<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Papa’s Substack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Papa Guru: Writer, Teacher, and Quantum Healer. Since his spiritual awakening in 2012, he’s devoted his life to spiritual evolution, humanity universal oneness, and raising the consciousness on Earth. ‘We are all one'.]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png</url><title>Papa’s Substack</title><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 09:08:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[pguru@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[pguru@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[pguru@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[pguru@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Return of The Blue Star — The Hopi Prophecy of the Ninth Sign 3I Atlas series 2 of 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;What if the end of the world isn&#8217;t destruction&#8212;but the start of a world we all desire?&#8221;]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/return-of-the-blue-star-the-hopi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/return-of-the-blue-star-the-hopi</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:01:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/V3D_aWc83as" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Return of The Blue Star &#8212; The Hopi Prophecy of the Ninth Sign</strong></p><p><strong>3I Atlas series 2 of 3</strong></p><p><strong>The Whisper of the Red Winds</strong></p><p>There is an ancient voice still echoing through the canyons of the American Southwest &#8212; a whisper carried by the red winds of the mesa. It belongs to a people who never lost their memory of the beginning: <strong>the Hopi</strong>.</p><p>Their prophecy speaks of endings and beginnings &#8212; the close of the Fourth World and the birth of the Fifth. The sign that this transformation is near is said to be the appearance of the <strong>Blue Star Kachina</strong>, the <em>Final Purifier</em>.</p><p>For generations, this warning was shared only by firelight among elders. Yet now, as comets blaze and auroras ripple in places they never did before, the sky itself seems to remember.</p><p><strong>Fire, Ice, and Flood &#8212; The Memory of Worlds</strong></p><p>In the Hopi tongue, prophecy is not prediction but <strong>memory</strong>. They teach that the world has been destroyed three times before &#8212; by fire, by ice, and by flood.</p><p>Each time, signs appeared. Each time, only a few listened. Those who forgot the Earth faced the fire of remembrance.</p><p>The <strong>ninth and final sign</strong> is the one they feared most &#8212; when the Blue Star dances in the heavens, marking the end of imbalance and the birth of a new world.</p><p><strong>The Sky That Burns Blue</strong></p><p>To the Hopi, blue is not merely a color, it is a <strong>vibration</strong>, a sacred frequency of cleansing. It is the breath of the Creator before light itself.</p><p>When humanity grows too proud, too deaf to the heartbeat of the soil, the sky burns again &#8212; not to punish, but to purify.</p><p>And so, as scientists report solar storms, comets glowing cobalt, and auroras rippling across continents, we are reminded: <strong>the sky dances before the end and before the rebirth.</strong></p><p><strong>The Nine Signs of That Mark the end of the Fourth World</strong></p><p>The Hopi prophecy speaks of <strong>nine signs</strong> leading to purification:</p><ol><li><p>The coming of white-skinned people with thunder in their hands.</p></li><li><p>Wooden wheels that travel across the land - European horse drawn wagons</p></li><li><p>A strange beast that speaks through the air &#8212; radio and television.</p></li><li><p>The spider&#8217;s web that covers the world &#8212; the Internet.</p></li><li><p>The Earth choking in her own dust &#8212; pollution.</p></li><li><p>A great sea turning black &#8212; poisoned oil polluted oceans.</p></li><li><p>The youth with long hair rebelling &#8212; Hippie movement of the 196o&#8217;s.</p></li><li><p>The dwellings in the heavens falling &#8212; satellites, and also the space station in 2019.</p></li><li><p>The Blue Star Kachina dancing in the sky &#8212; the Final Purifier.</p></li></ol><p>Each sign was never meant to frighten, but to <strong>awaken</strong>. Eight out of the nine signs have already occurred.</p><p><strong>The Purification and the Fifth World</strong></p><p>The Hopi never saw apocalypse as destruction, but as revelation. The word Apocalypse simply means revelation, not catastrophe.<br>They spoke of humanity passing through <strong>fire</strong>, so that what is false can burn away.</p><p>The Fifth World, they said, will be born from those who <strong>remember</strong> &#8212; those who live with the Earth, honor truth, and walk in balance.</p><p>Perhaps that is why so many now feel time bending, dreams sharpening, and a quiet knowing that something ancient is returning.</p><p><strong>Science Meets Spirit</strong></p><p>Even scientists now speak of November&#8211;December 2025 as the <strong>peak of solar activity</strong>. They fear geomagnetic storms may disrupt technology. The Hopi would call this <em>the breath of the sky</em>.</p><p>Because when the networks fall silent, humanity might finally hear the Earth&#8217;s voice again. The voice will come from within the individual.</p><p>The prophecy was never about a comet alone. It was always about <strong>remembering </strong>what harmony and unity and oneness truly are.</p><p>When we see the sacred in every grain of sand, the Blue Star has already risen.</p><p><strong>The Fire of Remembrance</strong></p><p>The elders taught: <em>&#8220;Do not look for the Blue Star in the sky first. Look for it in your heart.&#8221;</em></p><p>This fire begins within. The storms of emotion, the rise of truth, the collapse of falsehood &#8212; these are not punishments. They are the <strong>inner purification</strong> of a species remembering itself.</p><p>When greed collapses and compassion returns, when silence replaces noise, when light exposes shadow, that is the purification. That is remembrance.</p><p><strong>The Circle Turns Again</strong></p><p>The Hopi see time as a circle, not a line.<br>Every ending returns to a beginning. Every death conceals a birth.</p><p>And so, when the Fourth World falls away, it is not the end. It is the <strong>rebirth of balance</strong>. The sky burns blue not to destroy, but to cleanse. The Earth trembles not in rage, but in renewal.</p><p><strong>The Invitation</strong></p><p>The Ninth Sign is not a curse &#8212; it is an <strong>invitation</strong>.</p><p>An invitation to live differently.<br>To remember that you are the divine made physical.<br>To walk gently.<br>To heal first and then forgive.<br>To plant peace within yourself, so that you can plant it in every act.</p><p>Because the fire cannot harm what is already pure.<br>And when the Blue Star rises, those who walk in balance will walk into the new world hand in hand with the stars.</p><p><strong>A Final Whisper</strong></p><p>The Hopi said: <em>&#8220;When the Blue Star appears, the old world will fall away like a snake shedding its skin. The people will weep for what they lose, but they will dance for what is born.&#8221;</em></p><p>And maybe, just maybe, that time is now.</p><p><em>&#8212; Papa G | My Spiritual Tribe</em></p><p><em>Source: Ancient Alarms</em></p><div id="youtube2-V3D_aWc83as" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;V3D_aWc83as&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/V3D_aWc83as?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[3I Atlas and The "Blue Kachina" 1 of 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Relationship between Ancient Prophecy and 3I Atlas]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/3i-atlas-and-the-blue-kachina-1-of</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/3i-atlas-and-the-blue-kachina-1-of</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:08:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5287d2f6-8f4c-4d7a-a01f-c395a507e033_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like the Maya, whose prophetic warnings were discussed in the article &#8220;<em><a href="http://thelastdaysoftolemac.com/prophecy/2012-and-the-maya-calendar/">2012 and the Maya Calendar</a></em>&#8220;, the Hopi Indians of Arizona also have a prophetic tradition. They too believe that there have been previous world ages, each of which ended in a global catastrophe. But whereas the Maya believe that we are now living in the 5th world age, the Hopi consider the 5th age to be the one that is about to unfold on the planet.</p><p>The name &#8220;Hopi&#8221; is short for <em>Hopituh Shi-nu-mu, </em>meaning &#8220;Peaceful Ones&#8221;. In fact the Hopi concept of &#8220;peace&#8221; is deeply rooted in their culture, morality and ethics. To be Hopi is to strive towards reverence and respect for all living creatures, and to live in peace with all life according to the teachings of <em>Maasaw, </em>their Creator of the Earth.</p><p>According to Hopi tradition, &#8220;Kachinas&#8221; are the messengers of <em>Maasaw. </em>They are the spirit teachers of nature. The Hopi predict that the new world that is about to dawn upon the Earth will be heralded by the arrival of two of these Kachinas, one colored blue and the other red.</p><p><strong>This is the Prophecy</strong></p><p>When the Blue Star Kachina makes its appearance in the heavens<br>the 5th world will emerge. This will be the day of purification.<br>It will come when the Saquasohuh (blue)<br>Kachina dances in the plaza and removes his mask.</p><p>In the final day we will look up in the heavens<br>and we will witness the return of the two brothers<br>who helped to create this world in the birthing time.</p><p>Poganghoya is the guardian of our North Pole and his<br>brother Palongawhoya is the guardian of the South Pole.<br>In the final days the Blue Star Kachina will come to be with his nephews<br>and they will return the Earth to its natural rotation.</p><p>The twins will be seen in our north western skies and they will come<br>to visit flying in their Patuwvotas (flying shields)<br>to see who have still remembered the original teachings.<br>They will bring many of their star family with them in the final days.</p><p>The return of the Blue Kachina who is also known as Nan Ga Sohu<br>will be the forewarning that tells us there will soon be a new day,<br>a new way of life and a new world coming.</p><p>They will start as fires that will burn within us,<br>we will burn up as desires and conflict if we do not remember<br>the original teachings and return to a peaceful way of life.</p><p>Not far behind will come the Purifier, the Red Kachina who will bring<br>the day of purification. On this day the Earth, her creatures and<br>all life as we know it will be offered a chance to change forever.<br>There will be messages that will precede the coming of the Purifier.<br>They will leave messages to those on Earth that remember the old ways.</p><p>The messages will be found on the living stone, through the sacred grains<br>and even the waters. From the Purifier will issue forth a great Red Light.<br>All things will change in their manner of being. Every living thing will be<br>given the opportunity to change from the largest to the smallest living thing.</p><p>Those who return to the ways given to us in the original teachings<br>and live a natural way of life will not be touched by the coming of the Purifier.<br>They will survive and build a new world.</p><p>Only in the ancient teachings will they have the ability to understand<br>the messages to be found. It is important to understand<br>these messages will be found upon every living thing,<br>even within our bodies, even within a drop of blood.</p><p>Many will appear to have lost their souls in the final days.<br>So intense will be the nature of these changes that those who are weak<br>in spirit will go insane, for we are nothing without spirit.</p><p>Only those who return to the values of the old ways will be able to<br>find peace of mind. For in the Earth they will find relief from the<br>madness that will be around us. Many people of this time will be<br>empty in spirit for they will have no Sampacu, no life force in their eyes.</p><p>As we get close to the time of the Purifier<br>there will be many who walk like ghosts through their cities,<br>through canyons they have constructed in their man made mountains.</p><p>Those who walk through these places will be very heavy in their walk.<br>It will appear almost painful as they take each step for they<br>have become very disconnected from their spirit and the Earth. After the<br>arrival of the twins they begin to vanish before your eyes like smoke.<br>Others will have great deformities both in their minds and upon their bodies.</p><p>There will be those who walk in their body that are not from<br>this reality, for many of the gateways that once protected us will be<br>opened, there will be much confusion. Confusion between the<br>sexes, the children and their elders. Life will get very perverted<br>and there will be little social order in these times. Many will ask for the<br>mountains themselves to fall upon them and end their misery.</p><p>Still others will appear untouched by what is occurring.<br>Those who remember the original teachings and have reconnected with their<br>heart and spirit, those who remember who their mother and father are,<br>The Pahana who left to live in the mountains and forests.</p><p>When the Purifier comes we will see him first as a small red star<br>which will come very close and sit in our heavens watching us.