Decolonize Your Spirituality
I'm outing myself as a recovering Catholic today. Don't get me wrong, I still love Jesus- and believe in God. 👼🏼I support you in whatever spiritual beliefs you cultivate. Mine also include 🪔kitchin'witchin, 🪔Buddist meditation, and 🪔goddess yoga. I have an altar to honor and talk to my ancestors. I say the rosary and use mala beads to chant "RAM".⠀📿
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These aren't mutually exclusive. They are things I've developed after years of study that allow me to feel, see, and experience divine love & awareness in my life.⠀
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It took me YEARS to not feel angry when someone brought up God or Jesus in conversation because I've seen BOTH USED to⠀
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🗜Gaslight and control "The church didn't take your money and cover up sex scandals, You must not be a good catholic if you don't still give to the church and support priests" 💸
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🎚Deny the processing emotional experiences "You shouldn't be asking why God allows bad things to happen to good people, instead you should stop being sad or angry because God has a plan for you (which you have to wait and see-and that should be enough to address your question and emotions) Oh, and don't seek psychological help because Jesus is all you need."⠀👩⚕️
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🩲Make certain bodies or identities unsafe "Mestruation is dirty & private and Women need to be controlled by a man 💍and can't make safe choices about their reproductive system-Gays are going to hell so are Lutherans, any one who doesn't believe JUST in Jesus is also going to hell"⠀🙉
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🎚Make Spiritual Practice synonymous with memorization and complicit unquestioning obedience. "You're going to hell if: 🔱you don't come every Sunday and tithe, use tarot cards, study Hinduism, do yoga..." ⠀🧘♀️
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🌬Let me be the person (hopefully not first) to say that its possible to forgive unhealthy religious dogma, to unpack the programming and ⭐️create a beautiful, loving connection to Jesus, God, Buddah, Allah, Yemaya, (your fav) that doesn't need to make 'others' wrong. Please know also that there are other curious people in the world who are happy to share and create community with you around practicing, loving, and enjoying YOUR PERSONAL SPIRITUAL CONNECTION. ⭐️
