I just want to say one more thing -

I generally try to stay away from religious talk, my opinions are very strong when it comes religion and spirituality. The problem with it all, for me personally, is that spirituality and religion base their principles on someone else's ideals. Whether or not a person believes in those ideals isn't really my problem, for me, the problem arises when said person believes without doing any self-actualizing.

I've found, after many many years of excruciating self-analysis, that I was able to come up with my own set of ideals by looking within myself daily. By asking myself questions about how I want to be treated and how that extends to all human-kind. Some of those ideals may fall in the line with Buddhist principles or Christian beliefs, but to subscribe to a particular belief set is restricting, for me. I don't want to be anymore of a walking contradiction than I already am. If I can't subscribe to something fully, then why subscribe at all? Why not just create your own belief set by putting in the time with yourself?

My opinion is that humanity has escaped us all because we choose to escape ourselves.

Of course, this is my humble opinion.

Best,
Rachel