<br>Watching to see how well we have remembered the sacred teachings.</p><p>This Purifier will show us many miraculous signs in our heavens.<br>In this we will know that our creator is not a dream.<br>Even those who do not feel their connection to spirit<br>will see the face of the creator across the sky.</p><p>Things unseen will be felt strongly. Many things will begin to occur<br>that will not make sense, for reality will be shifting back.<br>We will receive many warnings allowing us to change our way,<br>from below the Earth as well as above.</p><p>Then one morning we will awaken to a Red Dawn.<br>The sky will be the color of blood and many things will begin<br>to happen that right now we are not sure of their exact nature,<br>for much of reality will not be as it is now.</p><p>There will be many strange beasts upon the Earth in those days,<br>some from the past and some that we have never seen. The nature<br>of mankind will seem strange in these times as we walk between<br>worlds and we house many spirits even within our bodies.</p><p>After a time we will again walk with our brothers<br>from the stars and rebuild this Earth,<br>but not until the Purifier has left his mark upon the universe.<br>No living thing will go untouched here or in the heavens.</p><p>The way through this time is said to be found in our hearts<br>and reuniting with our spiritual self.<br>Getting simple and returning to living with and upon this Earth<br>in harmony with her creatures.</p><p>Remembering we are caretakers,<br>the firekeepers of the spirit.<br>Our relatives from the stars are coming home<br>to see how well we have fared in our journey.</p><p>It is time to reconnect with your spirit<br>and your Earth Mother.<br>Peace and Blessings.</p><p>What makes the above prophecies profoundly significant, perhaps more so than those of any other historical prophet, is that they not only outline the physical changes that will happen to the Earth, but they also describe the changes that will occur within human beings themselves as this transition takes place.</p><p>It is sufficient here to point out that the new Earth that is coming will manifest at a higher spiritual frequency than the one we are experiencing today, and only those life forms that can adjust to this higher level of vibration will survive to populate the new Earth. Those people whose minds cannot adjust to the higher frequencies of the new age will literally go insane.</p><p>A simple way of explaining this change is to use the analogy of television. Everyone is familiar with the fact that a television set is capable of receiving different channels, with each channel having its own particular frequency. In order to change the channel, it is simply necessary to switch from one frequency to another. And this is what is happening to the Earth at this time. It is in the process of changing from one frequency to another.</p><p>When this happens there will be much confusion, as signals from different channels mix together at the same time. Our very reality will change. The reality that we are used to experiencing will undergo dramatic changes. And this will be the time when &#8220;many strange beasts&#8221; will be observed, including &#8220;some from the past and some that we have never seen.&#8221; An interesting parallel can be found here with the transcripts of the Ascended Master Sanat Kumara.</p><p>In his book<em> &#8220;Secret of the Andes</em>&#8221; published in 1961, the American author George Hunt Williamson, writing under the name of Brother Philip, includes the following quotation: &#8220;<em>Strange creatures shall appear from the depths of the oceans to the wonderment and bewilderment of man, creatures many times larger than the largest ocean liners. There shall be plagues and famines. Beasts and creatures unknown shall appear</em>.&#8221;</p><p>Finally, the above prophecies of the two Kachinas show the way to escape the doom-laden predictions of coming cataclysm. The way to avoid being caught up in global destruction is to &#8220;reconnect with spirit&#8221;, and &#8220;return to the ancient teachings&#8221;. It is the Hopi way of peace.</p><p>The way through this time is said to be found in our hearts<br>and reuniting with our spiritual self.<br>Getting simple and returning to living with and upon this Earth<br>in harmony with her creatures.</p><p>CREDIT TO: The Last Days of Tolemac. https://thelastdaysoftolemac.com/prophecy/the-kachina-prophecies-of-the-hopi/</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentoring</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Spiritual Side of Halloween: The Shadow, the Veil, and the Flame. Halloween Series Part I 2 of 2 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that we know where Halloween came from]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-spiritual-side-of-halloween-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-spiritual-side-of-halloween-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/52fd1abf-54c1-4c4d-aa25-5c7c47df0c31_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Spiritual Side of Halloween: The Shadow, the Veil, and the Flame</strong></p><p>Now that we know where Halloween came from, let&#8217;s talk about what it <em>means</em> spiritually.</p><p>&#128123;<strong> When the Veil Is Thin</strong></p><p>Halloween (or Samhain) is when <strong>the veil between worlds grows thin.</strong><br>Intuition heightens, ancestral energies become stronger, and messages from the spiritual world flow more freely.<br>Some people can literally feel the shift.</p><p>This is why many use this period of time for <strong>ancestral connection, spirit communication, or reflection on your spiritual purpose.</strong><br>None of that is evil, it&#8217;s awareness .<br>It&#8217;s connection.</p><p><strong> The True Meaning of the Fire</strong></p><p>The bonfire and the candle were never about scaring spirits away.<br>They represent the <strong>inner flame of awareness</strong>. <br>Ancient peoples weren&#8217;t afraid of spirits; they <strong>walked with them.</strong><br>They understood that light and dark belong together.</p><p><strong>The Shadow Self and the Costume</strong></p><p>When we wear costumes, we are <strong>embodying our shadow.</strong><br>It&#8217;s a safe night to play with the parts of ourselves we hide. Whether it be our power, our sensuality, our mischief, our rebellion.<br>Halloween is a night of <strong>integration.</strong></p><p>I call it <em>The Day of the Shadow Self.</em></p><p>It&#8217;s a chance to meet the pieces of ourselves that broke away through trauma or fear and bring them home again.<br>That&#8217;s what shadow work really is.</p><p><strong> Life, Death, and Energy</strong></p><p>Death isn&#8217;t the end; it&#8217;s a <strong>passing.</strong><br>We don&#8217;t die, we pass into a realm different from the one we just left.<br>The body is a vehicle we trade in when it&#8217;s too worn to drive.<br>The spirit always continues.</p><p>Those we call &#8220;ghosts&#8221; are often <strong>lost sparks</strong>. They are souls stuck between worlds because they&#8217;ve forgotten who they are.<br>We can help them.<br>Not through fear, but through compassion: We have the ability to say to them</p><p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t belong here. Let me help you find your way back home.&#8221; with your intention only the way to home will open up for wondering ghosts or lost souls.</p><p>That&#8217;s our spiritual authority  we have this ability to do this from day one! acting without fear and guiding with love.</p><p>&#9878;&#65039;<strong> The Balance of Light and Dark</strong></p><p>Halloween sits opposite <strong>Beltane (May Day)</strong> on the <strong>Wheel of the Year.</strong><br>It&#8217;s the midpoint between the <strong>autumn equinox</strong> and <strong>winter solstice</strong> &#8212; the time to <strong>harvest, reflect, and surrender to the dark half of the year.</strong></p><p>Darkness is not evil.<br>It offers the opportunity for <strong>rest, renewal, and rejuvenation.</strong><br>Light is action and growth. This is the experience we have with light and dark daily, there is no mystery between the two.<br>One cannot exist without the other.</p><p><strong> What Halloween Really Teaches</strong></p><p>Halloween invites us to:</p><ul><li><p>Honor the <strong>cycles of nature.</strong></p></li><li><p>Remember our <strong>ancestors.</strong></p></li><li><p>Recognize <strong>death as transformation.</strong></p></li><li><p>Face our <strong>shadow</strong> without fear.</p></li><li><p>Rekindle the <strong>flame of awareness</strong> within.</p></li></ul><p>Keep the ghosts and goblins part of it if it amuses you. </p><p><strong> Final Reflection</strong></p><p>Halloween has always been a sacred time.<br>Even though much of its story was rewritten, the <strong>spirit survived.</strong><br>It lives every time we light a candle, wear a mask, or feel the whisper of the unseen.</p><p>Our ancestors are still here.<br>They put these teachings together for us to remember, to awaken, and to reconnect.</p><p>&#8220;Light the fire. Honor your shadow self, then heal and integrate in rinse and repeat fashion.<br>And remember &#8212; you are eternal.&#8221;</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentor</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real Story of Halloween That History Forgot. Halloween Series Part 1 of 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of what we&#8217;ve been told about Halloween isn&#8217;t wrong &#8212; it&#8217;s incomplete.Today, I want to talk about Halloween as it was and the parts that were lost when others began to rewrite it.]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-real-story-of-halloween-that</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-real-story-of-halloween-that</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 05:03:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/796f6aef-a219-4e8e-9b1e-975b2557f530_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>&#127875;<strong> Halloween&#8217;s Ancient Roots</strong></p><p>Halloween comes from an older tradition called <strong>Samhain</strong>; spelled <em>S-A-M-H-A-I-N</em>, but pronounced <strong>&#8220;Sow-in.&#8221;</strong><br>It was the <strong>ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest</strong> and the <strong>start of winter. </strong>To specific, It is the ancient sector of  Celtic peoples known as the <strong>Druids </strong>that  created what we now know as Halloween</p><p>Now, we&#8217;ve all been told it happens on <em>October 31st</em> &#8212; but that&#8217;s already part of the falsehood of  history, when rewritten by outsiders.<br>The Celtic and Druidic peoples didn&#8217;t use our <strong>Gregorian calendar</strong> with its 30- and 31-day months.<br>They lived by <strong>nature&#8217;s 28-day lunar cycles.</strong><br>So the <em>true</em> date of Samhain wouldn&#8217;t have lined up with October 31 at all.<br>That&#8217;s your first clue that the version we inherited has been altered.</p><p><strong> The Annual Cycle When Worlds Meet</strong></p><p>The Druids believed this night <strong>blurred the boundary between the living and the dead.</strong><br>It was said that <strong>spirits could roam freely,</strong> and people <strong>lit great bonfires</strong> and <strong>wore animal-skin disguises</strong> to confuse wandering spirits. This is not true. The Druids were voyagers between the physical and spiritual worlds and had no fear of spirits - they were healers of both the physical  and the spiritual. This time of year made easier to find and heal lost spirits.<br>That&#8217;s where costumes began &#8212; not to scare people, but to <strong>navigate between worlds.</strong></p><p>The <strong>spirit of Halloween</strong> &#8212; honoring both life and the unseen, has never been lost.<br>Someone just changed its clothes.</p><p><strong> When Christianity Rebranded It</strong></p><p>Around the <strong>7th to 9th centuries,</strong> the <strong>Catholic Church</strong> decided to absorb and rename pagan festivals because they could not ban them.<br>They created <strong>All Saints&#8217; Day (Nov 1)</strong> and later <strong>All Souls&#8217; Day (Nov 2)</strong> to replace druid traditions with Christian practices. </p><p>The night before became <strong>All Hallows&#8217; Eve</strong>, which slowly shortened into <strong>Halloween.</strong></p><p>This is what happened to nearly every major festival we know:<br><strong>Christmas, Easter, and Halloween</strong> were all older celebrations Christianized to make conversion and erasure easier.<br>If you can&#8217;t take people&#8217;s traditions away, you rebrand and rename them.</p><p><strong> Souling, Guising, and the Birth of Trick-or-Treating</strong></p><p>By the <strong>Middle Ages</strong>, the poor would go door to door <strong>offering prayers for the dead</strong> in exchange for food or &#8220;soul cakes.&#8221;<br>That practice was called <strong>souling</strong>, and it&#8217;s the real ancestor of trick-or-treating.</p><p>In <strong>Scotland and Ireland</strong>, people also <strong>dressed in disguise</strong> and performed songs or tricks, that was called <strong>guising.</strong><br>Add those two together and you get our modern custom.</p><p>Even the <strong>jack-o&#8217;-lantern</strong> started differently:<br>people once carved <strong>turnips</strong>, not pumpkins, and placed candles inside them to <strong>represent or ward off spirits. </strong>Originally, the light represented the light of awareness in each person.