Like a page out of my nightmare! lol
Being called a heretic at a very young age, for having asked questions or broached inconvenient topics sent me searching in a number of ways, too.
I have had to keep myself around people who do not dogmatize themselves onto others, because of how negatively impacted I was by people forcing the agenda of their brand of God/beLIEf systems.
I think that is possibly why I was able to finally come to terms with my own inquiry into self. I am an evangelist for taking that trip to revisit the ways we've been as a form of expansion, versus the outward solicitation for spirit "to come."
The inner witness is the child who faced it and lived to tell. Exploring the journey is often a richer spiritual experience (for me) than the externalization of a process to achieve some state defined by others.
Agreed, there is a lot of judgment and expectations associated with religious communities which is what led me away from them. Don't question the status quo. Do what you're told. Reminds me way too much of the government and fear based control tactics.
Two sides of the same parenting machine, if you ask me, amigo!
we were not allowed to dance as children due to the belief system (unnamed as I am not trying to point fingers) guess what we danced anyway ..LOL
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