A common misconception about the Divine in today’s world seems to stem from being unable to define what kind of role They often play in our day to day lives. The debate of their role being whether or not they tolerate us, put up with our shit, use things to Their advantage, and take what’s theirs and give nothing back. We tend to have this issue as a rollover from Christianity which then tends to bleed into our thinking and change the way They actually go about Their doing their work and making us whole and complete within ourselves and with them.
I have realized in my work and time with my Deity that They, too, have a horse in this race just like we do. We are not Their means to an end, but rather, we are Their means and They are the end. We are what brings the Divine to us, and whether or not we believe that is possible isn’t for us to fully comprehend. I don’t have an answer to physics or science or theology, I just know what works. We can debate all we want about what’s possible but you don’t really know what’s possible unless you understand the barriers and the framework built around our understanding.
So in order for me to properly explain what it looks like when we are closer to the Divine, I’ve made it my goal to work with my Deity to listen and figure out what it means while separating the common misconceptions of the day with what it looks like in other cultures, what it looks like now, and what it could look like in the future. This personally took a toll on me which inevitably meant pulling myself out of the reach of the community and taking a look from the outside, inwards, while making changes to my practice and my work by using His guidance, my intuition, and combining the sacred with the profane.
Many people would probably have issues with the way I go about things and that’s fine. They’re allowed to have their opinions but it won’t change mine because I believe it actually works. I don’t personally align myself with any specific path at this time, I just align myself with Him and what He needs me to do in order to draw nearer to Him and do the work in front of me.
So I guess the only thing left is to note that the next several blog posts will be mostly about taking these ideas out of the context of our westernized, modern religion and rearrange our thoughts and assumptions, to then replace them with new ideas and changes to our ways of thinking. It might take a while for me to fully realize this in a blog but that’s why this is going to be several parts of a series rather than just one long ramble and eventually it will be formatted to fit an entire book or book series, rather.
You can find the entirety of this series here.
Devoured by Flame 