<br>When Irish and Scottish immigrants came to North America, <strong>pumpkins replaced turnips</strong> because they were larger and easier to carve.</p><p><strong>Halloween in America</strong></p><p>Halloween didn&#8217;t exist in early America.<br>It arrived with <strong>Irish and Scottish immigrants</strong> in the <strong>19th century</strong>, and <strong>trick-or-treating</strong> didn&#8217;t really take off until the <strong>1930s.</strong><br>Before that, there was no candy, no costumes. None of it.</p><p>The same happened with <strong>Christmas</strong>:<br>it wasn&#8217;t widely celebrated in the U.S. until the <strong>1840s.</strong><br>So when modern pundits claim Christmas or Halloween are &#8220;ancient American traditions,&#8221; history says otherwise.</p><p><strong> How the &#8220;Evil&#8221; Label Was Created</strong></p><p>When the Church wanted people to abandon old pagan ways, they <strong>demonized</strong> the old festivals.<br>It&#8217;s an old tactic still used today: <strong>make the old thing &#8220;evil&#8221;</strong> while offering a new, &#8220;holy&#8221; substitute.</p><p>It takes only a few generations for that rewrite to stick.<br>The first generation resists.<br>Their children grow up in the new system.<br>Their grandchildren call the old way evil.</p><p><strong> Rome Never Left &#8212; It Just Changed Names</strong></p><p>When the Roman Empire fell, its <strong>Senate became the Cardinals</strong>,<br>its <strong>nobility became Bishops</strong>,<br>and its <strong>Emperor became the Pope.</strong><br>The <strong>Roman Catholic Church</strong> is the extension of Rome.</p><p>Even the word <strong>&#8220;Church&#8221;</strong> traces to the name <strong>Cersei</strong> (also spelled <em>Circe</em>) &#8212; a Roman goddess known for drawing energy from others.<br>That&#8217;s where the term <strong>&#8220;Mother Church&#8221;</strong> originates: <strong>Mother Cersei.</strong></p><p>Whether you accept that etymology literally or spiritually, it captures something important:<br>the energetic exchange between people and religious institutions. The Church gives, but takes ten-fold</p><p><strong> Why This History Matters</strong></p><p>When we look past the edits and fear, Halloween is not evil.<br>It&#8217;s a <strong>season of transition,</strong> of <strong>honoring ancestors,</strong> of <strong>respecting nature&#8217;s rhythm.</strong><br>It&#8217;s understanding the tru relationship between light and darkness. We experience this relationship every day. Day time is for action, accomplishing, and physical creation, and the night offers the opportunity through darkness, to rest, sleep, revitalize and rejuvenate. </p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentoring</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reclaiming Your Power Through Reparenting Your Subconscious Mind ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rewrite the scenes that wrote you]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/reclaiming-your-power-through-reparenting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/reclaiming-your-power-through-reparenting</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:32:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8698f33d-e1e1-4aa6-bdbd-aa027a377260_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you look back at the experiences that shaped you, it&#8217;s easy to feel powerless. We have been taught that we are the combination of all of our life situations. The idea that one is a victim of circumstances is a very subtle but powerful program. The truth is, we are not our life situations or circumstances. We are not the essentials of the past, and don&#8217;t have to be the sum total of our it, our past is an influencer of the present. Influencers can be changed and even dismissed! </p><p>The Creator of our present are not sets of incidences, rather it is the subconscious mind.</p><p>Your subconscious mind only knows you. I repeat, YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS  MIND ONLY KNOWS YOU! It doesn&#8217;t know time, doesn&#8217;t know your parents, your friends, your wife, husband or partner - only you.  Your subconscious  is the part of you that creates your reality. To it, everything is happening <strong>now</strong>. It creates for you based mainly on these 3 self identifiers: </p><ul><li><p>Your focus</p></li><li><p>Your beliefs</p></li><li><p>how you feel about the above (emotions)</p></li></ul><p>You can shift every one of the three factors mentioned above. This is how you change your reality. Yes I know it seems too simple and to you I say, stop making life complicated. Most of it is not.</p><p>That means you can return to those moments, that are causing you pain and suffering and replace the situation (influencer) with one of your own liking i.e going back as a child and becoming your own parent.  reparent yourself out of every painful situation. Why is it possible? Remember, the creator of you life, the subconscious, only knows you.</p><p>The subconscious responds to what <em>you</em> think, feel, and desire. It listens to you &#8212; not to the past, not to the characters who hurt you. When you choose to heal, and when that choice is charged with deep feeling, change becomes inevitable.</p><p>You are not beholden to old stories.<br>Not to old relationships. Not childhood conditioning. Not &#8220;this is how I was raised.&#8221; </p><p>This is your life. You have full permission to reshape every experience and rewrite your inner narrative.</p><p>There are countless paths to healing: shadow work, inner self work, ancestral healing, or guided spaces like our community where I  and my wife Aralia hold space for transformation.</p><p>All it takes is <strong>consistency</strong> and trust in the spirit within you. Let go of what no longer serves you and allow in what will help you evolve.</p><p>Your body is precious. Your mind is powerful. And your spirit is limitless.</p><p>Want to go deeper? Join our private community for live workshops, guided healing, and spiritual wisdom. <a href="https://www.myspiritualtribe.com/">My Spiritual Tribe</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Opting Out of the Spell: The Quiet Revolution”]]></title><description><![CDATA[War, religion, and fear are losing their grip. Here&#8217;s how your inner work accelerates the shift.]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/opting-out-of-the-spell-the-quiet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/opting-out-of-the-spell-the-quiet</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:38:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6c3922a2-2df0-424e-b36c-eadead9c7ae1_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>The old tools &#8212; religion, war, nationalism, are losing their magic. People are waking up. They&#8217;re gaming online with friends from other countries, sharing information directly, bypassing propaganda. Young people don&#8217;t automatically sign up to fight and kill people they didn&#8217;t know existed; from across the world  anymore .</p><p>This terrifies the system. Without its control over you, with its fear tactics, it loses power. Without your distraction, it loses control. So it doubles down &#8212; more tech wars, more guilt trips, more &#8220;if you&#8217;re not involved, you don&#8217;t care.&#8221;</p><p>But you do care. You simply care differently. You&#8217;re choosing not to pour your energy into fights you can&#8217;t win inside the system. You&#8217;re choosing inner alignment over outer manipulation. And that choice when multiplied by millions &#8212; melts the corrosive and evil system  from within.</p><p>You&#8217;re not withdrawing. You&#8217;re transforming. By becoming the example of what you wish to see, you show others they have a choice. You shift the collective field. And one by one, the spell breaks.</p><p>That&#8217;s the quiet revolution: inner work as activism. It&#8217;s not glamorous, but it&#8217;s the most potent weapon you have. The most powerful of these shifts is a spiritual awakening. The awareness that comes with this awakening will not be denied and it cannot be taken or stolen from you. With this shift you regain the most powerful thing on planet earth - your mind.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentoring</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[“We are not Thought Generators, or Thought Creators: Reclaiming Your Mental Space”]]></title><description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t create your thoughts. You animate them. This is where your power true power.]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/we-are-not-thought-generators-or</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/we-are-not-thought-generators-or</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:00:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p></p><p>Most people think they generate their own thoughts. They don&#8217;t. Thoughts come from the morphogenetic field &#8212; the collective mental cloud we&#8217;re all plugged into. This field influences us, at the same time we influence it. Your true power isn&#8217;t in creating thoughts and ideas; it&#8217;s in giving them life.</p><p>We give thoughts and ideas that come to us life by processing them in the same way a computer processes information. Once processed, the life we give them to move them from simple code and information comes when they travel down into the subconscious mind. </p><p>When a low-quality thought enters your mind &#8212; a fearful one, a divisive one, a hopeless one &#8212; you don&#8217;t have to feed it. You can simply let it pass. Thoughts you energize grow stronger; thoughts you starve dissolve. This is how you, personally, influence the collective without ever talking to anyone.</p><p>Do this consistently and your mental &#8220;frequency&#8221;  will change. Other minds begin to tune to you without ever speaking a word. Spiritual awakenings are contagious at this subtle level. You&#8217;re broadcasting courage, peace, joy &#8212; and people feel it. They see another way of being. They realize they have a choice.</p><p>That&#8217;s why distraction is such a big deal. If you&#8217;re distracted, you&#8217;re not mindfully selecting your thoughts. You&#8217;re automatically feeding the system&#8217;s thought-forms. Take back your attention, and you take back your role in shaping reality.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentor</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Mirror Work for a Broken World: How Inner Change Alters Outer Reality” ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tired of the chaos and drama outside? Here&#8217;s how inner work reshapes the reflection you see in the world.]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/mirror-work-for-a-broken-world-how</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/mirror-work-for-a-broken-world-how</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:01:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look at the world as a mirror. If you don&#8217;t like your hair, you don&#8217;t punch the mirror - you adjust your hair. The same principle applies to life: the outer world reflects the inner world.</p><p>We know this in our spiritual bones: the universe reflects what&#8217;s going on inside you, individually and collectively. Your mind shapes your reality, and emotions are the doorway. When the manipulative people and their structures move your emotions, they move your mind. And when they move your mind, they move your reality. It is that simple. Who are the manipulators and what are the structures? Politicians, religious leaders, actors, media personalities, co-workers -the list is endless.</p><p><strong>The shift is a must</strong></p><p>So how do you change the reflection? You go within. You align with the Divine inside you. You ask, &#8220;What&#8217;s within me that&#8217;s being reflected out there? What can I shift?&#8221; And you&#8217;ll be told &#8212; gently, quietly, to be the example of what you want to see. That&#8217;s always the first instruction.</p><p>You must do the required inner work or as some say, shadow work. You must shift into healing the trauma and life situations that have caused pain, suffering, anxiety and a myriad of other problems.</p><p>The results</p><p>Carrying the weight and memories of a horrible childhood, painful relationships, and undesirable acts others have perpetrated against you without applying any kind of healing process will create constant war within you - this bleeds into the outer world and becomes a controlling factor in the world that is created for you to experience.</p><p>You cannot control the greater environment, but you can absolutely transform your personal environment. And as you do, your inner frequency becomes a beacon. Thoughts, people, and situations that don&#8217;t resonate with that frequency won&#8217;t survive in your field. You stop feeding them, and they starve (not the people of course, they fade away from you into what they resonate with). This, in turn, shifts the collective morphogenetic field we all share.</p><p>Change your inner state, and the world begins to mirror it. That&#8217;s not just a slogan. It&#8217;s mechanics.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Mentorship</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weapon of Distraction: Why the System Needs Your Attention]]></title><description><![CDATA[A deep look at how modern distractions are designed to keep you from your inner power, and what to do about it.]