A Book On The Spiritual Journey...Continued from The Blurb For It's OK to Believe An Introduction To Books On My Spiritual JourneyI have written many books on the spiritual journey. This is not only the introduction to It’s OK To Believe, but also to my other books. It also serves to introduce the spiritual practice of forgiveness which led me to receive the spiritual poems and inspirations included in the books. (It’s OK To Believe is, at the moment, my only book edited and available.) This introduction answers the following questions: What is the layout of It’s OK To Believe? How did I come to write IT'S OK TO BELIEVE? What to do if you use a word other than God to describe the Universal Force? What does forgiveness mean as taught in A Course In Miracles? What purpose does the release serve? How do quotes from spiritual texts benefit the reader?
For how long was I bedbound through illness?Soon after graduating in Accountancy and French, I became seriously ill. One day, eighteen months later, I was unable to walk to the office, and was shortly afterwards diagnosed with ME /CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). I subsequently spent fourteen years bedbound with little movement and little speech.How did I come to write IT'S OK TO BELIEVE?Given no diagnosis initially, and then one with no cure, I chose to look within, embarking first on the psychological and then, increasingly, the spiritual journey. My life took on two sides: the difficult circumstances in which I was living – fighting to survive, and the rich, although initially also gruelling, spiritual journey.Part way into this spiritual journey, I started receiving spiritual poems and other poems. Most were dictated as I could physically write very little. I call these inspirations. Have I written other books?Now, well into the process of recovery, I have collected these inspirations into a number of books, of which It's OK to Believe is the first to be published. What to do if you use a word other than God to describe The Universal Force?Throughout the book, I use the term God. Please feel free to use whichever term works for you, such as Higher Self, Love, Light, The Universe or Presence. Likewise, in reference to God, I mainly use the pronoun 'He'. If this puts you off then please replace it as you wish. For me God is Love, God is an experience. God is All That Is. The different words are not important. But I understand that different words may be more helpful to you. What is the layout of It’s OK To Believe?Each page has three sections – the spiritual poem, the release and a quote from either the Bible or A Course In Miracles – a spiritual text written in the 1970's. The release and quote, in particular, require a little explanation. The poem shares my spiritual journey. It often provides a challenge to the assumptions of secular society. The nature of poetry – its rhythm and spaciousness on the page –encourages us to slow down, to breathe and to remain in a heart rather than a head space. Click here for the next page - The Release - A Practice of Forgiveness |
