How can I find myself a "Higher Power?"

Question

I'm not religious at all. I don't believe in any gods, and until today I always said it was just stupid to believe in a higher power. If I was trying to find myself a treatment centre, and I saw that one of their main goals to recovery was finding a "higher power" I would just disregard that hospital and look for another. Today I was thinking about how much more relaxed and NORMAL I would feel if I wasn't carrying this huge burden by myself all the time, but I saw nothing that could possibly lift it for me. Then I got to thinking about how higher powers didn't have to be nonsensical and it wouldn't HAVE to make me feel inferior for not being able to handle my own issues without trying to find some religion so that I could turn to God to do it for me.

***I really, really hope I haven't offended anybody so far. Er, I've had a bad night and I'm really just desperate for answers on this so... sorry.

So, now, I just have to find myself a higher power. I'm at a loss on how to learn about this stuff. The only thing that comes to mind when I hear the words "Higher Power" is a god.

What could I possibly depend on to help me without feeling rediculous? :/

What are some things you guys use instead of religion or a god?

Answer 1

AA and others want you to depend on a non-existent imaginary friend for strength.  First, they want you to admit you are "powerless."  Such a load of bull.

I wish you the best of luck.  You have had the power/strength in you all the time.  Remember Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.

RE: comment that you'd like to find something that EXISTS that you can depend on.

Well, I don't know much about it, but Buddhism works for many people.  It's mainly alot of meditation.  It's a philosophy more than a religion.  You might try looking into that.  The section in yahoo answers that deals with it is under Society and Culture, then Religion and Spirituality.

Yoga is good excersize, stretching and strengthening the body.  It's relaxing.  You don't have to know any thing about it or be in tip-top shape.  Just show up at a begiinner's level class and try what you can.  It's really good for you.  People take yoga to philisophical levels, but just taking a class is simply stretching.

Answer 2

Whatever you do, don't pay attention to the other answers you've gotten or you'll lose all hope. Finding belief in a higher power means believing that just maybe there is a plan for us-other than what we are trying to control ourselves. Maybe there is some sort of force that has control over where we end up. Maybe the reason things are going badly is because we are trying to force our own control over what should or will happen naturally if we can just sit still...

Answer 3

Well, you recognize that a belief in God is a sort of delusion. And given that you recognize that, it would take a huge amount of rather damaging brain washing to make you believe otherwise. Don't go there.

I'm bipolar, and not religious. Here's what I find helps a lot: talking to people. Having a couple of good people in my life who love me and listen to me, and, if need be, will help me get through the bad times.

I don't need some religious mumble jumbo. I don't need to fear some sky-man who can see my every move.

I have love. What more could you need?