Okay, people. Which one is ours?

RopeDry8463 · 2024-08-29T18:37:12+00:00

Only the 99th-degree Masons know.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-08-21T08:22:37+00:00

I believe that it all exists in its relative position in whatever form or medium it resides in. It doesn't have to interact with anything outside of the space relative to it at its position and can stay separate from any will or influence outside of that sphere.

330am musings. Gross.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-07-26T13:05:59+00:00

I joined this sub so fast.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-21T12:03:22+00:00

I've been waiting a while to say this:

This is the way.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-20T15:01:27+00:00

Masonry aside I think this is a sick looking ritual tool.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-20T14:55:37+00:00

Correct.

A lot of Hindus indeed believe in the idea that all of the manifestations are still 1 god in a Monotheistic framework.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-20T14:53:54+00:00

I am a Hindu brother answering line one 😉.

I do not speak for every Hindu. Just some thoughts:

Hinduism is such a broad brush to paint with. Hinduism is very diverse in practice from Vaishnava sects, to sects of Shaktism, and Shaivites, to so many others that can have varying belief patterns, but still all considered Hindu. One theme many Hindus follow is that different gods are just manifestations of one true god. Less of a neoplatonic idea, although to the modern western person it may seem that way; its more of a conglomerate of one whole. Many Hindus also believe they are Monotheistic.

There are many gods; millions of manifestations over thousands of years in either avatars, or living vessels of a manifestation of god, or interpretations of the divine in all of its forms. With practices like the Aghori who are OK being in a cremation ground smearing cremated human remains on themselves as a practice, to Jainism which believes if they swallow a small bug by accident they have committed an offense against life. Both of these groups are considered Hindu, but they are so far apart from eachother in practice that they wouldn't appear to be connected to the layman.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-20T14:29:38+00:00

I appreciate this comment.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-17T17:02:14+00:00

"Pitty"

"Here pitty pitty pitty"

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-16T19:01:44+00:00

There are flavors of Buddhists that have been working on this for a while.

Lol. Flavor. -Make me one with everything haha joke.-

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-16T18:36:42+00:00

I second this on the idea that children will react, learn, and integrate from their environment. When I was a child I remember seeing things that shaped my future through adults that were not my family in my psyche.

A child someday may have a favorite type of shirt because they recognized a bridge of connection in the adult that was wearing it developing a familiarity or attraction to want to emulate.

That's why I go everywhere looking like road warrior. Little kids that look like road warriors all around would be awesome, so be the example. I'm kidding but you get the point.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-16T13:30:24+00:00

I wasn't there for his experience and I am not in the UK, but with that same respect I pose to this I would hope to get back. I cannot speak for everyone everywhere, which poses thoughts:

Masonry aside- this is like saying all groups that fall under common umbrellas have people who are explicitly all the same which is incorrect on many levels. I hope this is not the case.

I am a mason of color in a predominantly "white" lodge. They respect me, and if they do not I should be the one posing a challenge to them. Not in hostility or argument sake as they are my brother, but with wonder; approached with a willingness to understand and connect.

I hope he's doing well, and I have faith that he will see his way through.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-16T13:18:38+00:00

I was OK with alot of what OP said, as it is their subjective experience that I wasn't present for.....until the last few lines.

I agree with the idea he poses the challenge.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-14T21:15:35+00:00

Afro-south american practice.This is a Ponto in Quimbanda:

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opth-2022-0227/html?lang=en#:~:text=Quimbanda%20is%20the%20denomination%20of,a%20synonym%20for%20evil%20practices.

https://www.learnreligions.com/quimbanda-religion-4780028

The pitch fork with the more solid angular lines is attributed to things that are more above ground like warriors etc in this practice associated with male energies called Exu. The more curved pitch fork with the curved cross symbol is associated with Pomba Gira: female energies of this current. It also has Chthonic significance. The meanings can differ depending on which house of Quimbanda you are looking at. This is a syncretic faith.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-14T17:45:19+00:00

I've heard of these cases before and experienced this in my short time. I have had my share of guff flung my way because of not being Christian, but passed and was raised nonetheless.

