You Walked Away From Religion...Now What?

What happens after you walk away from religion?Not the polished version. Not the answers people give to pull you back in. The real experience—the silence, the questions, the uncertainty, and the unexpected realization that you don’t know where to stand anymore.In this first teaching from the Temple of the Human Heart, Yisra’el Apriale speaks directly to those who have stepped away from organized religion but are still searching for truth. This is not a call to return to systems that no longer feel aligned. It is an invitation to understand what that “something feels off” moment really was—and why it matters.Many of us were taught that questioning is dangerous. That doubt is a failure. That if something doesn’t feel right, the problem must be us. But what if that feeling wasn’t rebellion? What if it was awareness?This message explores the difference between God and what we were taught about God. Through reflection on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the lens of awakening found in both biblical and Gnostic traditions, this teaching begins to separate truth from conditioning. It gently challenges the idea that truth exists only outside of us and reintroduces the possibility that the first place truth speaks… is within.This is a space for those who have felt judged for asking questions. For those who were never given a safe place to explore their thoughts without correction. For those who walked away, not because they wanted to be lost—but because something in them knew there had to be more.The Temple of the Human Heart is not about performance, pressure, or perfection. It is about returning. Returning to your awareness. Returning to your voice. Returning to the part of you that was taught not to be trusted.In this message, you will:Understand why discomfort within religion is often a sign of awakening, not failureBegin to separate spiritual truth from learned conditioningExplore what it means to “return to yourself” as a spiritual pathBe introduced to a different way of engaging sacred texts—through awareness, not fearFind language for an experience many feel but struggle to explainThis is the beginning of a different kind of journey—one that does not ask you to abandon yourself in order to find truth, but invites you to come home to yourself as the starting point.If you are in the space between leaving and becoming… this message is for you.Join us every Sunday night as we continue the work of awakening—together.