I think I’ve kind of figured out where I am now on my spiritual journey, after years of experimenting and talking to people and being in different spaces and just absorbing everything I can about everything.
Yup, I’m an Eclectic Spiritual Person. And very proud of it, though the Bible is disapproving. Haha.
So here is my journey:
- Was born to a strict and very religious dad, who still is very religious but something about his religion I can’t quite connect with and am not too interested in at this point in time
- Was put into a pretty religious (Methodist) pre-elementary, elementary and middle school and NEVER FELT accepted by the community or the people in these institutions. In fact, I’d say that alot of my personal wounding, wounds to my soul and some childhood abandonment and trauma came from these 2 places. I never felt that “being me” was accepted at all and was constantly punished for expressing myself and my identity – and I wasn’t even a delinquent child. I was just playful, mischievous, didn’t like following rules like pinning my hair up in a BLACK PIN ONLY cos I thought (and still think) they are utterly ridiculous.
- Attended churches, masses etc even up to this year but there was something about the process and alot of the people that I met that didn’t speak to me and I couldn’t connect with (and alot of these places come across unaccepting and judgmental, much like my elementary/middle school)
- Was into New Age Spirituality for a bit of time and realised that there was a bit too much toxic positivity and toxic thinking/behaviours that didn’t appeal when I started looking within for answers. Too much of a focus on getting rich, materialistic goals etc then focusing on being a better person.
- Joined a couple of online general spirituality groups, and some of the people didn’t come across like the healing spirits they said they were. In fact, some of these groups have alot of people who haven’t quite dealt with their own stuff, and bring it into their interactions with others in these spaces. It felt toxic and some people were oddly mean and nasty as well. Lots of disagreements and tension.
- Started working on the Moon Cycles, tarot, white magick and natural magick recently. The chakras, connecting with ancient beings, Archangels, intuition, soul wounding and abit of witchy woo. And I actually LOVE it! I’ve always been drawn to ancient rituals as well and Halloween and all of that and allowing myself to explore that more has turned out to be quite a wonderful experience.
What I’ve noticed:
Organised religion isn’t for me. There are some great things I picked up from the Bible, some mantras and protection rituals from my dad’s religion. But on a whole, it just doesn’t appeal to me. Alot of my soul wounding and also heavy stuff from past lives were related to strict, religious people/values, and I think I’m done with it. There are definitely good values to be found in there but it’s definitely not for me in this lifetime.
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Lightworkers/empaths – there needs to be something more – While I resonate alot more with this but I also notice a few people who identify themselves as such struggle alot with toxic positivity and their own personal boundaries. And I do wonder that about myself as well. But the community can be a bit too much of pastels, kumbaya and love everyone for my liking
New Age Spirituality – just no. There’s something about a whole movement where the majority of people are just using its “laws” to pat themselves on the backs, blame people’s suffering around the world on themselves (you attract the things you experience), and
Magick and witchy woo, spiritual guides and beings, intuition and more – Now, having been a tarot reader for a small community for years and when I learnt to explore them more, I just felt more and more intrigued and felt a better belonging to this area of spirituality.
If you are struggling just like I was
Here are some things you could do:
First, just experiment, explore, read up. Dabble in a bit of it and constantly check in to see how you are feeling. Does it feel good? Does it feel meaningful? Does it feel comfortable, to your soul? Or the deeper you are getting, the worse you are feeling with all of it? If you feel weird or something is off, stop.
Second, start working on your intuition and your grounding, clearing and energy protection rituals. This could be as simple as
Third, connecting with your 5 senses and with nature. Lots of self-care spaces love to take about taking walks in nature and connecting with the earth. Well, they do know something. Spirituality is not all just about the intuition/crown chakra and third eye stuff. It’s also about grounding yourself into your reality, the environment and the material/physical plane, which is the earth we walk on.
The natural/material world is incredibly important in spirituality because it is how we bring our thoughts, ideas and inclinations into reality. This is why spiritual people are into candles, incense, herbs, oils etc – these physical and natural objects carry an energy closely related to the earth and help to ground us.
Not grounding us into our reality can make us very “floaty” – you may have noticed some people seem very into their heads, kind of like they are in another realm, and that is because they aren’t grounded in their energy.
So that’s where I am now! Things may change as I move through life but I’m pretty sure this is where I would like to be now. It took a long time to get here, a couple of years actually, but I’m glad that I am!
There’s so much I would love to share about my spirituality, the things I’ve learnt, the tarot and so much else and am still figuring out the space to do it in. But all in good time! 🙂
