I've been thinking deeply lately about my spiritual beliefs / cosmology

[Dear_Prudence]

8. Puzzling

Some of us are provided a religious education that is like the picture on the front of a puzzle box; we are expected to assemble the puzzle pieces of lives (our thoughts, feelings, experiences, knowledge) to make the picture featured on the box. (Bless the folks who can pull that off.) But, for some of us, the puzzle pieces just won't fit together to make that picture or even resemble that picture. Some of us assemble the puzzle pieces into some other picture or vision that seems a better fit. Some, like me, just keep shuffling the puzzle pieces around, creating a kind of kaleidoscope, sometimes dazzlingly beautiful, sometimes dizzyingly fractured. I have been on the dizzy side lately, so I really appreciate your sharing your coherent thoughts and experiences. I found it very helpful. Thank you.