Psych Patient, MD

Straddling the border of sanity

My Source

This is something that I have never quite settled for myself. What is the difference between believing in yourself and your own power versus belief in a higher power?

I have no formal religious training, so please excuse my ignorance. It just seems to me that if you can believe in a higher power living inside of yourself, then why can't that higher power just be yourself? I have read parts of the Bible. I like listening to Christian radio programs and agree with many of the concepts presented. I think that what my parents taught me about right and wrong generally follows Christian principles. But I would not be considered a Christian because I am trying to have faith in myself as opposed to having faith in a higher power.

I guess that I am equating religious faith with dependence on an outside source of strength. I fear dependence. I consider dependence a weakness. That is really my problem.