Eat Pray Love

Culturally, though not theologically, I'm a Christian. I was born Catholic of the Hispanic persuasion. And while I do love the great teacher of peace who is called Jesus,and while I do reserve the right to ask myself in certain trying situations what indeed He would do, I can't swallow that one fixed rule of Christianity insisting that Christ is the only path to God. Strictly speaking, then, I cannot call myself a Christian. Most of the Christians I know accept my feelings on this with grace and open mindedness.
Traditionally, I have responded to the transcendent mystics of all religions. I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has ever said that God does not live in a dogmatic scripture or in a distant throne in the sky, but indeed abides very close to us indeed- much closer than we can imagine, breathing right through our own hearts. I respond with gratitude to anyone who has ever voyaged to the center of that heart, and who has then returned to the world with a report for the rest of us that God is an experience of supreme love. In every religious tradition on earth , there have always been mystical saints who report exactly this experience. Unfortunately many of them have ended up arrested and killed. Still, I think very highly of them.
In the end, what I have come to believe about God is simple. It's like this- I used to have this really great dog. She came from the pound. She was a mixture of about ten different breeds, but seemed to have inherited the finest features of them all. She was brown. When people asked me, “what kind of dog is that?” I would always give the same answer: 'She is a brown dog.” Similarly, when the question is raised, “what kind of God do you believe in?” my answer is easy: “I believe in a magnificent God.” -Eat Pray Love

This really sums it up for me. I wish I could take credit to writing it, but I'm always searching for a way to say it like I mean it. I really LOVED that book, Elizabeth Gilbert and I share alot of similarities. I'll probably quote her more in the future.