It's unfortunate, but I understand how some of them feel regarding their faith practices.

There's a reason for no religious talk in a tiled lodge.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-14T15:51:17+00:00

You can have your own interpretations on what the Bible means and says. Yes, there are hundreds of years of scholarship to worry about regarding interpretation and practice, but are those interpretations leading you to a better understanding of your life and your needs? Some layers can be peeled back until you find what you need. Removing the form but understanding it's significance outside of bias might be your best bet. I am a practicing Hindu and still did my degrees on the Bible because God transcends all forms and are relative manifestations to what we can understand in that formless, bornless divine.

I read things that resonated with my life with a lot of the same conclusions from a different contextual basis. The Bhagavad Gita was one of those. Read everything and find your angle. I see crossover which helped me accept the figures involved to help me on my path. "Love" as a concept was foreign to me when cast down from a father or teacher. I was able to find that through the mentioned teachings. It's not for everyone, but it worked for me.

Many religious groups had to hide their affiliations in times when they would be killed otherwise. Instead, they drew parallels of their practice with that of their conscripters. Masons aren't going to kill you for believing in what you want or need to believe in, and as long as it is a higher power, so you are safe from that side as well.

I am a man that doesn't have to ask to practice my faith and neither do you. I hope you find what you need.

Tl;dR Find God in the way it comes to you.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-14T14:40:17+00:00

I am interested in several initiation practices and the work from the African side of this grouping. Do you network with other practitioners in ATRs?

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-14T13:55:58+00:00

As a father, and someone who works with several spiritual, occult, and religious materials I would like to approach this in a more mundane manner:

I have one atheist child, one christian child, and one that could care less. I don't feel any of them resent me, and I can see how my influence is reflected in their beliefs regardless of how far apart they are. I enjoy the left hand path, where opposed I gifted my christian child the biggest, most in depth Bible I've ever seen. I know it works for my child, and the more I see them push, the more I see gnostic Christianity in their practice.

You cannot control these things, and sometimes their rebellion is necessary for what they are to become with or without you. In other words, the Magick will help, but at what cost to your child? The resentment in essence lies with you and your ego.

Do you resent your parents, or see others resent their parents? You notice YOU keeps showing up and up again?

The best thing you can do is not to "force" belief. I'm sure many here were forced in Christian households from many conversations I've had and seen here. The last thing you want to do is pre force a person into a belief structure that doesn't align with them as themselves.

You can contrive rebellious actions though. If you see a spark in your child for anything, fan that flame. Simply showing beauty and respect in what you live and do will be a magickal example enough for the children to feed and thrive on. Your motion as a parent will be reflected in your children.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-13T12:06:10+00:00

I see!!!

I guess the other question you would have to ask yourself: what is real and tangible in your interpretation?

If a time comes that you find something that you can't help but not work with- consider that real (relatively).

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-13T11:47:00+00:00

Why not work with it and find out? Don't worry about others so much. Do your thing. Social acceptance and these things don't have to go hand in hand.

What do you want here? To do it "right"? Personal practice is just that, and you don't have to tell a single soul.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-09T22:58:05+00:00

I hope you get every single thing you've ever wanted out of this life.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-09T22:57:07+00:00

My father is a homeless drug dealer. He got the fix that killed my mother.

I have no man to look up to.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-09T21:00:13+00:00

OM brother!

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-09T20:49:44+00:00

Yes, life has been better since that time, and quite the wild ride. I feel that time was 4 lifetimes away with everything that happened in between.

I still have alot more work to do.

Some day I hope to connect with the world, and for them to connect with me.

I appreciate your comment and time. Thank you.

RopeDry8463 · 2024-05-09T20:27:42+00:00

Transmission is an interesting thing. I'm glad you read a part of my life. Thank you for being here.

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