no road access and hence no people. I would close my eyes and dance in a hollow in the dunes, on the waterliine where the crisp sea air is so invigourating. Behind the town is a small mountain range. Up there in the quiet air I would dance. The beat is in my head and as soon as I get "into the zone" that beat adjusts to the environment around me. Soon we are one. I have found my way to worship God. Through dance. I dance naked, but if that's too scary, I usually say to be naked under a sarong. The skin badly needs the air to touch it. I'm very lucky in that I was able to do things that required my intuition as a growing boy and that has been sustained so I find it easy to get "in the zone" - when you've done it you'll understand - which is where your mind's focus must be and not on the "real world." Some people find that easier to acheive than others. This does not mean that I now don't have every respect for other faiths I must respect others because it's in fact my God too. Thanks for reading this far. There's more to tell, but that's in the details and another post. Any questions?
