It's incredible how a couple years can change a person. Three years ago, I was convinced Halloween was indeed the "devil's day" and I avoided all forms of participation. This was very uncharacteristic of me, though. Halloween was always my favorite holiday. Before I tried on the shoes of Christianity.

As a Christian, I was told there was a black and white lines of "good and bad" things. And the pictures were clearly all drawn out for me. The lines I was allowed to color within. Everything else - not for me. For the "wicked". And for a time, I started to believe it.

But the more I saw the world as a place for wicked things...the less I could breathe. Everywhere I looked the "devil" was chasing me or my family or my kids. I'd do all the right things and then end up a crying mess.

I can't attribute my journey back to authenticity to a single event or revelation because I went through 2-3 years of a dark night that ebbed and flowed. Traumas I'd forgotten, new ones I had to navigate - all the shadows I'd been praying away would come back in my face saying "what do you want?".

Because they weren't of the devil. I couldn't pray them away. Those shadows were the parts of me I was ashamed to see. Parts of me that I was told to reject, that I was told were ugly. Normal parts. Natural parts. Beautiful parts. Miraculous parts of me.

I had to see how those shadows came to be to realize.....I was made perfectly. I may not always love it accordingly, but the designer who created me made no mistakes. Not in how I was formed. Not in the experiences I've lived through and over come. Not in how I function today.

I had to see that I am loved as I am, to love myself authentically.

Only then did I begin to heal. Only then could I see that my shadows were never trying to hurt me. Only then could I see that the devil was nothing more than the voice that tried to keep me away from my own authentic sovereignty - from my capability - by blinding me through shame or fear. The voice I was sold to listen to. Instead of the one who offers grace and forgiveness. Miraculous healing.

I hold a core belief that every human has the capacity to do the very worst thing the worst human has done. Depending on life circumstances, traumas, abuse and the shaping of their psychology - I do believe every human is capable of the very worst things.

But. And it's a BIG but.

Naturally, that means I also believe every single human has the capacity to do the greatest thing the greatest human has ever done. Through healing. Transforming. Nurturing. Conscious intentionality.

I believe we are inherently good when we are born and through lack of love or abuse through love, we become corrupted. Naturally, that means I also believe that through love, true love, unconditional love, we can heal what has been damaged and we can remember who we were always designed to be.

Authentically. Unabashedly. Wholeheartedly.

My journey has been mine and it has been necessary for me to grow into the person I've always been meant to be.

Last year, I changed my mind about Halloween. This year, I had a loved one cross to the other side. This year, I am back to my roots and I feel the other side so clearly. My brother is here. Our ancestors are here. Our loved ones are so excited for what is unfolding.

Happy Samhain, Happy Halloween!🎃🧹🪄

Oh my God. What a journey. Thank you for sharing.

I know that we’ve talked a lot about narcissism. And the abuse of the system. And religion’s occasional role in teaching people to hate themselves. To think of themselves with shame.

Circling back around, and connecting one dot…
The one thing abusers do, is groom us to think of our uniqueness as wrong. Every little curlicue of expressiveness that someone else might experience with delight, we are taught by the abuser to hate that in ourselves, to see it as a shameful failing.

And that is what the system does to us: we are sinners, political garbage, old, dumb, etc. But the truth is, we’re just people. As you say, with all the potential in the world. And the system knows this, and spends a lot of effort blunting our manifestations by teaching us to hate ourselves and fear the world.

But not you. You saw through the scam. You pulled yourself out. Thank you for the breadcrumbs. 🙏🏻

Happy Halloween!!🎃 👻

A Samhain gift for you:

https://marcelvogel.org/

In Love,
TR ✨💞✨

@TruthRascalHQ

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Whom do you serve?

If you don’t get 👆this, please go get yourself as heavy dose of Tolkien in LOTR form, STAT!

Before I move it along, I see that I’ve clearly pissed off or scared away some folks with the posts made yesterday wrt to how I view Magick and our place in the grand scheme of God’s design.

And here’s my response. I said what I said bc I meant it. Have a great day 🫶