Wise one,
I shared my letter to you publicly for the first time yesterday. It was so that if there is another out there who feels the same, they would know they are not alone in these thoughts or feelings. After all, people seem to act so sure about their beliefs and our place in the universe, it can sometimes seem shameful to admit it when you do not know, or are not so sure.
What I was not expecting comments of any sort, let alone a very wise response. After all, if believing in you and writing you brings peace and comfort, does it really matter if I do not know who you are? That I can't say if you truly exist, or a being I imagined? How can people tell the difference between spiritual and imagination anyways?
For instance as I grew up in church, I would often hear the phrase, "God told me to tell you xyz...God says xhz". However, the message is often a selfish one that benefits the speaker. In cases such as these, do these people truly believe the message came from God or is it a purposeful manipulation tactic?
Looking at religions outside of the church, there are many who claim to have regular conversations with the old gods during meditation. While it is certainly possible that communication is happening, how do they differentiate between a message and a thought? If they really can tell the difference, how do they know the message is from a God and not a different kind of entity?
This is why I can't simply follow a path. Without tangible evidence there is no way to know what the truth is. Yet to admit this is "lack of faith", and even punishable. So being unable to blindly follow or have the same experiences as others may not be a bad thing. Nor does it invalidate the benefits of writing letters to you.
In the end, I think the biggest lesson I have learned is that I will probably never know for sure,and it is somehow freeing to admit"I don't know". Even without knowing, these letters, my prayers are still valuable.
Thank you for the lesson.