ToddsZen Podcast
Welcome to the ToddsZen Podcast.. I’m Todd—a 40-year Zen and martial arts enthusiast and practitioner. My mission is simply to share my personal Zen journey with others, and help as many people as I can be their best Self. Join me on my continuing 40-year Zen journey. Discovering beautiful people, methods, cultures, and life changing beliefs. Let me help guide you on your quest—to help you discover your best Self.
156. Faith, Spirit, and Humanity: A Visual Reflection on World Beliefs
Across the world, human beings have created countless spiritual and religious traditions — each shaped by culture, land, history, and lived experience.
This short visual reflection offers a gentle overview of several of those traditions, including Aboriginal, African, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Native American, and Shinto perspectives. It is not meant to explain everything, nor could it. There are many traditions not shown here, and they are equally meaningful and worthy of respect.
At their core, these paths share something simple and powerful:
reverence for life, belief in something greater than the individual self, and a call toward kindness, responsibility, and care for one another.
In a time marked by division and violence, this video is an invitation to pause — to remember that behind every belief system is a human being seeking meaning, connection, and a good life.
You don’t have to agree with every tradition.
You don’t have to follow any particular path.
But if we practiced the goodness these traditions teach — compassion, humility, respect, and love — the world would feel very different. And so would our lives.
This video is offered simply as food for thought, reflection, and shared humanity.
#SharedHumanity #WorldReligions #SpiritualWisdom #UnityInDiversity #FaithInHumanity
Relationships
Some thoughts on what's important about relationships—especially for teenagers!