Deep thoughts today … we’re so often burdened by expectations tied to ideals we wish to pursue. We desire to follow a path, but wonder if we can even measure-up to the definitions of that path set by those who (supposedly) walked it previously. Many old-world types attempted to position themselves as the poster children for those paths, as if that kind of path was theirs to define for others.
“I want to follow a spiritual path,” we say, “but am I doing it right? Am I thinking and acting in spiritual ways?” Continue reading »
We feel these limitations imposed by those who claim to have gone before us.
As someone who doesn’t like rules, who giggles and laughs constantly, who says shit she “probably” shouldn’t… I’m never going to measure-up to the expectations set for “spiritual people.” My devotion and reverence is beyond measure, but those traits (and this is where things went wrong) are never in exclusion of all the other expressions of our human nature. We’re all wired in a unique way for a reason. To suppress that wiring in order to measure-up to someone else’s definitions, is not how you do it. So if you feel inappropriate, it’s more likely you’re still believing someone else’s rules, are the ideal.
It’s almost uncanny, as I write this, as I go through an experience with a few others, that there are wild fires blazing through Los Angeles and other areas.
I am engaged in a 9 week process with the Sophia Dragon Tribe. There are five others with me, all very fiery souls who, I’m not afraid to say it, are just as hilarious and inappropriate as I am. It has been healing to be amidst pure fire like this. It burns off this old dogma of what it means to be “spiritual.” I see it now within the flames of our absolutely crazy stream of consciousness. We are not upholding “the ideal.” No, in truth, we’re burning it down, and thus, I find it … notable … that fire rages in parts of our country at the same time.
Is this the message for us? Is it time to burn down the dogma we still hold around what we desire as our paths?
While the fate of my fire dragon sisters is yet to be known, it does prompt me to lay this opportunity upon this table, to ask, “Are you following someone else’s rules, someone else’s ideal for the path you’ve chosen?” We all choose a path that has never been traversed. That is the truth. So why on Earth would we ever bring other peoples’ rules with us?
If you need help burning that shit off, I know a few fire dragons who can help.
All the love humanity. You cannot, and will not, fail at this path on which you now find yourself. Amen and HUZZAH!
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