Almost three years ago I decided to put in a bit of effort to trace my ancestry as far as I could. I knew next to nothing about my grandparents, but with just their names and the birthplace of each of my parents I was able to locate enough public records to fill in a few of the blanks.

When I entered information online that I’d found about my father’s grandfather, the chart exploded, auto populating with centuries upon centuries of information. How exciting! It was like finding treasure!

Most names were new to me, but there were a handful that I’d heard before, names of some pretty significant people in history. As I read about these people that appeared in my family tree, I noticed a pattern in their life stories. They all struggled with Christianity in some way. I’ve known that struggle, too.

I dove deeper into the search for answers, sometimes winding way off track and having to start again. So much seemed to be missing from the Bible. It felt incomplete and contradicting. No wonder so many people remained lost. There had to be more. I watched videos of people who went to the Holy Land and heard stories of Jesus that were never told in the Bible. I read the apocryphals, and whatever I could find about what was left out of the “approved” version of the Bible at the Council of Nicea.

Then, when looking for a simple biography of Jesus, I came upon The Urantia Book and my life was forever altered.

As strange as this may sound, upon reading many parts of this book I experienced a sense of de’ ja vu, as if I’d already somehow known this information deep in my being and my memory of having been told it was resurfacing. I could literally feel it in my veins, the way my blood was circulating with an electrified intensity as I read the words, this book tells us truth.

If I could only keep one book among my possessions, it would be this one. A reverence for the knowledge in the Urantia Book combined with the study and practice of consciousness has been the pinnacle of positive change in my life.

My purpose on this path continues. There is so much more to know and the fire within me is roaring to discover it!