VioletFlame

Hello everyone. I've been contemplating something for quite some time now. So my father definitely exhibits major signs of a Stage Blue personality. He can be rather xenophobic and hypersensitive to the thought of terrorism (except only blindly and ignorantly terrified by terrorism existing in this country alone.) To me, he lives in so much fear of suffering that it only seems to counteract what he truly wants, what everybody wants, peace & happiness. Living in constant worry, panic and fear over potential attacks and catastrophes only brings him closer to suffering and less close to living. He follows political talk show people and podcasts as if they were his gods and saints, politics for him has virtually become his religion, which is sadly the closest I think he'll ever get to "religion", which is a diametrically opposed domain in my eyes and it's the last thing he ought to be focusing on when it comes to his sanity and peace of mind. So here's where my theory comes in. At his house, he has assembled this separate "market" thing in the basement in which he spends more money on this emergency supply of canned food than of legitimate things he and his 90 year old mother requires on a weekly basis, but then complains about having no money. He is so lost in the grasping of comfort and luxury that the very idea of something coming to remove that from him and his precious country is not to be accepted, never does he go deep and ask himself why, only blames and stigmatizes outside factors instead. So in Witchcraft, when one is casting a spell, or preparing a ritual, one starts with a clear Intention on what they are aiming to manifest. One will proceed to hold that Intention in their mind and in the form of visualization, imagining it, feeling it and sensing it in full detail. Theoretically, I believe my father's fixated ritual of accumulating food, drinks and emergency supplies is him basically casting an accidental or unconscious spell, so to speak. I have witnessed him reciting powerful words while preparing this spell, also cursing political incantations while performing this ritual. As he's gathering and stacking all his ingredients on the shelves for his alleged prophetic occurrence. It's almost as though he wishes upon it, the idea energizes him, and it enrages him but I think there is a massive fear and paranoia behind the act. His emotions are powerful, so it's not like his tone was dull, he was raising his energy, a negative, low consciousness energy, but an energy which I witness only coming back to him in return, as a result. A positive result really, if he was only able to become conscious of the fact that that's all he's really doing is Willing negative consequences to happen to himself, until that one day actually meets his vision, then it's having positive results. He's not deliberately performing a ritual to help him HEAL from the torturous fear of destruction and War, to detach from that fear but instead in a way he is preparing himself as if his perceived calamity already happened and is happening, which is the direct process of manifestation. If this ritual is helping him stay secure and internally safe, which it doesn't seem like it is, then perhaps he is manifesting that day itself in which he WILL NEED those things to survive. I'm 21, he is in his early 60s, and still kind of stuck there, exhibiting many post-psychological symptoms as a citizen during the Vietnam War.

I love this topic. Perhaps I might as well share my latest creation/original song. There's much more to come!

I can resonate. When I first began practicing yoga it was quite the challenge of course because I had so much built up trauma stored in my body that it caused me to have deep emotional/physical reactions in which I had to overcome. Trembling, rapid breathing, slideshows of random uninvited memories. Such things like EMDR and inner child meditations, conquering the Shadow of my childhood also created similar experiences like this, but which ultimately felt like I was unraveling into cathartic bliss.

@Leo Gura

I sense a hue of Pantheism. One thing I am for certain is I am very fond of the symbolical God-like energy that reveals itself through the construction and deconstruction of nature. I love embracing both the fragile, loving and intimate aspects, as well as the dark, chilling aspects of nature and all of its irrevocable power as an equal representation of a higher consciousness, or almost sometimes as a separate emotional species, so to speak. I think the mystery of life is God as well and part of nature and I feel it's highly important and often undervalued, perhaps by the rational mind(?) What's unexplained and what's to remain unexplained is invaluable to me because it sustains our metaphysical curiosity. Our very purpose in Life is to seek our own personal Truth and Magic. To not search for mathematical equations and codes to solve this Universal mystery but to melt into it and experience it instead, through our own consciousness. To surrender to the mystery and accept that we may always leave room to question everything, but may not always need the answers to everything...at least on this level of existence. I love knowledge and learning but I also love not knowing everything. Especially when it comes to the end of the tunnel. I'm pretty sure that's like the best part right? (And I like wild surprises.) I believe there are clues and symbols to our questions though, acting all around us everyday, we just aren't willing to see them. This kind of shit excites me however because it reminds me of embarking on a spontaneous cosmic treasure hunt. If there was a such thing as one concrete answer for all of us, well I think our existence would potentially lose touch with our sense of spiritual exploration, fascination, and purpose, and I don't suspect there would be much to look forward to.

This is exquisite. When I look at this I see Tarot all the way. Perhaps the 8 of Cups, which refers to transition and having that readiness to explore not only the day but also the night. To enter a new journey, inwardly and outwardly and independently, but also as One with the Universe, and to discover the Truth deep within the psyche as well as within the psyche of the Universe. For those of you who don't read Tarot, this image could be of good use for you.