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-weapon-of-distraction-why-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-weapon-of-distraction-why-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:01:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/96645d43-e964-42a0-9932-0ff41e9063d4_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We live in a world where distractions aren&#8217;t random &#8212; they&#8217;re intentional. Every headline, every outrage cycle, every &#8220;must-have&#8221; cause, every war, manufactured scandal, and news cycle is engineered with one goal: to pull your focus outward. Because if you&#8217;re focused outward, you&#8217;re not looking inward. When you&#8217;re not looking inward you never hear the wisdom of your inner voice. And that&#8217;s the one place your true transformation actually happens.</p><p>Wars, new laws, culture battles, social media outrage &#8212; all of them act like fishing lures dropped into the lake of your mind. Each baited with something personal enough to make you bite: your identity, your culture, your race, your sex, and even your sense of justice. And if you don&#8217;t bite? They simply change the lure until you do.</p><p>It&#8217;s no longer just the talking heads in suits on the 6 o&#8217;clock news. The new messengers look like you, sound like you, and scroll the same apps you do. That&#8217;s what makes the game more convincing. But the goal hasn&#8217;t changed: keep you emotionally hooked, so you forget the only real game in town, your inner voice.</p><p>Here&#8217;s the truth: if you&#8217;re fighting for freedom inside the system, you&#8217;re still trapped in its rules. If you truly had freedom, you wouldn&#8217;t need to fight for it. And justice? It doesn&#8217;t show up after a fight. The only thing that shows up after a fight is preparation for the next fight. That&#8217;s how the cycle sustains itself.</p><p>Your power begins the moment you stop taking the bait. The moment you recognize the pattern. When you choose to turn inward, you reclaim the one place that cannot be colonized: your own consciousness. From that space, your mind and your energy ripple outward in ways the system cannot control.</p><p>That&#8217;s why distraction is the system&#8217;s favorite weapon. And focus is your greatest act of resistance.</p><p><strong>Reflection Question for you:</strong><br>What&#8217;s one distraction you can stop feeding today so you can return your energy inward and toward worthwhile growth and evolution?</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Counterfeit Self: Unlearning the Labels You Were Given]]></title><description><![CDATA[You are not What you Have Been Taught]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-counterfeit-self-unlearning-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-counterfeit-self-unlearning-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:01:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Counterfeit Self: Unlearning the Labels You Were Given</strong></p><p>Most of us are living under a false identity. A mask. A counterfeit self that was handed to us long before we even had a say.</p><p>Think about it. From the time you were born, you were given labels: boy, girl, smart, lazy, pretty, ugly, weak, strong, black, white, straight, gay, Christian, Muslim, and replete with are the traditional trappings and culture. Labels stacked on top of each other until you couldn&#8217;t even hear your own true voice anymore.</p><p>That&#8217;s the counterfeit self. It&#8217;s not you&#8212;it&#8217;s the system&#8217;s version of you.</p><p><strong>Where the Labels Come From</strong></p><p>The world runs on categories because categories are control. If they can label you, they can predict you. If they can predict you, they can manage you. And if they can manage you, they can siphon your energy without you even realizing it.</p><ul><li><p>Governments label you with nationality and ID numbers.</p></li><li><p>Religions label you with sin and salvation.</p></li><li><p>Schools label you with grades and ranks.</p></li><li><p>Media labels you with beauty standards and trends.</p></li></ul><p>And the cruelest part? You start to believe it. You start living as the mask instead of the spirit and the soul that you are.</p><p><strong>Why the Counterfeit Self Is Dangerous</strong></p><p>When you live under those labels, you fight battles that aren&#8217;t even yours. You spend your life proving, defending, and performing to keep up with the false identity.</p><p>You end up in a loop of wars&#8212;internal wars, social wars, political wars&#8212;thinking you&#8217;re striving for justice. But if the justice you&#8217;re fighting for can be stripped away tomorrow, it was never real justice in the first place.</p><p>The counterfeit self thrives on conflict. It&#8217;s the perfect soldier for a system that feeds on chaos.</p><p><strong>Returning to the True Self</strong></p><p>Here&#8217;s the truth: you don&#8217;t need the world to validate you. You don&#8217;t need a label to make you real. You were born with your divinity intact.</p><p>Unlearning the counterfeit self means:</p><ul><li><p>Refusing to be defined by systems that profit from your confusion.</p></li><li><p>Recognizing that you are not your job, your past, your mistakes, or even your body.</p></li><li><p>Remembering that the real self is sovereign, untouchable, and already whole.</p></li></ul><p>When you reclaim your true self, the labels start to slide off. You no longer need to &#8220;prove&#8221; who you are&#8230;you simply <strong>are.</strong></p><p><strong>A Practice for Unlearning</strong></p><p>Here&#8217;s a simple exercise you can start today:</p><ol><li><p>Write down every label you&#8217;ve been given, by family, religion, school, society.</p></li><li><p>Cross out the ones that don&#8217;t belong to you.</p></li><li><p>Sit in silence and ask your higher self: <em>Who am I without these?</em></p></li><li><p>Whatever rises in that stillness, that&#8217;s the seed of your true self.</p></li></ol><p><strong>Closing Word</strong></p><p>The counterfeit self will always try to whisper in your ear. The system will always try to rename you, reshape you, redefine you.</p><p>But you were not made to be managed. You were made to be free.</p><p>So peel off the mask. Lay down the labels. And step boldly back into the truth of who you are. If you&#8217;re uncertain of what that is, just peel away the false identities and the true one will automatically surface.</p><p>The real you is more powerful than any counterfeit version the world could ever invent.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentoring</a></p><p><em>Stay sovereign, and stay true to yourself.</em><br>&#8212;Papa G</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Feeding the Beast: Reclaiming Your Energy and Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 of the Series: Liberate Yourself from This Energy-Sucking Matrix]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/stop-feeding-the-beast-reclaiming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/stop-feeding-the-beast-reclaiming</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:01:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>You weren&#8217;t born to live tired, anxious, and constantly overstimulated.</p><p>But most of us are.<br>Every day we wake up and hand our energy , our thoughts, our emotions, and our focus over to systems and stories that drain us. Whether it&#8217;s the news, social media, politics, people-pleasing, endless scrolling, or trying to fit into someone else&#8217;s box... it&#8217;s exhausting.</p><p>And it&#8217;s not your fault that you got pulled into it.<br>This whole setup is designed to keep you distracted. And distracted people are easier to manage. Easier to sell to. Easier to manipulate.</p><p>But here&#8217;s the good news: <strong>you can unplug</strong>.<br>And when you do, you begin to feel yourself come back online. The <em>real</em> you, the one underneath all the noise, is ready for this.</p><p><strong>You Are Not the Problem</strong></p><p>Let&#8217;s start here:<br>There&#8217;s nothing wrong with <em>you</em>.<br>There&#8217;s something wrong with the system that makes you feel this worn out.</p><p>From the moment we&#8217;re born, we&#8217;re handed a set of labels: race, gender, name, culture, tradition, family role, nationality, religion, and cultural expectations. You didn&#8217;t choose most of that &#8212; it was assigned.</p><p>And then one day you wake up and realize: you&#8217;ve been spending your life defending things that don&#8217;t even reflect who you really are.</p><p>That realization is the beginning of your higher awareness starting to come into being.</p><p><strong>It&#8217;s Not a Conspiracy &#8212; It&#8217;s a Distraction</strong></p><p>This is Clarity shedding its light.</p><p>The world is filled with endless causes, controversies, identity movements, ideologies, nationalities, and sides. And most of them are noisy, emotionally charged, and exhausting.</p><p>The point isn&#8217;t whether any of them are right or wrong.<br>The point is: <strong>how much of your energy are they taking?</strong></p><p>If you're constantly in emotional reaction, you're not grounded.<br>If you're always trying to keep up then you're not centered.<br>If you&#8217;re peaceful inside, it's probably because your life force is being drained.</p><p>You don&#8217;t have to fight everything.<br>You can simply unplug. The best way to do this is to NOT participate. When you don&#8217;t participate, you put a stop to the energy drain. </p><p><strong>You Get to Reclaim Your Focus</strong></p><p>Your attention makes the world go around (they lie when they say its money).</p><p>And wherever you place it,  you give life to that thing.<br>So the question becomes: <em>Are you feeding something that nourishes you, or something that drains you?</em></p><p>There&#8217;s no need to shame yourself for being pulled into distractions. They&#8217;re designed to be addictive. But now that you&#8217;re aware, you get to make a different choice.</p><p>And that choice starts with something simple: <strong>pull your energy inward.</strong></p><ul><li><p>Choose silence over endless noise.</p></li><li><p>Choose connecting to the inner voice that is alway there with its soft and peaceful flow.</p></li><li><p>Choose your sanity over drama.</p></li><li><p>If you love drama, then deep inner healing is required</p></li></ul><p><strong>Reflection Questions:</strong></p><ul><li><p>What has been draining your energy lately, and do you <em>actually</em> want to keep giving it your time?</p></li><li><p>Where in your life are you doing things out of habit, and not conscious awareness?</p></li><li><p>What would your life look like if your energy wasn&#8217;t being hijacked?</p></li></ul><p><strong>You&#8217;re Not Here to Be Plugged Relentlessly, You&#8217;re Here to Be Alive and live the plan that you created</strong></p><p>Your body knows. Your mind knows. Your spirit team definitely knows.</p><p>You weren&#8217;t born for non-stop input, endless comparison, constant stimulation, and a hundred shallow conversations a day.<br>You were born. To live a life that is unique to you; and definitely not a cookie cutter existence designed by a system the survives on you serving it, instead of it being the other way around. </p><p>The deeper you go into that, the less this chaotic world will be able to touch your center.</p><p>So give yourself permission today to step back.<br>Pull your attention out of the system that&#8217;s been feeding on it.<br>Breathe deeper. Walk slower. Sleep longer.<br>Start listening and connecting to your inner voice, that where all the solutions are.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentoring</a></p><p><strong>Next Up:</strong></p><p><strong>Part 2 &#8212; The Counterfeit Self: Unlearning the Labels You Were Given</strong><br>We&#8217;ll talk about how to sort through what&#8217;s <em>you</em> and what&#8217;s programming, and how to stop living someone else&#8217;s script.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energetic Hitchhikers: A Guide to Spiritual Attachments ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spiritual attachments aren&#8217;t always &#8220;demons&#8221;&#8212;sometimes they&#8217;re wounds, cords, or energies that linger. Here&#8217;s where they come from, why they latch on, and how to release them.Ever felt drained, stuck, or unlike yourself? You might be carrying an unseen attachment. Let&#8217;s unpack the origins of these energetic hitchhikers and what to do about them.From trauma and toxic bonds to ancestral wounds and astral entities&#8212;discover the many sources of spiritual attachments and how to reclaim your energy.]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/energetic-hitchhikers-a-guide-to</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/energetic-hitchhikers-a-guide-to</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:06:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When people talk about <em>spiritual attachments</em>, they&#8217;re usually describing unseen energies or entities that cling to a person&#8217;s field and influence their thoughts, emotions, behaviors or generally negatively impacts their spiritual path. These attachments can feel like energetic cords, parasitic presences, or even echoes of unresolved trauma.</p><p>But where do they actually come from? The answer is layered. Let&#8217;s break it down.</p><p><strong>What Are Spiritual Attachments?