You are more than religion

I was talking to a monk the other day and he said he wasn’t any particular religion.

He said his culture has had many different religions over the millennium, and he, like many others took the best parts of each one.

He went on to say that everything ultimately comes back to us. I figured he meant being a ‘believer’ in one religion: Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Jew etc. was not sufficient with regards to doing the work on yourself. Christianity’s forgiveness of sins is a lame way to work on yourself: there is some temporary relief from this though.

He had said something incredibly profound. I  thought about it all day. Religions are like guides and teachers.  They give us some ideas for the desired outcomes and potential higher and happier states of living. They do not achieve anything without personal effort. Just belonging to one is meaningless. For example. Many Muslims will  (though should not kill) kill blasphemers and go crazy about this topic. Why would they? They are not God. So, they have a long way to go if they want to develop true compassion and love within themselves, instead of being part of a crazy, brainwashed group of killers.

This is why many of us who have been to hell and back and have done the mileage are so heartfelt. Trusting our own inner wisdom, intuition and feelings more than anyone else even if and when a higher force has helped us along the way.

This helped me a lot because I am interested in all spiritual teachings but belong to none. I am not a… I often feel separate, not belonging,  confused and sad not having a religious family: not anymore.

Now I know, at long last, no matter the religion or spiritual teaching, I have to work on myself. Become a better person and develop my higher self and be more loving, kind and compassionate,  including to myself. And there is help from all the spiritual people that have gone before me.

This also explains why religious texts are so contradictory, and waffle on and on (they are written mostly by humens).

The books are only a record of other people’s experiences that give us insight and guidance on how to grow and prosper: like any good book or teacher still living. 

No more ah-ha moments, time to deal with my demons, head on and get real hard-won results: like losing weight, stopping drinking and smoking,  eating organic food, helping a charity, saving the environment, saving money, being grateful for your life, the amazing food, the beautiful birds, animals and trees, and loving your family and friends.

Time to get real, I say to myself pretty much every day.

Someone said, wherever you go, there you are.

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Roditch

Biography

I am a retired Photography Teacher, Refugee Settlement Manager, and Builder. For the past 10 years, I have been teaching part-time, writing books, taking photos and doing lots of research.

All the books I write come from experience and research. Yes, in my life so far I have worked with refugees, taught art, built houses, studied herbs, and health. I have also studied astrology spirituality including meditation, animal welfare, and poetry.

I sincerely hope that you can gain valuable information from my books (usually short and sweet introductions) to different facets of life I have visited.

Where to find Roditch online

Website: http://roditch.com

Blog: http://roditch.com

Books

A Candle to Myself by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 103,380. Language: English. Published: January 6, 2022. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs

A story about my life in Warrnambool, Castlemaine and Rushworth

Dropout 2020 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 249,020. Language: English. Published: December 19, 2021. Categories: Nonfiction » Children’s Books » Lifestyles / Country Life

Time to dropout and start a new, secure and sustainable life.

Portraits by Roditch

Price: $2.00 USD. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2021. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography – Photo books

Portraits by Roditch. These photos are a collection of Roditch’s portraits over the past 5 years. They are a reflection of the person.

Thailand by Roditch

Price: $2.00 USD. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2021. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography – Photo books

This is a collection of photographs of rural Thailand. Including farmers, Monks, temples and farms

Buddha by Roditch

Price: $2.00 USD. Language: English. Published: October 24, 2021. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography – Photo books

Original Photos of Buddha sculptures Thailand taken by famous photographer Roditch

Sentient Series 1 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 170. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration

One reason I love Buddha is because he knew that animals had sentience, consciousness, and that consciousness was as valuable, respectable, sacred as any Homosapien.

Thailand of Dreams Series 1 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 170. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration

Thailand is a country is worth exploring to regain your imagination, love of nature, fairy tales and spirits of the land.

Portraits and Souls Series 1 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 180. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration

Portraits have always been there as a window into someone’s soul if only we are to look and care.

Beautiful Buddha Series 1 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 180. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration

Buddha is the peace in the world. Everyone can benefit from Buddha,s teachings.

Angels Series 1 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 140. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration

Children are the magic in the world. NASA has done research that confirms that all children are born creative geniuses, but, by the time they are 7 years old their genius has been retired by cultural and family conditioning.

Musing with the Fishes Series 1 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 180. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2020. Categories: Fiction » Inspirational

It is a wonderful way to relax and tune in with nature; just looking into water and musing with the fishes.

Off the Fence Posts by Roditch

Price: $3.00 USD. Words: 20. Language: English. Published: April 18, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography – Photo books

This book is a collection of posts I have made over the past 3 years.

Musing with the Fishes by Roditch

Price: $10.00 USD. Words: 530. Language: English. Published: April 16, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography – Photo books

What is real? As you look into these pictures you can see spirits and goblins and all sorts of magical things

Heartland 2 by Roditch

Price: $10.00 USD. Words: 600. Language: English. Published: April 15, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography – Photo books

Thailand people love family, culture, Buddha, music, and celebrations.

Heartland by Roditch

Price: $7.00 USD. Words: 1,090. Language: English. Published: April 15, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography – Photo books

Thailand has a unique balance of culture, spirituality, art, agriculture, and the environment.

The Future Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 7,120. Language: English. Published: April 14, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » General self-help

Right now you are creating your future if nothing else. This book is about a future that belongs to the rich and powerful.

Teaching ESL English Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 5,990. Language: English. Published: April 14, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Teaching methods & materials / language arts

10 years of experience teaching ESL English to Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary, University, and Teachers.

