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How to tell the difference between Community vs Cults (WIP)

β€œMy personality casts only a particular size net to get to know the world, but you all fill in the rest.”
β€” Clairaudient dream, Tuesday, September 19, 2023

This is what community means. Each of us maps out our own personal universe. We fill in the gaps for each other. We work collaboratively to uncover the nature of reality and consciousness by sharing our dreams and insights with one another.

As a child, my spirituality was inextricable from organized religions (including one that could be considered a cult). I had no choice or autonomy, and because of that, as a young adult, I stayed far away from any kind of community or communal living β€” including platonic roommates or even study groups.

I never again wanted strangers holding me accountable for something β€” especially the evolution of my soul.

Now as an older adult, I want to redefine what community means to me.

I don’t have it figured out yet, but here is where I will keep my list of how I can tell the difference between community vs cults.

  • I get to show up as a I am in the moment β€” no pretenses, no judgement.

  • I am able to transform. The community encourages and supports individual metamorphosis and change.

  • I can drop in when I want to and come and go as a I please. I owe no one an explanation for my absence, and we greet each other with only love and joy.

  • No required reading. Period.

  • I feel inspired and renewed after gatherings. I should never feel lethargic, mind-fucked or like my life-force has been drained from me.

  • As a community, one of our purposes is to shine light on each other’s divine gifts. In this way, we act like clear mirrors for one another.

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