</strong></p><p>At their core, spiritual attachments are energetic connections that don&#8217;t belong to us. They can drain vitality, cloud judgment, or keep us stuck in repeating cycles. Sometimes they feel like heavy cords in the aura. Other times, they show up as sudden shifts in mood, fatigue, or intrusive thoughts.</p><p>Attachments can be:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Unhealed emotions</strong> lodged in the energy body</p></li><li><p><strong>Cords from past or present relationships</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Ancestral wounds</strong> passed down through a lineage</p></li><li><p><strong>Parasitic beings or entities</strong> that feed on low frequency within individuals</p></li></ul><p><strong>Where Do They Come From?</strong></p><p>Spiritual attachments have many entry points. Common sources include:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Trauma and Emotional Wounds</strong><br>Pain and unresolved grief create cracks in the aura, where attachments slip in.</p></li><li><p><strong>Toxic Relationships</strong><br>Unhealthy bonds can turn into parasitic cords that linger long after the relationship ends.</p></li><li><p><strong>Low-Vibrational Environments</strong><br>Places soaked with despair, violence, or addiction attract wandering energies and entities.</p></li><li><p><strong>Addictions and Repetitive Patterns</strong><br>Substance abuse, compulsions, or destructive habits act as open invitations.</p></li><li><p><strong>Ancestral Shadows</strong><br>Family trauma can manifest as attachments that repeat across generations.</p></li><li><p><strong>Past Life Residue</strong><br>Old contracts, curses, or unresolved karmic ties can carry through lifetimes.</p></li><li><p><strong>Curiosity Without Protection</strong><br>Engaging with occult practices such as witchcraft, or certain occult practices without prior knowledge or caution;  opening energetically without discernment can invite opportunistic entities. Most entities are carried by other people - be careful who you open up to.</p></li></ul><p><strong>The Entities Behind Attachments</strong></p><p>Not all attachments are self-generated. Some come from outside of us. These include:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Earthbound Spirits</strong> &#8211; Human souls that haven&#8217;t fully transitioned.</p></li><li><p><strong>Entities connected to the demonic plain </strong>&#8211; These fallen beings reside<strong> </strong>inside of the astral realm</p></li><li><p><strong>Thought-Forms</strong> &#8211; Beings created from concentrated fear, anger, or obsession.</p></li><li><p><strong>Lower Astral Entities</strong> &#8211; Parasitic energies that thrive on dense vibrations.</p></li><li><p><strong>Interdimensional Beings</strong> &#8211; Non-human presences from other planes of reality.</p></li><li><p><strong>Environmental Shadows</strong> &#8211; Residues formed in places of war, trauma, or collective suffering.</p></li><li><p><strong>Last but not least </strong>&#8211; People who carry these entities (some do this knowingly, but most are not aware)</p></li></ul><p>In other words, attachments can be born from within us <em>or</em> attracted from the energetic ecosystem we move through.</p><p><strong>Why They Latch On</strong></p><p>Attachments connect where there&#8217;s resonance. A spirit of addiction will cling to someone battling alcoholism. A fragment of rage finds a home in someone harboring resentment. They need a &#8220;frequency match&#8221; to stay anchored.</p><p><strong>Releasing Attachments</strong></p><p>Healing attachments isn&#8217;t about fear or force. It&#8217;s about reclaiming sovereignty. Some common paths include:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Energy Cleansing</strong> &#8211; minor attachments can be cleared using herbs, taking certain baths, rituals or with sound healing. However, most of them require more</p></li><li><p><strong>Quantum Healing</strong> &#8211; to sever unhealthy energetic ties, entities, and ancestral/generational wound. Quantum Healing is the most profound and thorough healing method on the planet</p></li><li><p><strong>Shadow Work</strong> &#8211; Healing the wounds that created openings in the first place.</p></li><li><p><strong>Spiritual Hygiene</strong> &#8211; Regular practices to keep your field clear and strong.</p></li><li><p><strong>Calling on Guidance</strong> &#8211; Ancestors, higher self, or trusted healers.</p></li></ul><p>For most people a combination of the above is required to completely resolve the problem</p><p><strong>Closing Thought</strong></p><p>Spiritual attachments remind us of something important: Healing from the wounds we carry, whether acquired in this life or ancestrally, matters. When we neglect the shadow work and the healing needed, we leave doors open. When we tend to our spiritual needs, we protect not just our vitality, but also our clarity, freedom, joy of life, and connection to our ancestors and the higher self.</p><p>Attachments are not unresolvable life situations we have to live with. They simply show us where healing and empowerment are waiting to happen.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Truth About Spiritual Growth: Why Ups and Downs Are Essential]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Does Spiritual Growth look like?]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-truth-about-spiritual-growth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-truth-about-spiritual-growth</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:01:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>So many people expect their spiritual growth to be a straight upward climb, like a rocket going straight to the sky. But in reality, the process is more like a stock market chart: up, down, sideways, and then up again. The key is understanding that both the highs and the lows are not just normal&#8212;they are necessary!</p><p></p><p><strong>The Natural Rhythm of Growth</strong></p><p>Spiritual growth doesn&#8217;t move in a straight line. Just like a stock chart, it rises and falls but always with an upward trajectory over time if you are spiritually healthy. When you&#8217;re &#8220;up,&#8221;  it feels like you are moving in your purpose, taking action, and feeling expansive. When you&#8217;re &#8220;down,&#8221; it doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;ve failed; it means you are uncovering deeper layers of healing, often returning to an old wound to release the next layer; or you feel like you&#8217;re going nowhere. </p><p>You&#8217;re not stuck. When a plant grows it pays attention to the seasons to decide on its growth cycles. Spring is for radical growth and renewal, because that is what nature is supporting. Summer is the time when plants hit their stride; They bloom, they continue to grow and flourish. When fall comes they start to wind down and prepare for winter where they rest in dormancy - no growth is happening why? Nature is supporting rest. The plant doesn&#8217;t go into full panic mode wondering what wrong, it goes with flow of nature and knows that every part of the cycle is necessary for its survival.</p><p>The &#8220;downs&#8221; that you experience are a healthy part of your growth cycle. Like any healthy plant, each cycle you experience builds upon the last. After a few years you will notice you are not the same person you were previously. The process is incrementally moving you higher and higher on the ladder of consciousness.</p><p><strong>Integration Is the Secret Ingredient</strong></p><p>After every major shift or healing, your body, emotions, and mind need time to rest rewire and reset. This is called integration. Without it, growth becomes overwhelming and it will stop if you are not in rhythm with the spiritual season. Integration requires Sleep, nature, water, quiet reflection, the care and the guidance of your ancestors are powerful allies during this and all other phases.</p><p><strong>Consciousness, Not Hard Work</strong></p><p>Spiritual growth is being aware of where you are, and allowing the guidance to come so you can take right-action towards whats next. &#8220;work ethic&#8221; is a common belief that comes from the false reality you&#8217;ve just woken up from. Hard work is needed a small percentage of the time but do not allow it to creep into your spiritual practice at center stage. True growth happens through consciousness and through awareness. The more aware you become, the more space you create to hold higher levels of consciousness. Expansion flows from awareness.</p><p><strong>Relationships and Environment</strong></p><p>As your consciousness rises, not everyone around you will match your frequency. Some relationships exist solely to keep your vibration stagnant. It&#8217;s hard to accept, but sometimes the most loving act is to release those connections. Conversely, nature, animals, and even the elements themselves respond to higher consciousness, offering signs, synchronicities, and support.</p><p><strong>The Communicator&#8217;s Role</strong></p><p>When you expand, you may find it harder to communicate with those not walking the same path. That&#8217;s normal. Sometimes you need to &#8220;climb down the ladder&#8221; to meet others where they are&#8212;not to dim your light, but to create understanding. Just don&#8217;t do it from people-pleasing or bending you spiritual dignity. Do it from love and connection and only for those who are worthy of your time and presence.</p><p>If you&#8217;re in a &#8220;down&#8221; right now, take heart: it&#8217;s not failure, it&#8217;s a part of the process. Pause, rest, and ask your higher self and ancestors for guidance. Then, share your experience: <strong>Have you noticed your own growth coming in waves? What have your &#8220;downs&#8221; taught you?</strong><br>Drop your reflections in the comments. I&#8217;d love to hear from you.</p><p></p><p>Remember, spiritual growth is always about you. Not anyone else, not outside authorities, not external validation, just you. Every step, up or down, is part of the upward trajectory of your awakening.</p><p>Stay mindful, stay connected, and give yourself grace.<br>Until next time, keep rising, even in the dips.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentor</a></p><p>&#8212;Papa G</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retrogrades, Demystified: What They Actually Are (and How to Use Them) ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Planetary Retrograde, A Genuine Friend]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/retrogrades-demystified-what-they</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/retrogrades-demystified-what-they</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:02:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Retrogrades, Demystified: What They Actually Are (and How to Use Them)</strong></p><p>Most people talk about retrogrades like a cosmic &#8220;Do Not Disturb&#8221; sign. Have communication issues? Blame the retrograde. Not getting along with others? Blame the retrograde season. These and many like them are all most people know about the phenomena of retrogrades. Let&#8217;s retire the superstition and get practical.</p><p><strong>What a retrograde </strong><em><strong>physically</strong></em><strong> is</strong></p><p>Planets don&#8217;t move in perfect circles. From our vantage point, they periodically appear to loop backward before continuing forward. That temporary backward loop is &#8220;retrograde.&#8221; Simple, observable.</p><p><strong>What a retrograde </strong><em><strong>means</strong></em><strong> for you</strong></p><p>Think: <strong>second chances</strong>. Retrogrades open review windows&#8212;time to revisit, repair, or reclaim what was missed. It&#8217;s the spiritual doorway to go back into the past to correct mistakes, re-do what could have been done better. To put it best, retrogrades are the biggest second-chance opportunities we get on a regular basis.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Close-in planets (e.g., Mercury):</strong> redo/repair in <em>this</em> life, recent months to a couple of years, anything within this life time.</p></li><li><p><strong>Outer planets (e.g., Uranus, Neptune, Pluto):</strong> long arcs&#8212;ancestral patterns, generational threads, deep systems, healing and reconciling generational wounds, planetary history that negatively affect us. We are offered a chance to uncreate the source of pain and suffering caused by the past. In so doing, we recreate a better set of systems that humanity can evolve and thrive.</p></li></ul><p><strong>How to work with it (no false beliefs or fear based behaviors required)</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Name the do-over:</strong> What needs a redo, repair, or release? Write three items.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pick one tiny action today:</strong> Call, email, delete, apologize, ship, sign. <em>One</em> concrete step.</p></li><li><p><strong>Shift the mindset:</strong> Retrogrades aren&#8217;t curses; they&#8217;re calendars for course-correction.</p></li><li><p><strong>Invite support:</strong> A quick ancestor acknowledgment: <em>&#8220;Thank you for guiding me as I correct this.&#8221;</em></p></li><li><p><strong>Not sure? </strong>Just ask your ancestors - they know it all. If you don&#8217;t receive a sign or an answer move forward with the work anyway! Be mindfully aware because the answer may come in a way you wouldn&#8217;t expect. Go with it!</p></li></ol><p><strong>Why this reframing matters</strong></p><p>If you believe retrogrades break things, you&#8217;ll find broken things. If you believe they <em>re-opened doors</em>, you&#8217;ll walk through them.