Incognito

What some people call God others simply call mother nature and the difference between the two concepts I believe is spiritualism or the absence of it.

For me I fail to see the difference between God and Mother nature for the are indivisible in my view. 'God' (Powerful) is an attribute of the Creator and from this and other attributes He 'creates' Mother Nature. Mother nature would not exist without God. For Millennia 'mankind' has constantly taught the separation of universal laws from the source of all creation thereby attributing to himself 'Newton's Law of Gravity' when in fact it is Allah (God's) law that Newton discovered. Credit should be given to the Creator first and foremost.

You refer to spiritualism as that ability to differentiate between an indivisible reality. Is spiritualism to you also consciousness?

....wondered whethereverybody has a spiritual side only some may need stimulating more than othersto bring itto the surface - and whether you go about imparting and sharing this knowledge with this in mind.

The 'spiritual side' you allude to is an innate faculty endowed in 'HUMAN' beings (human; from humus, a dark organic material in soil essential to the fertility of the earth). Not everyone has the ability to perceive the full light spectrum or absorb all the colour frequencies of the Sun. However whilst it is innate it does require stimulating in millions of us in order to utilise the innate power of our spiritual/conscious side.

But then a Jehovah Witness came to my door today. I gave them an inch and told them I'm not involved as soon as theytried to take a mile. Now were they trying to impart a level of consciousness on me to stimulate the Jehaovah Witness hidden deep inside me?- my own consciousness would suggest no ...

The sharing and distribution of the knowledge of faith is a pre-requisite to being a follower of a faith and belief system. I believe that if you were unaware or not conscious of the teachings of being a Jehovah Witness you may have been open to receiving that teaching and may have submitted to it. There is no Jehohav Witness 'hidden deep inside you' but if the principles by which Jehovah Witnesses lived some of which are common principles and are innate in humanity then that part of you would have been stimulated to so act on.

There is no compulsion in religion and whilst some people preach damnation for not accepting someone's way this is the wrong way to get people to take on board the tenets of one's belief system. Being the best example is the best way.

The problem with 'religion' today is that there is too much religion and not enough submission to the principles that undergird those religions. Too much religion and not enough God. So if we remove the names of the religions we will see that the principles that undergird them is what we must teach our children as long as those principles past the test of universal truth and substance.

Peace.