The Way, The Truth and The Life

I have recently said that the epiphany that caused me to stop killing and turn myself in didn't change any of my personal viewpoints about the world , but it did make me realize that my viewpoints were limited and selfish. That cause me to stop BELIEVING in my own views, and forced me to surrender to the "views" of the Universe. I didn't know what those views were, but I knew with a certainty that they DID exist, if only because I exist (the logic behind this statement is well established by minds far more astute in such things than mine will ever be; take Descartes' "Cogito ergo sum" for example: I think, therefore I am, is the conclusion he came to based on this same line of reasoning). Suddenly my views became just that, MY views. I took responsibility for my own views for the first time. And, I no longer felt the need to validate my views by imposing them onto other people, either by argument or by force (e.g. I was imposing my views of justice by attacking society through the kidnap, rape and murder of children). I saw plainly via this epiphany that my views could never be validated. By their very nature they were inherently true only for me, and false in all other contexts. This is why I now insist that any real concept of God (i.e. the source of all being) must be direct and personal, not canned as with most religions. It seems plain to me when I read the Bible (as I have often) that Jesus wasn't trying to establish a new system of belief (i.e. religion), but was trying to free people from ALL belief systems, so they could experience the source of their being (i.e. God) directly through the Living Truth. He not only insisted he was the Way, the Truth and the Life, but he further insisted that we all are! Of course, most Christians will argue, and insist their view is the only correct one - but, such people don't concern me, I was once like them, and understand completely why it is so important to them that others believe as they do, and conversely, that they believe as others do, though now I only believe as I do, and express that belief without expecting others to believe the same. (J.D. 7-2-2014)