</p><p><strong>CTA:</strong> If you want guidance applying this in real time, join my community, <em>My Spiritual Tribe</em>. We practice this work together.</p><p><strong>Uranus Retrograde: From Gemini to Taurus; Your Upgrade Window</strong></p><p>Uranus is the Great Awakener. During its retrograde, the invitation is simple: <strong>rethink, then redesign.</strong></p><p><strong>Phase 1: Uranus in Gemini &#8212; audit your inputs</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Communication &amp; tech:</strong> How do you talk, post, learn, and observe?</p></li><li><p><strong>Information hygiene:</strong> Stop repeating what &#8220;everyone says.&#8221; Start verifying.</p></li><li><p><strong>Inner investigator:</strong> Observe without condemnation. Curiosity over criticism. Judgement is only toxic when mixed with condemnation. Do not condemn yourself.</p></li><li><p>Uranus energy assists to clear out generational, trauma and garbage specifically from the subconscious mind. Nobody in mental health can help you with this. However, your ancestors can!</p></li></ul><p><strong>A 10-minute practice Re-ground:</strong> Upgrade routines that actually carry you to where you&#8217;re going.</p><ul><li><p>List 3 channels you consume most (news feed, creator, politics, online groups etc).</p></li><li><p>For each, ask: <em>&#8220;Does this make me clearer or noisier?&#8221;</em> Keep clarity, prune noise.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Phase 2: Uranus in Taurus &#8212; renovate your foundations</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Habits, comforts, money, body:</strong> What&#8217;s cozy but has brought stagnation, no growth and the same old stuff on repeat? Where is change needed?</p></li><li><p><strong>Expect some discomfort:</strong> It&#8217;s the feeling of growth and expansion. You must out grow your environment</p></li><li><p><strong>Re-ground:</strong> Upgrade routines that actually carry you to where you&#8217;re going.</p></li><li><p><strong>Renew your connection:</strong> Upgrade the relationship with your spirit team. Remember, they are your eyes and ears when it isn&#8217;t possible for us to be that for ourselves.</p></li></ul><p><strong>One bold move</strong></p><p>Choose a comfort zone to outgrow (a schedule, expense, habit). Replace it with a single, better-fit action for the next 21 days.</p><p><strong>CTA:</strong> We&#8217;re walking this shift together inside <em>My Spiritual Tribe</em>.</p><p><strong>Pluto Retrograde: When Truth Won&#8217;t Stay Hidden</strong></p><p>Pluto&#8217;s retrograde is transformation with receipts. Systems, secrets, deception, malicious trickery, and stories centuries old meet the light.</p><p><strong>The macro</strong></p><ul><li><p>Hidden dynamics surface. Old control tricks stop working. False collective narratives wobble.</p></li><li><p>Translation: Expect revelations both public and personal. These will bring shock wisdom and spiritual evolution</p></li><li><p>The systems that no longer work for the collective will crumble into dust</p></li></ul><p><strong>The micro (your life)</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Spot the story:</strong> Where have you been &#8220;in the picture&#8221; and unable to see the entire frame?</p></li><li><p><strong>Step out to see:</strong> Journal prompt&#8212;<em>&#8220;If I viewed my life from one level up, what would be obviously overdue for change?&#8221;</em></p></li><li><p><strong>One integrity act:</strong> Align a behavior with your deeper value today (a boundary, a truth, a no/yes).</p></li><li><p><strong>VERY IMPORTANT: </strong>The feedback that you receive is for you to act on. Don&#8217;t rationalize or condemn any of it. Retrogrades are about right action only.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Working with compassion, gratitude and power, not fear</strong></p><p>Pluto doesn&#8217;t ask for fear; it asks for <strong>fortitude</strong>. Truth is a renovation&#8212;dusty, then gorgeous.</p><p><strong>CTA:</strong> Want a clear, compassionate framework for Pluto-season life edits? Let me know in the comments.</p><p><strong>Chiron Retrograde: Heal the Wound, Claim the Gift</strong></p><p>Chiron is the &#8220;wounded healer&#8221; the place where hurt becomes medicine.</p><p><strong>If you know your chart</strong></p><p>Find the house/sign of Chiron. That&#8217;s your healing classroom.</p><p><strong>If you don&#8217;t know your birth time (or charts aren&#8217;t your thing)</strong></p><p>Good news: Healing still works. Use direct experience. Ask:</p><ul><li><p><em>Where do I feel most tender, touchy, or avoidant?</em></p></li><li><p><em>What keeps repeating even when I change the scenery?</em><br>That&#8217;s your Chiron doorway.</p></li></ul><p><strong>A 3-step Chiron ritual</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Name it gently:</strong> &#8220;The wound I&#8217;m ready to heal is ______.&#8221;</p></li><li><p><strong>Invite help:</strong> &#8220;Ancestors who love me, guide this healing in right order.&#8221;</p></li><li><p><strong>Micro-repair:</strong> Choose a small, consistent act (a boundary, a new practice, a daily affirmation that feels <em>true enough</em>).</p></li><li><p>Remember to allow your intuition to guide you</p></li></ol><p>Reminder: Judgment is useful; condemnation is corrosive. Evaluate without attacking yourself.</p><p><strong>CTA:</strong> Inside <em>My Spiritual Tribe</em>, we walk through practical Chiron work; simply, kindly, effectively.</p><p><a href="https://www.myspiritualtribe.com/">My Spiritual Tribe</a> </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Bending: The Truth About Role Models]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why you don't Need Role Models (4 of 4)]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/stop-bending-the-truth-about-role</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/stop-bending-the-truth-about-role</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:45:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a reason why so many people age into bent spines, osteoporosis, or scoliosis. Yes, doctors give physical explanations. Calcium loss, genetics, posture and many more. Beneath the surface, there&#8217;s a spiritual cause as well: too much bending.</p><p>Not just bending your back. <strong>Bending to the will of others over your own. Bending yourself to please others. Disregard for your worthiness for any reason.</strong></p><p><strong>What Bending Really Means</strong></p><p>Every time you believe someone else is &#8220;greater&#8221; than you, you bend.<br>Every time you idolize a star, a pastor, a guru, a billionaire you place yourself under them &#8212; you bend.<br>Every time you shrink yourself in awe of under another, you bend.</p><p>And what starts mentally and energetically, eventually shows up in the body. Lifetimes of bending leave imprints that manifest physically.</p><p><strong>The Trap of Role Models</strong></p><p>Society glorifies the idea of &#8220;role models.&#8221; Schools ask children, <em>Who do you look up to?</em> The media feeds us stories of &#8220;self-made&#8221; billionaires and flawless celebrities. Even spirituality is filled with leaders and teachers placed on pedestals.</p><p>But here&#8217;s the truth: <strong>you are not here to be a copy.</strong></p><p>Your spirit came here to be original and to experience life in a way no one else ever has. To adopt someone else as your blueprint is to deny the unique role only you can play.</p><p>That&#8217;s why role models are dangerous. They trick you into bending yourself to fit a borrowed mold.</p><p><strong>The Better Alternative: Mentors</strong></p><p>There is a difference between a role model and a mentor.</p><ul><li><p>A <strong>role model</strong> says: <em>Be like me.</em></p></li><li><p>A <strong>mentor</strong> says: <em>Here&#8217;s what worked for me, here&#8217;s how to become your own unique self. Take what you need and make it your own.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Your Ancestors hold the blueprint and they are inside of you</em></p></li></ul><p>You don&#8217;t need role models. You need wisdom, guidance, and your ancestors will help you to clear the path to become who you are here to be.</p><p><strong>How to Tell If You&#8217;re Bending</strong></p><p>Ask yourself:</p><ul><li><p>Do I idolize anyone</p></li><li><p>Do I speak about someone as if they are above me?</p></li><li><p>Do I feel smaller, weaker, or less capable in their presence?</p></li></ul><p>If yes, you&#8217;re bending.</p><p>The cure is simple: remember your sovereignty. Never look down on anyone and never look up, either. See everyone as they are, each with their own path, each with their own purpose.</p><p><strong>The Spiritual Cost of Bending</strong></p><p>When you bend, you give away your energy. Parasites, seen and unseen, thrive on that posture. Whole systems are designed to keep you bowing: to gods, to governments, to billionaires, to bosses.</p><p>When you stand straight, spiritually, and physically, you break the cycle. You return energy to yourself, your ancestors, and humanity. Bending spiritually ages the body very quickly. The spine does not bend because of old age. It takes that posture when we spiritually subjugate ourselves into staying small. With this behavior we be-little our spirit and everything else responds in kind; including malformations in the spine and neck.</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p>Stop idolizing. Stop bending. Stop role-modeling.</p><p>Be your own model.<br>If you&#8217;re not there yet, focus on what your unique purpose is, and you don&#8217;t have to know it in order to do this. It all starts with the most important purpose anyone has; and it is to know who you truly are. Knowing who you are begins with becoming one with your ancestors.<br>See yourself as upright. That&#8217;s the only posture that breaks parasites, dissolves egregores, collapses hierarchies and brings you into full spiritual growth and evolution.</p><p>With this, we&#8217;ve completed the series:</p><ol><li><p><em>1. Words, Power, and Parasites</em></p></li><li><p><em>2. Egregores: Beings We Create</em></p></li><li><p><em>3. The Demonic Pantheon &amp; Word Magic</em></p></li><li><p><em>4. Stop Bending: The Truth About Role Models</em></p></li></ol><p>Together, they form a roadmap to seeing through fog and deception, reclaiming your energy, and standing fully in your own spiritual sovereignty and authority.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentorship</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Demonic Pantheon & Word Magic ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Truth Hiding in Plain site (3 of 4)]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-demonic-pantheon-and-word-magic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-demonic-pantheon-and-word-magic</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 22:31:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve looked at parasites who thrive on fear and syphoned energy, and egregores born from human thought. The third layer is: the organized pantheon of beings often labeled as &#8220;demons.&#8221;</p><p>But before you picture fire and brimstone, remember: fear is their food. Seeing clearly is their undoing.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Papa&#8217;s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><strong>The Names of the fallen (Some of Them)</strong></p><p>History books and grimoires list them:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Belial</strong> (&#8220;lord of worthlessness&#8221;)</p></li><li><p><strong>Asmodeus </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Baal</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Leviathan</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Astaroth</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Azazel</strong></p></li></ul><p>They&#8217;re described as generals, princes, kings. Ancient texts called them &#8220;fallen,&#8221; what&#8217;s more important is <em>how they&#8217;re organized.</em></p><p><strong>Structured Like Armies and Corporations</strong></p><p>Look at their hierarchies, and you&#8217;ll see something familiar:</p><ul><li><p>One figure at the top.</p></li><li><p>Ranks below: generals, captains, soldiers.</p></li><li><p>Chains of command, just like our militaries, governments, and corporations.</p></li><li><p>Everything about how they organize is hierarchical </p></li></ul><p>Coincidence? Not at all. The same blueprint shows up in human institutions because those institutions were modeled on the systems that these parasites created. Hierarchy is the lowest form of organization for highly intelligent beings.</p><p><strong>Above Hierarchy</strong></p><p>Above Hierarchy there is oneness.</p><ul><li><p>Hierarchy is separation: higher beings, lower beings, higher this, lower that, etc.</p></li><li><p>The &#8220;next level above&#8221; is where separation is replaced by wholeness. Instead of a ladder, it&#8217;s a circle.  All parts equally vital, interconnected, and flowing. </p></li></ul><p>When you see how corporations mirror armies, and armies mirror pantheons, the pattern is clear: a structure designed to funnel energy upward while draining those at the bottom. This can be seen in ALL religions, and all other institutions humanity relies on.</p><p><strong>Word Magic in Action</strong></p><p>Just as the word <em>elite</em> whitewashes parasites, so too does the language around these beings.</p><p>Take <strong>Lucifer</strong>. The Bible calls him the &#8220;bright morning star.&#8221; But did you know that&#8217;s the same phrase used for <em>Jesus</em>? Same description, same metaphor.