Jesus Christ -My Spiritual Master And Guiding Light

Jesus Christ, my first spiritual master.

I was approximately four or five years old when I began to have full awareness of Jesus Christ. My mother, who was a faithful devotee of Jesus, taught my brother and I to respect and love Him.

As far back as I can remember, she always kept a medium size picture of Jesus, a gift from her mother, hanging on the wall in her bedroom. On many occasions, I would watch her sit in front of the picture as though mesmerized. When I would ask her if she was all right, she would smile and say, "I am fine...I was just praying."

At an early age, I was taught about the significance of prayer. It is a valuable communicative tool that I utilize often to connect with Jesus and other spiritual beings.

I recall, as a young child, looking at my mother's picture of Jesus and speaking to Him as if He was a member of the family. He was and always will be my special spiritual master.

Although I was raised a Catholic, at home, I was exposed to all spiritual matters- spirit world, life after death, and so on. As I grew older, I became more spiritual than religious.

My experience with organized religion was not very meaningful. The nuns and priests, at that time, were very unforgiving. If they found you to be misbehaving, according to their strict guidelines, you automatically got a one way ticket to hell. They were great manipulators and tormentors. The God that they presented was very vengeful and mean-spirited. The worst thing for a young child is to be told by a religious representative (priest or nun) that he/she will burn in hell for eternity. Their God was neither loving nor compassionate.

"Love one another as I have loved you"...........Jesus

As I got older, I began to move away from the church, and gravitate toward a spiritual path that was more conducive to my way of thinking. I am not saying that Catholicism or any organized religion is ungodly. I believe that the foundation of all religions is good. It is the religious fanatics who destroy the true meaning and beauty of religion. They obliterate the true essence of God. They preach about God, but their hearts are empty, or full of hate.

Having established a strong spiritual foundation, at a young age, I was not affected by the nuns' and priests' ways of thinking. It did not shatter my faith and/or connection to God. In fact, I became a more steadfast believer.

I did not need someone to help me find God. He was already inside my heart.

Throughout the years, I have traveled around the world and have been exposed to different beliefs and divine figures. Even thought I am a faithful believer of many of them, I find myself reaching out to Jesus first whenever I am in need. He was the first great spiritual master who I was introduced to, and will always be the first in my heart.

This page is dedicated to my mother. Thank you for introducing me to Jesus, and putting me in the path to spiritual enlightenment.

Spiritual Master- Go to Jesus Christ -My Guiding Light