Comments on: Religious Roots http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/ skillful means for conscious living Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: brightfeather http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-419 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:54:33 +0000 http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-419 Like you I knew at an early age that the religion of my parents was not my path. It’s interesting how some of us spiritually awakened and found our path early on while the majority did not begin to seek until they were between 30 and 50 years of age. I’ve always wondered why that is.

]]> By: Richard http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-418 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:05:54 +0000 http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-418 I was raised a catholic, but knew that it was not my path from a very early age. The nuns and priests would either not answer my pointed questions, or would dance around them like a politician. I put my foot down at the age of 14 and only went to Christmas midnight mass with my mother a few times after that, and mostly just to please her.

]]> By: brightfeather http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-423 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:52:59 +0000 http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-423 Somewhere between the ages of 30 and 50 most of us seem to begin to develop an interest in spirituality and begin to look for inspiration by examining the writings of ancients. Most seekers learn to meditate in their middle years. Remarkably, I have observed that within my own circle of friends this occurs whether or not they had a particularly religious upbringing.

]]> By: neath http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-422 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:57:08 +0000 http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-422 I am from a mixed marriage 1950′s Quebec style. My father was an Irish Protestant (shhhhh!) and my mother French Catholic. In a nutshell, it was worked out that the children would be English speaking Catholics. That didn’t last too long as I stopped believing in “God” not long after finding out that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, et al, were not real either. Religion was never preached in our house, though it was not not spoken against. Very liberal parents. It is only now in my early 50′s that I have recently begun to look at scripture as a potential source of inspiration though I suspect it may be just a phase as the whole thing just doesn’t strike any deep chords with me. Will probably die wondering what it all means. (smile).

]]> By: brightfeather http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-421 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:12:34 +0000 http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-421 What a variety of religious backgrounds we present. I’ll be interested to hear from other readers what role religion played in the households they were raised in.

]]> By: ian http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-417 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:54:08 +0000 http://thistimethisspace.com/2007/08/28/religious-roots/#comment-417 I was raised in the Anglican church, sang hymns, heard the Reverend hold the service, went to Sunday School, the works.

Then at the age of eleven – 1971 – everything stopped. The church suddenly became unimportant to most everyone in the whole town. I don’t recall why, and nobody else im my family I’ve asked about this can tell me.

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