Animal Sentience Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 10,700. Language: English. Published: April 13, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Animals

Sentience is the word we use to say that we are animals like animals are human.

Poet Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 3,550. Language: English. Published: April 13, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry

Poetry is a way to communicate more deeply and completely. It is not just about writing a poem it is being a poem for your family, friends, and society.

Photography Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 2,900. Language: English. Published: April 13, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography – how to

Photography comes from the soul as any art does, the deeper you go the better your photos will be.

Artist to the Core by Roditch

Price: $3.00 USD. Words: 750. Language: English. Published: April 13, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Artists

Shepparton, Victoria, Australia has produced an amazing amount of brilliant artists over the years.

Natural People by Roditch

Price: $3.00 USD. Words: 790. Language: English. Published: April 13, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Environment

The conservationists in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria Australia are outstanding people.

Head in the Clouds by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 1,560. Language: English. Published: April 12, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry

Poetry from your own pen is a baby bird flying from the nest into the stars.

The Exit 1 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 190. Language: English. Published: April 12, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This is a book of original poems and photographs by Roditch, inspired by Zen Koans.

The Exit 2 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 190. Language: English. Published: April 12, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This is a book of original poems and photographs by Roditch, inspired by Zen Koans.

The Exit 3 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 220. Language: English. Published: April 12, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This is a book of original poems and photographs by Roditch, inspired by Zen Koans

The Exit 4 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 210. Language: English. Published: April 12, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This is a book of original poems and photographs by Roditch, inspired by Zen Koans.

The Exit 5 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 210. Language: English. Published: April 12, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This is a book of original poems and photographs by Roditch, inspired by Zen Koans.

The Exit 6 by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 180. Language: English. Published: April 12, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This is a book of original poems and photographs by Roditch, inspired by Zen Koans.

The Exit 7 by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 180. Language: English. Published: April 11, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This is a book of original poems and photographs by Roditch, inspired by Zen Koans.

The Exit 8 by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 190. Language: English. Published: April 11, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This is a book of original poems and photographs by Roditch, inspired by Zen Koans.

The Exit 10 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 200. Language: English. Published: April 10, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This book of original poems and photographs is inspired by Zen Koans

The Exit 11 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 200. Language: English. Published: April 10, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Ancient Poetry

This book of original poems and photographs is inspired by Zen Koans.

The Exit 12 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 190. Language: English. Published: April 10, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry

This book of original poems and photographs is inspired by Zen Koans

The Exit 13 by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 170. Language: English. Published: April 9, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Ancient

This book of original poems and photographs is inspired by Zen Koans. The words come in an inspirational moment and have more meaning than you first think and challenge your mind; like Zen Koans.

Meditation and Prayer Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 9,640. Language: English. Published: April 9, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Mental health

Throughout history, meditators have been both influential and mysterious. To look at some of the great meditators, see their works and know them more deeply helps when meditating your way to a fuller and richer life.

Longevity Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 11,920. Language: English. Published: April 8, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Aging well

The fountain of youth is real. By fasting 1 day a week, taking resveratrol, Metformin and AMPK you can live much longer, be more healthy and energetic

Wild Food Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 8,580. Language: English. Published: April 8, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Aging well

There are many places in the world where people still get a large proportion of their food in the wild. And there are just as many who go hunting for their food in supermarkets.

Health Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 6,580. Language: English. Published: April 7, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Aging well

People worry about dying from Covid-19 but most of us are dying early because of cancer, heart and liver disease already.

GMO and Glyphosate Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 6,870. Language: English. Published: April 7, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Family health

If we don’t have the land or the time to grow our own food then we should buy only organic because Genetically Modified Food plastered with Glyphosate is not an option for a long and happy life

Fruits of Our Labour by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 21,200. Language: English. Published: April 6, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand

This book is a history of the Goulburn Valley Fruit Industry.

Teresa – Love on the Riverbank by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 1,810. Language: English. Published: April 4, 2020. Categories: Poetry » Epic

Our heart is silent when it wants to scream out “I am here, love me.” Poetry is kissing with words, words that can cross infinite boundaries of the mind to pierce the heart of a willing soul.

A Suitcase Full of Dreams by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 83,830. Language: English. Published: April 3, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand

The Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia is home to thousands of refugees and immigrants from around the world. Shepparton is the main city in the Goulburn Valley which is surrounded by orchards.

Francis of Warrnambool by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 7,870. Language: English. Published: April 3, 2020. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales

A lot of very talented people were born in Warrnambool in the ’50s. Like Dave Dawson, Peter Lucas and Jack Wilkins.

Debt and Self Sufficiency by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 6,090. Language: English. Published: April 2, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Emotional healing

We all have too much debt. It is time to pay it all back and remain debt-free forever.

Censorship Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 4,870. Language: English. Published: April 2, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Civil & human rights

Everyone has the right to physical,. emotional and intellectual freedom. These rights are eroding and it is time to make a stand.

Builder Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 7,380. Language: English. Published: March 30, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Construction / General

Many years ago I built my own house out of second-hand materials.

Astrology Zen by Roditch

Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 7,420. Language: English. Published: March 30, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » New Age » Astrology

This is a small Astrology book. Like all the ZEN series it is a simple introduction about a vast topic.

Buried in the Sun by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 1,360. Language: English. Published: March 30, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Music » History & Criticism

The Sunbury Pop Festival in 1972, photos and poems. Original photos and Poems by Roditch

Swat the Fly – A Covid-19 Self Help Guide by Roditch

Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 26,300. Language: English. Published: March 29, 2020. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Alternative medicine

This book is a collection of natural remedies used by Doctors that will help you prevent and overcome the covid-19 virus.

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