Itheïsm
I am an Itheist.
I do not believe in a personal god who determines my fate. I believe in myself – in my ability to live with awareness, to make choices, and to take full responsibility for those choices on my life’s path.
I believe that I am part of a greater whole – a universal consciousness that connects everything: people, nature, energy, time. This consciousness is not a god separate from us, but a force in which we all share – every breath, every thought, every touch.
I do not see myself as separate from others, but as a unique expression of a universal consciousness and unity.
What I do to others remains part of me and echoes within myself.
What I see in others reflects something of myself.
What I heal within me, heals something in the world.
What I give, I also give to myself.
Itheism is not a belief in an external power, but in the sacredness of conscious presence. To live with respect in the here and now.
It is not to wait for eternal life in heaven, but a choice to bring holiness into my thoughts and actions, for as long as I live.
The interconnectedness of all life and energy also transforms when our bodies die. This energy and matter that remains returns to, around, and upon the earth, to become part of new life being formed.
The person I am now has existed elsewhere, in other forms. My energy recognizes this.
I live with open eyes, an open heart, with deep reverence for life in all its forms.
I do not seek answers outside myself; I listen to the silence within me.
I am not merely an observer – I am a co-creator in the universe.
My thoughts carry weight. My actions send ripples. Every conscious choice shapes the world around me.
I do not believe that suffering is meaningless. In my wounds, my wisdom resides.
– Trisa Hugo, founder of the Itheist perspective.
A life of conscious presence, inner freedom, and universal connectedness.
7 June 2025
Ek is ’n Itheïs.
Ek glo nie in ’n persoonlike god wat my lot bepaal nie. Ek glo in myself – in my vermoë om met bewustheid te leef, keuses te maak, en volle verantwoordelikheid te neem vir my keuses op my lewenspad.
Ek glo dat ek deel is van ’n groter geheel – ’n universele bewussyn wat alles verbind: mense, natuur, energie, tyd. Hierdie bewussyn is nie ’n god wat geskei is van ons nie, maar ’n krag waarin ons almal deel, elke asem, elke gedagte, elke aanraking.
Ek sien myself nie as losstaande van ander nie, maar as ’n unieke uitdrukking van ‘n universele bewussyn en geheel.
Wat ek aan ander doen, bly deel van my en vind weerklank in myself.
Wat ek in ander sien, reflekteer iets van myself.
Wat ek genees in my, genees iets in die wêreld.
Wat ek gee, gee ek ook aan myself.
Itheïsme is nie ’n geloof in ’n buite-mag nie, maar in die heiligheid van bewustelike teenwoordigheid. Om met respek te lewe in die hier en nou.
Dit is nie ’n gewag op ‘n ewige lewe in die hemel nie, maar ’n keuse om heiligheid in my gedagtes en dade te bring, vir solank ek leef.
Die verbondenenheid aan alle lewe en energie, verander ook van vorm as ons liggame sterf. Hierdie energie en grondstowwe wat oorbly, gaan terug in en om en op die aarde, om weer deel te vorm van nuwe lewe wat geskep word.
Die mens wat ek nou is, het al op ander plekke en in ander vorme bestaan. My energie herken dit.
Ek leef met oop oë, ‘n oop hart, met ’n diep eerbied vir die lewe, in al sy vorme.
Ek soek nie antwoorde buite myself nie; ek luister na die stilte binne my.
Ek is nie net ’n waarnemer nie, ek is ’n medeskepper in die heelal. My gedagtes dra gewig. My dade laat rimpelings. Elke bewuste keuse vorm die wêreld om my.
Ek glo nie dat lyding sinneloos is nie. In my wonde skuil my wysheid.
– Trisa Hugo, grondlegger van die Itheïstiese siening.
’n Lewe van bewuste teenwoordigheid, innerlike vryheid en universele verbondenheid.
7 Junie 2025
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
— Kahlil Gibran
