My Pure Imagination Life

    The Christmas season has been interesting this year. As I've gotten more confident in just being ME, lol, I have found myself questioning so much of what I do in life: the whole 'Why?' of it. It's been a very good process, and quite beneficial in discovering more about my CORE self. Take Christmas for example. 1) The only thing which Christ tells us to 'commemorate' is the sacrifice of his body on the cross via the partaking of communion [see Luke 22:19 and 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 for reference].  2) The timing is totally 'off' regarding traveling [it was census time for the region] and this would not happen during the coldest time of the year. -- So why do Christians celebrate Christ's birth? And why do they do so on December 25th? Time of year for Christ's birth. The following information comes from an article I found at:  When was Jesus born? | Bibleinfo.com 1) According to Luke 2:8-9, the shepherds were in the fields with their flocks. The...

First, a little background information. And note that I am presenting a combination of what I remember feeling THEN with how I have come to understand my past to be NOW, which includes a broader and more open perspective regarding many aspects of life. I may come across [to some people] as jaded or harsh or even critical at times. Fine. You do you and I do me, lol. But for now... some history. I was raised in a very conservative protestant Christian environment. It was all I knew. The religious teachings [at times] presented a 'scare people out of Hell' perspective [to avoid an eternity of fire and brimstone]. Other times, it was a 'critical of different teachings' view where you were prepared to debate a person regarding what they believed so that you could convince them that your way [your understanding of God, salvation, etc.] was the better and Only Right or Correct way. Overall, you were taught to live a life which could set an example  [in its goodness and purity]...

  I know... I've been silent: no posts for 2.5 months. I've been trying to figure out on whether or not I should keep this blog. My former blog [Racheigh's Ramblings] started out as trying to write out childhood memories and ended up being mostly about childhood [and adulthood] trauma [abuse and neglect] and the earlier processes of healing. But as part of that process [of healing], I decided that I wanted to focus on POSITIVE aspects of life; I didn't want to get all caught up in focusing so much on the past [which is vital for healing] that I missed out on seeing the simple joys all around me NOW. And while I could have done so with the other blog, I felt that it would be better for my psyche to try a fresh approach with a new blog instead, thus the creation of My Pure Imagination Life. But now... well, now I am working towards a more minimalistic mode of living. I am questioning EVERYTHING in my life [objects, relationships, interests] - and the expenditure of energy...