Part I
An Irreverent Description Of The Different Paths That Are Not The Return
In this pulse are observations of what already exists. It does not sow division; it reveals it. All paths are sacred and annoying in their own ways.
Until Return to Origin Flame, most beings mix the paths within a singular and across many lifetimes. For the purposes of my own amusement, I write in generalities.
Ascension Paths
Mottos: “Love and Light.” “Unity Consciousness.” “We are all ______.”
Shape: Ascending ladder towards light.
Icons: The Ascended Master. The Teacher. The Soft and Palatable Divine Feminine.
Enjoy: Crystals. Robes in light colors. Blond hair but will allow some non-blondes.
Avoid: Transmutation, even when speaking of transmutation. Negative topics.
Favorite Chakras: Third eye, crown, and heart.
On Eros: For some, playing with softened divine feminine and divine masculine archetypes. For others, the ideal is detachment from all desire.
In a House: An airy high floor.
On Rituals: Strong love of rituals and altars. Some are hollow, but many are helpful technologies of healing.
On Violence: Will not act violent, but, because they often avoid processing historical inequalities, will enforce boundaries of who looks and behaves like “light and love.” By definition, rely on external light and energy (e.g., through popularity or by diluting and selling Origin Flame codes they have not earned). No one on this path, including the Ascended Master, has returned to Origin Flame.
On Humility: Performs humility while expecting proper obeisance to those “above.”
Pros: When successfully detached from the negative emotions, can be blissful. Many on this path teach others how to go beyond survival in the illusion and offer methods of healing. For some, it is a necessary bridge out of Materialist-Rationalism or Shadow and into the Return path. For others, it remains the path for many lifetimes and well into the higher dimensions before the decision to Return.
Cons: In avoiding the shadows within the self that must be acknowledged and transmuted, this path delays Return to Origin Flame. (However, there is nothing wrong with this.) Prefers the illusion of unity and collectivity to the raw truth.
To repeat: Ascension is not Return to Origin Flame. It is the path of light away from Origin Flame (the fount of Creation before polarity).
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Shadow Paths
Mottos: “Survival of the fittest.” “Every man for himself.” “It’s not copying, it’s an homage.”
Shape: An arrow pointing away from light.
Icons: Warmongers. Unaligned tech bros. Famous, machine-like influencers. Leaders of dogmatic religions.
Enjoy: Games of survival. Manipulation. Inverted sacred wisdom.
Avoid: Many things depending on the mode of manipulation.
Favorite Chakras: Root (survival) and solar plexus (authority).
On Eros: Inversions of sacred eros and/or strictly biological.
In a House: The basement and the ballroom.
On Ritual: The Shadow loves a ritual. A war cry. Military parades. The Superbowl.
On Violence: Direct. Can be tribal and passionate or cold and mechanical.
On Humility: Will perform humility if it helps them win. Will be arrogant AF otherwise.
Desire to Convince: No need to.
Pros: Provide necessary contrast for those who are not Shadow to recognize light or Origin Flame.
Cons: Long path to Return to Origin-Source Flame. Violent and destructive. Cause great suffering to others.
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Materialist-Rationalist Paths
Mottos: “Let’s have a meeting.” “Humanity has never been smarter or more advanced than we are now.” “If our 3D tools cannot measure it, it does not exist.”
Shape: A narrow band of perception.
Icons: Elected officials. The boss. Leaders of established religions who help compartmentalize divinity and the unknown. Scientists who avoid evidence that does not suit their beliefs.
Enjoy: Meetings. Data. Fragmenting and measuring things (including divinity). Linear time. Selective evidence. Blinders. The newspaper. External permission before making decisions. Delaying gratification until passion is gone.
Avoid: People with different beliefs. Ancient wisdom. The unknown. The subtle realms.
Favorite Chakras: None.
On Eros: Influenced by Shadow eros. Fragmented into: biological (e.g., mating), sexual desire, and creativity. The latter is acceptable if externally validated via institutional or capitalist acceptance, but otherwise irrational.
Popularity: Irrelevant. Has been the dominant modus operandi in the 3D layer of Earth, which is collapsing. (There are other layers, which are not collapsing, but, respecting free will, they cannot host those who do not accept them as real.)
In a House: The office.
On Rituals: Deep love of rituals. Examples include: Meetings. Asking acquaintances if they’ve seen the news lately. Holidays. The entire electoral process as it exists. Graduations. Receiving acceptance letters.
On Violence: Extremely high with the added violence that they will deny being violent.
On Humility: None or performative. Deep arrogance.
Pros: For some, this is a necessary stopover between other lifetimes. Others are “benched” here because they would do great damage with access to more reality. Those on this path provide cushioning from total hierarchical takeover of either the Shadow or the Ascension light paths.
Cons: Gaslighting, dogmatic, proudly narrow-minded, condescending.
Desire to Convince: Anxiously high. Have burned, imprisoned, medicalized, and colonized people for not agreeing with them.
I’ll say a nice thing: Many on this path do not consciously know they have chosen a path. Many experience profound existential pain and, due to the violence of organized religions, distaste for some forms of spirituality, or a secular upbringing, have no idea how to face their inner void. They they do not realize that they do not have to be “spiritual” in a performative sense to have more fulfilling, coherent lives. Though I was never Materialist-Rationalist, I remember the existential dread of the modern human experience.
Image: Woodcut from Camille Flammarion’s L’atmosphère (1888).