</p><p>This is word-magic: hide the truth in plain sight, blur distinctions, and keep people confused. Meanwhile, the real parasite isn&#8217;t a horned devil underground controlling a fiery hell where people burn forever, it&#8217;s the hierarchy itself, the system of exploitation dressed up as order and organization.</p><p><strong>Why we Should never Fear, Respect or idolize Them</strong></p><p>These beings survive only when humans:</p><ul><li><p>Bow to them in awe.</p></li><li><p>Whisper their names in terror or in servitude.</p></li><li><p>believe these beings are untouchable.</p></li><li><p>See them as beings only the occult know and work with</p></li></ul><p>Here&#8217;s the truth: even the most infamous pantheon is less powerful than one determined and connected human mind (connected to the divine through their spirit team that arrived with them here on earth).</p><p>A parasite can manipulate. A hierarchy can drain. But only a <em>host</em> with infinite creative energy can feed or starve them.</p><p>That&#8217;s you.</p><p><strong>What This Means for Today</strong></p><p>You don&#8217;t have to look at medieval demon grimoire lists to find out about them .</p><ul><li><p><strong>Corporate hierarchies</strong> are modern pantheons.</p></li><li><p><strong>Government bureaucracies</strong> mirror demonic ranks.</p></li><li><p><strong>Military orders</strong> are designed the same way.</p></li><li><p><strong>Religion</strong> and all forms of worship and adoration; connects one directly to the feeding trough</p></li></ul><p>The beings may be unseen, but their fingerprints are everywhere.</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p>Demons, armies, corporations, churches, places of worship, and governments all thrive on the same principle: your energy flows up, while nothing flows back down.</p><p>When you stop fearing, stop bowing, and stop calling them <em>elite</em>, you strip away the glamour. They lose their food, and you reclaim the only energy that makes the world go around: your own.</p><p>Next and last in the series: <em>Stop Bending &#8212; The Truth About Role Models.</em> We&#8217;ll explore how idolizing or trying to be like others robs you of your purpose, how bending shows up physically in the body, and how to stand fully in your own authentic self.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentorship</a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Papa&#8217;s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egregores: Beings We Create (And How They Feed on Us)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Knowing you are creator is all that matters: part 2 of 4]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/egregores-beings-we-create-and-how</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/egregores-beings-we-create-and-how</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:01:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Egregores: Beings We Create (And How They Feed on Us)</strong></p><p>Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions watch your actions, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny. The quote is widely attributed to <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=51b55862be512269&amp;cs=0&amp;sxsrf=AE3TifMAx91kcAuWmX5eMXdrNjWO7MKyMw%3A1756274536336&amp;q=Lao+Tzu&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiVxMi-qKqPAxVHPEQIHRYEK24QxccNegQIOxAB&amp;mstk=AUtExfAz2HpEfzPedsJjS167eBW0orri3BaUahFQ1ZJIbo6QfuOV7fmIkvdFeU4jak7adtVjS4mHG6Pk8LihTHivafGJJvjDScC-DOBDaHM8Q1g5lmwRpIuBpEjxDtU_YHueYpYaNm6TV6roeXmiLnIRVU-K5jq7JW4-WSrPKrRRFDlRPKcfnn82JIPROQBn8X_A4yhPJZdYx4H1ow6ZxUlbJLcOjsofyUUNLT3s5QK5L9uruMeKjO07QwsyRxNWZkRdTUSqtBX3H8OKp_37C_aGiiDIcbzM8zNXAPee5x0rbQ9Rzg&amp;csui=3">Lao Tzu</a> or <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=51b55862be512269&amp;cs=0&amp;sxsrf=AE3TifMAx91kcAuWmX5eMXdrNjWO7MKyMw%3A1756274536336&amp;q=Laozi&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiVxMi-qKqPAxVHPEQIHRYEK24QxccNegQIOxAC&amp;mstk=AUtExfAz2HpEfzPedsJjS167eBW0orri3BaUahFQ1ZJIbo6QfuOV7fmIkvdFeU4jak7adtVjS4mHG6Pk8LihTHivafGJJvjDScC-DOBDaHM8Q1g5lmwRpIuBpEjxDtU_YHueYpYaNm6TV6roeXmiLnIRVU-K5jq7JW4-WSrPKrRRFDlRPKcfnn82JIPROQBn8X_A4yhPJZdYx4H1ow6ZxUlbJLcOjsofyUUNLT3s5QK5L9uruMeKjO07QwsyRxNWZkRdTUSqtBX3H8OKp_37C_aGiiDIcbzM8zNXAPee5x0rbQ9Rzg&amp;csui=3">Laozi</a>, an ancient Chinese philosopher. This quote lays out a progression where our inner thoughts can develop into actions, habits, character, and ultimately shape the course of our lives. These thoughts can also become living entities that empower Malevolent people, and already existing spiritual beings.</p><p>Some unseen beings weren&#8217;t born in the shadows of the cosmos or created by some god; they were born in our own minds</p><p>These are called <strong>egregores</strong>: thought-forms, collective creations of human belief and imagination. They can begin as harmless or even helpful, but when we forget that <em>we</em> created them, they gain power over us.</p><p><strong>How Egregores Are Born</strong></p><ul><li><p>A small group of people focuses intention on an idea, symbol, or entity.</p></li><li><p>The group&#8217;s attention and belief &#8220;feed&#8221; that thought until it takes on a kind of independent consciousness.</p></li><li><p>Over time, the being can interact with its creators, offering visions, words, even miracles &#8212; but only because energy is continually being poured into it.</p></li></ul><p>Psychologists have even tested this. In the <strong>Philip Experiment</strong>, conducted in the early 1970s in Toronto by a group of Canadian psychologists and parapsychology researchers; they created a being through shared focus, named it, and communicated with it. When the experiment was done, they told it: <em>&#8220;We withdraw our energy. You may return to nothingness.&#8221;</em> And just like that, it dissolved.</p><p>Your mind is <em>that</em> powerful.</p><p><strong>The Ancestral Trap</strong></p><p>Many of the &#8220;gods&#8221; humanity worships began as egregores that were created by ancestors, then handed down across generations. We keep them alive by repeating rituals, prayers, and stories without knowing their true origin.</p><p>Here&#8217;s the catch: once created, egregores often get <strong>recruited</strong> by parasitic forces. They feed on the energy you give them but funnel it elsewhere, siphoning your devotion to strengthen systems we loath but participate in.</p><p>This is why so much of organized religion and politics feels draining instead of empowering; because you&#8217;re unknowingly feeding someone else&#8217;s creation.</p><p><strong>Modern Egregores: Corporations and Celebrities</strong></p><p>There is more to this phenomena  than just ancient gods. Egregores are alive today in forms that look very different:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Corporations</strong>: a &#8220;legal person&#8221; created on paper, sustained only by human belief, money, and compliance. They have no body, no soul &#8212; yet they control economies and dictate laws.</p></li><li><p><strong>Celebrities &amp; Brands</strong>: the cult of personality around billionaires, pop stars, and influencers is another egregore. The more you idolize them, the more energy you give away.</p></li></ul><p>And just like their spiritual cousins, these modern egregores often get co-opted by parasites. They consume attention and wealth from the commons, but never give back.</p><p><strong>How to Dissolve an Egregore</strong></p><p>The good news? What&#8217;s created can be uncreated.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Withdraw Your Energy:</strong> Stop pouring belief and devotion into systems or figures that don&#8217;t return energy to you.</p></li><li><p><strong>Return to Owner:</strong> Call back the fragments of your power invested in false gods, false idols, and unhealthy institutions.</p></li><li><p><strong>Cleanse and Clear:</strong> Through shadow work, meditation, and conscious awareness, dissolve what doesn&#8217;t belong and reclaim that energy for yourself and your lineage.</p></li></ul><p>When you do this, you&#8217;re not just freeing yourself &#8212; you&#8217;re healing generations of inherited patterns.</p><p><strong>How simple it is to create them</strong></p><p>The first layer of parasites thrives when you bend the knee.<br>The second layer thrives when you forget you are the creator.</p><p>Egregores remind us of a profound truth: <strong>your mind and spirit are powerful enough to create worlds &#8212; and just as powerful enough to uncreate them.</strong></p><p><strong>Spiritual Awareness is the New Genius</strong></p><p>Parasitic people, systems and beings survive on one thing: <strong>your unconscious participation.</strong></p><p>When you don&#8217;t know you&#8217;re the creator, you keep feeding them. You repeat the prayers, follow the rituals, pour your belief into the system. This is how our cold and callous political systems, institutions, corporations and religions can thrive.</p><p>But once you spiritually awaken, the spell breaks.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Awareness dissolves ignorance.</strong> The moment you recognize that you are creator, the parasites lose the false authority they held over you.</p></li><li><p><strong>Conscious decisions undo past unconscious mistakes.</strong> You can decide where your focus goes, energy follows focus. If you withdraw your attention, the parasites starve.</p></li><li><p><strong>Awareness and becoming one with your Higher self .</strong> Instead of projecting power outward onto a god, a system, or a celebrity, you recognize that all true power has always flowed from within you.</p></li></ul><p>Spiritual awareness is the antidote because it <strong>shifts you from host to sovereign. </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentorship</a><br></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words, Power, and Parasites: Rethinking the “Elite”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beware Your Words, They Have Power! 1 of 4]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/words-power-and-parasites-rethinking</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/words-power-and-parasites-rethinking</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 05:32:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>This is the beginning of a four part series. When most people speak about the &#8220;elite,&#8221; they unknowingly elevate those who exploit them. Words are not harmless labels &#8212; they carry energy.</p><p>Calling oppressors <em>elite</em> washes them clean. It bestows honor, stature, and respect they don&#8217;t deserve.</p><p>The truth? They are <strong>parasites.</strong></p><p>A parasite is a creature that feeds on a host without giving anything back. A flea on a dog. A leech on a mammal. That&#8217;s the more accurate word for those who siphon human energy while giving nothing in return.</p><p>And once you stop seeing them as <em>elite</em>, their illusion of power begins to dissolve.</p><p><strong>How &#8220;Elites&#8221; Really Built Their Wealth</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Banking &amp; Industrial Families (Rothschilds, Rockefellers, etc.)</strong></p><ul><li><p>They rose to dominance not by &#8220;genius,&#8221; but by attaching themselves to governments and wars. Rothschild banks financed both sides of European conflicts, profiting off taxpayer debt for generations.</p></li><li><p>Rockefeller&#8217;s Standard Oil empire was broken up for being a monopoly &#8212; yet the family restructured and used <strong>government-backed corporate law</strong> to keep control. Their foundations were given tax-exempt status, meaning they could launder influence under the guise of philanthropy.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Modern Tech Billionaires (Bezos, Musk, etc.)</strong></p><ul><li><p>Amazon built its empire by avoiding taxes, using public infrastructure (roads, postal services, internet) that taxpayers fund, while squeezing small businesses and workers. Amazon has had years where it paid <strong>zero federal taxes</strong>, despite billions in profits.</p></li><li><p>Tesla and SpaceX are propped up by billions in <strong>government subsidies, grants, and NASA/Department of Defense contracts</strong> &#8212; direct taxpayer dollars funneled into private hands. Yet the PR machine calls Musk a &#8220;self-made genius.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>Bezos&#8217; Amazon Web Services is the backbone of much of the internet &#8212; including government servers, yet taxpayers built the original internet infrastructure they profit from. These people are not elite in any sense of the word, so stop the nonsense!</p></li></ul></li></ol><p><strong>The Hidden Cost of Words</strong></p><p>When people use fear or awe while speaking about these parasites, they reinforce the very systems of control they claim to expose. Fear, subservience and the beliefs of the populous nourishes and empowers them. When you name them for what they are, parasites; you strip away the glamour. You see them clearly: beings dependent on your energy, powerless without your belief. They are physical parasites who also serve the spiritual ones.</p><p><strong>Next in the Series</strong></p><p>In the next blog, we&#8217;ll go deeper into a stranger layer of these unseen forces, <strong>Egregores</strong>: beings created not by ancient gods, but by human thought itself.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentorship</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spiritual Awakening: the growth phase]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now That I am becoming Aware, Whats Next?]