The Troubles with Titles

Recently I was faced with listening to a man rant and cuss at the suggestion that a person should not take on titles when coming to religion.  Needless to say this man was not thinking the subject out but in fact was proving out our reason for avoiding titles here at UTOM (to the best of our ability).

We live in a world that is very external in it views, affairs, and activities.  We guide our selves by visual (worldly) landmarks.  Where are our friends?  What do they belong to (such as a sport, club, or religion)?  With that information we gravitate towards those things.  And guess what?  They all have a title or name.

So our society and social patterns dictate what we belong to and what titles are bestowed upon us.  This in turn molds and shapes us into a corner.  This is very true for religion.  Even within religion there are subgroups as well.  Once we follow this breakdown we loose more and more our individuality.  This is a real tragedy.

A walk with THE Creator is personal and from within.  It is not a without situation.  Let me explain.  We as individuals are in fact unique from all others.  No two individuals are alike.  Just as no two snowflakes are the same.  There never was and will be a ME!  I am it!

It is imperative for us to let our Creator given uniqueness shine in spite of any title (religion) we belong to.  But unfortunately, we as creatures of habit tend to fall victim to fullfilling the obligations of a title and then stop.

So at best a title should only be a loose definition of who we are for the moment.  We should not fear going outside such titles and search for our Creator beyond the boundaries of titles.  This gives us the freedom to search for our Creator from within.