What is real to you?

I use to be stuck in the patriarchal paradigm even though it felt so wrong to me, especially as a woman.  Then, after a crisis of spirit, I began to search out "The Truth".  Not the one pushed on the world by the major religions but the one that would resonate with my soul.  I found myself at a Unitarian Universalist church and their welcoming presence was refreshing.  No one tried to tell me what to believe.  Instead, it was expected that I would look into it for myself and whatever I found as my truth was what I should hold dear. 

It was there that I found a group of women who revered the Goddess.  Wow!   I was home.  From this open and accepting community, I also began to explore Buddhism.  The concept that we are the source of our own suffering by our desires seemed to ring a bell in my solar plexus.  Sitting in meditation has become a joy in my life.  It's there that my buried emotions have space to surface.

I am now adding New Thought to my mix of truths.  I have found that my path is unlike anyone else's and that it is perfect for me.  I have been able to accept that we can all have our own path and our own truth.  None is better than the other.  None is wrong (unless used to hurt others).