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/spiritual-awakening-the-growth-phase</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/spiritual-awakening-the-growth-phase</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:01:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSSG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46ef1d1d-8d0a-402a-ba9d-aecd61112021_569x569.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When one spiritually awakens, growth automatically begins. Growth in any capacity follows a pattern. There are ups and downs, much like the chart of a good stock or investment.</p><p>If your choice of investment is a good one, it will have fluctuations. In fact, this is healthy. Nothing rises in a perfectly straight, vertical line; such growth would be unsustainable. Smart investors avoid products that look like that. Dips are desirable, as long as the overall trajectory remains upward. The chart below represents healthy spiritual growth over time.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Papa&#8217;s Substack! 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It&#8217;s like discovering your best friend was only around because your dad was paying them to hang out with you. Painful. Disorienting. Leaving you feeling lost and alone.</p><p>But this is exactly when you must become acquainted with your <strong>spirit team</strong>&#8212;your ancestors. They are not &#8220;dead people.&#8221; Your ancestors are alive. Like you, they are energy, and energy cannot be destroyed.</p><p>You must choose them specifically, because they are aspects of you. They arrived on the physical plane with you. You are never alone.</p><p>Your ancestors are the ones holding the plan you created before arriving here; the plan you&#8217;re just beginning to remember, even if the specifics aren&#8217;t yet clear. Building a relationship with them is required to spark the engine of spiritual growth.</p><p><strong>How to Build The Relationship</strong></p><ul><li><p>See them as someone you want to become great friends with.</p></li><li><p>Do the things you would do to build a great friendship:</p><ul><li><p>Include them in your everyday life: breakfast, walks, dinner, entertainment, etc.</p></li><li><p>Talk to them about everything, even if you hear nothing back.</p></li><li><p>Share your happiness, sadness, successes, and failures.</p></li><li><p>Treat them like anyone you want to become close with.</p></li></ul></li></ul><p>Notice what&#8217;s missing? Ritual hoops, unnecessary spiritual cartwheels, and mental gymnastics. None of that is required. Your ancestors don&#8217;t want that. They see you as co-equal. You are family, not a servant.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>How Long Does It Take?</strong></p><p>The time it takes to truly know your team depends on:</p><ul><li><p>How dedicated you are to building the relationship (it must be a top priority&#8212;everything depends on it).</p></li><li><p>How willing you are to leave behind the old you, the old world, and its trappings.</p></li><li><p>How strong your desire is to follow their guidance over  the random thoughts feelings and beliefs that cause you to doubt their guidance. The guidance that often comes through intuition and daily life.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p><strong>Letting Go of the Old You</strong></p><p>As you grow, you&#8217;ll naturally outgrow old beliefs, habits, and relationships. This can be painful, especially if they were central to your identity. But here&#8217;s the truth: you can&#8217;t become who you&#8217;re meant to be without letting go of who you&#8217;ve been.</p><p>The good news? They&#8217;ll be replaced with better, upgraded versions.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Dealing with the Skeptics</strong></p><p>Not everyone will understand your journey. Some may even try to convince you that you&#8217;re crazy. But their doubts say more about them than about you.</p><p>Stay true to your path, even if it means walking alone for a while. You will soon find others doing what you are doing. They&#8217;ll become your new and inspiring peer group.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The Short List: 5 Types of opponents</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Skeptics &amp; Rationalists</strong> &#8211; Dismiss awakening as &#8220;woo-woo,&#8221; demanding proof before believing in inner transformation.</p></li><li><p><strong>Religious Fundamentalists</strong> &#8211; See awakening outside their doctrine as dangerous or rebellious.</p></li><li><p><strong>Family &amp; Friends </strong> &#8211; Worry about losing the &#8220;old you&#8221; or fear your changes.</p></li><li><p><strong>Materialists</strong> &#8211; Prioritize wealth, status, and possessions, feeling threatened when you reject those values.</p></li><li><p><strong>False Teachers &amp; Ego-Driven teachers</strong> &#8211; Resist true awakening because it exposes their manipulation and control.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p>The more willing you are to release the old world, the quicker the process becomes. It all grows easier when you accept what&#8217;s happening.</p><p>Acceptance doesn&#8217;t mean approval. It means you&#8217;ve dropped resistance. And what you no longer resist, can no longer persist.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>How to Know You&#8217;re Growing (Even When You Feel Stuck)</strong></p><ul><li><p>You question things you once accepted without thought.</p></li><li><p>You feel more connected to yourself and the world.</p></li><li><p>You become less afraid of the unknown.</p></li><li><p>You let go of what no longer serves you&#8212;even when it hurts.</p></li><li><p>You experience moments of peace, even in chaos.</p></li><li><p>You allow enough time for breakthroughs to materialize</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p><strong>How to Navigate Your Spiritual Journey Gracefully</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Be Gentle with Yourself</strong> &#8211; This isn&#8217;t a race. Rest when needed.</p></li><li><p><strong>Trust Your Intuition</strong> &#8211; Your inner voice is your best guide.</p></li><li><p><strong>Find Your Tribe</strong> &#8211; Surround yourself with supportive people.</p></li><li><p><strong>Embrace the Messiness</strong> &#8211; Growth is chaotic, uncomfortable, and beautiful.</p></li><li><p><strong>Celebrate the Small Wins</strong> &#8211; Every step forward counts.</p></li></ol><p>Remember that you do not need the approval of others to grow into what you&#8217;re here to become. You and your team are all you&#8217;ll ever need; it is from the healthy relationship you have with your ancestors that all the great experiences and indeed all other relationships will stem from.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">Spiritual Mentoring</a></p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Papa&#8217;s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Spiritual Awakening Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to Find Yourself in a World Going Sideways]]></description><link>https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-spiritual-awakening-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/p/the-spiritual-awakening-journey</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Papa Guru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 01:17:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ehih!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27327cf9-46ea-45ee-9ef2-a5b7b097d61b_595x595.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever felt like something was missing in your life? Like you were going through the motions, but deep down you knew there had to be more than the daily grind?</p><p>You&#8217;re not alone. Many of us reach a point where we start questioning everything&#8212;our jobs, our relationships, even our purpose. And ironically, it&#8217;s often when frustration and dissatisfaction reach a breaking point that the magic begins. This is where the spiritual awakening journey starts.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Papa&#8217;s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2><strong>What Is a Spiritual Awakening?</strong></h2><p>A spiritual awakening is the moment you begin to see the world clearly. You people as they truly are, The world for what it is and yourself without harsh judgement or self-condemnation.</p><p>This process is essential because life is built on the decisions we make. When those decisions are rooted in false beliefs&#8212;handed to us by schools, religion, media, or social conditioning; true conscious decision-making isn&#8217;t possible. Awakening begins when those belief systems and the institutions that keep them alive, begin to dissolve and fall away.</p><h2><strong>Conscious vs. Unconscious Decisions</strong></h2><p>Conscious decisions are made with clarity, awareness, and alignment with truth. They move you toward growth, freedom, and success.</p><p>Unconscious decisions, on the other hand, lead to poor choices and cycles of sabotage. Many people remain trapped here, unaware of the repeating patterns that keep pulling them down.</p><p>Spiritual awakening is about breaking those patterns and creating new ones that support the core of your existence.</p><h2><strong>The Questions Everyone Asks</strong></h2><p>&#8220;What&#8217;s next? What do I do now? What&#8217;s my purpose?&#8221;</p><p>These are the questions that surface at the start of awakening, and sometimes years later. The simple answer: begin building a relationship with your spiritual team.</p><p>No one is born alone. Your spiritual team arrives with you. They represent you on the spiritual plane, while you represent them on the physical. Building this relationship is your first and most important purpose. without this purpose, nothing else matters because nothing will last or work properly without it.</p><h2><strong>Beware the Tricksters</strong></h2><p>Here&#8217;s where conscious decision-making matters most. Because of free will, you must choose your true team.</p><p>Many don&#8217;t, often out of ignorance, and end up aligning with spiritual beings who are not aspects of themselves. These entities operate only for their own agendas, pulling many off of true spiritual path. I call them the tricksters and con-artists of the spiritual plane and are often referred to as &#8220;spirit guides&#8221;. The term spirit guide is very general and does not mean that you are working with the spirit team you arrived with.</p><p>The good news? With awareness, you can avoid them and stay aligned with your true team.</p><h2><strong>Your True Spirit Team</strong></h2><p>Your real team is unmistakable once you take the time and effort to know them. They are your ancestors. They are those who walked before you, paving the path to where you are now and will be in the future.</p><p>&#8220;You are, because they are.&#8221; This truth captures the bond perfectly. They hold the mysteries of who you are and safeguard your wisdom and abilities until you&#8217;re ready to grow into them. Your ancestors know the way to your best self and your best future.</p><h2><strong>Building Chemistry with Your Ancestors</strong></h2><p>Building this relationship isn&#8217;t complicated. Think of how you became close to a friend.</p><p>&#183; You spent time together.</p><p>&#183; You shared fun experiences.</p><p>&#183; You supported each other in hard times.</p><p>&#183; You remembered important moments.</p><p>&#183; You shared secrets no one else knew.</p><p>This same energy; trust, consistency, and connection is how you deepen your relationship with your ancestors.</p><p>And remember: Your ancestors do not require you to worship them or for you to be in servitude to them. That&#8217;s outdated thinking and it no longer works. Your ancestors want a friendship and partnership rooted in joy, wisdom creativity, flow, and expression. Expression through words, art, song, writing, speaking and all the other forms. Express the beauty and creativity of your i-magi-nation. Thats where the magic lives in you!</p><h2><strong>Conclusion</strong></h2><p>Your Spiritual awakening is not an unplanned event. It has been in the works from the very beginning. To arrive at such a state is nothing short of a miracle when considering all of the barriers to it.</p><p>Imagine one day bumping your head against a wall, then suddenly forgetting where you are. You&#8217;re not quite sure what you are supposed to do that day, and you are also not sure of who you are. From that state of deep amnesia, you somehow miraculously work your way into a circumstance where you can remember and recover.</p><p>This example is a depiction of your spiritual awakening and it is wonderful to behold! For you to arrive to this awareness is an achievement that took life times.</p><p>The first purpose of spiritual awakening is to reconnect with your true spirit team, to be clear, they are your ancestors. From this one purpose, all others unfold. Your blossoming begins with them. </p><p>In the next blog I will discuss how to further cultivate a deep connection with your spirit team.</p><p><a href="https://www.alloneconsciousness.org/copy-of-one-day-magic-retreat">SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP</a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://journal.myspiritualtribe.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Papa&#8217;s Substack! 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