Spiritual Gangster

Alright something I've been dancing around since I've started this blog because I want to explain this in the clearest way to those of you who need to know where I stand on religion and such. First off I want to explain the difference between religion and spirituality in words anyone can understand. Religion is the belief or faith in something other than self and spirituality is belief in a more broad idea of truth. Religion is based on the idea of serving a "god." Spirituality is empowerment of self and the idea of finding enlightenment through awareness. Now if you've been reading any of my previous posts you could probably tell where I stand in the spirituality vs religion issue; I am spiritual but not religious. I believe that all that is good comes from belief in true self and I am the light.

Whatever you call it, there is a higher power. Whether you believe it is in something other than yourself or within yourself is up to you, but I will tell you how I've come to find this power within myself. I read a lot about the universe and the miracles it works when you connect with it and the best book I've found to describe the way I feel about this topic is in a book called You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero. In it she describes this idea of a god as source energy.

She basically explains this idea of god being a higher energy or frequency level. Believing that you raise your energy and become closer to the things you want and things that will bring you happiness by focusing on the things you desire. Or in other terms, the law of attraction.

"The universe will match whatever vibration you put out. And you can't fool the universe."

- Jen Sincero

This just means that you when you focus your mind on things that make you feel good, you will attract the things that make you feel good. This supports this idea we have that beautiful people attract beautiful people. You know those hot people that are with hot people and you're just like "wow, how?" These people attract exactly what they put out. Whether that be about looks or just the fact that two souls have matched beautifully, what their doing is putting themselves out there to attract the things they desire. Similarly, radiating love and positivity will attract the things that are THAT to you. The idea behind this view on a higher power is that you move closer to it when you put out good vibes. Everyone in this universe is at a certain frequency level now. If you're hateful, angry, pessimistic, jealous, think you're ugly, or are feeling worthless, you are probably vibing at a low frequency. Whereas if you are grateful, optimistic and thinking positive, you are vibing high. Get it? The universe runs on this idea of all humans being connected through these energy levels, but the things and people you attract into your life are reflective of the mindset YOU have. Believe what you believe but there is one thing that is true for religion and spirituality alike; The more time you dedicate to the things that you believe in, the closer you come to whatever that higher power is to you. Thats prayer, meditation, church, reading, or whatever means you're dedicating time to what you believe. In turn this will be reflected in your life in ways that will bring you closer to the light.

So what does all this mean exactly?

• We are all connected as humans in someway. Whether that be through a "god," or through energy is up to you
• You attract what you put out, put out your best qualities and you will attract greatness into your life
• Focusing and spending time practicing things that you believe are true to you will only bring you closer to enlightenment 

Going to say this over and over again but life is really what you make of it guys, so make it true to you. Once you become aware of the things that are important to you and focus in on them, you will live a life worth the ups and the downs. Vibe high and enjoy the ride.

Peace and Love,

Jaz

p.s. I'm probably going to just do a list of books I've read on this in case any of you guys are interested in learning more about the spiritual world.  

p.s.s. sorry for taking so long to write a new post. School is my priority until I can afford to focus on things I enjoy more, like blogging.