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  1. Araceli Cianna

    Noahide Ex- Christians

    I agree Christianity and Judaism are two completely different religions but Christianity still insists on using the Torah as part of their own practice (I don't see the point as they don't even follow it?) I never knew Noahide was a thing. Very interesting.
  2. Araceli Cianna

    Spiritual experience vs Psychosis?

    Thanks everyone for your replies and advice. I think I just have to learn to ignore the bad stuff and go with the good. Even if it is or isn't real, the good gives me purpose and satisfaction. I am hoping with the medication I am on and have recently been given as an addition I can continue to...
  3. Araceli Cianna

    Why do most people need religion?

    For me, it just feels like it's something that completes me. Nothing else really gives me the feeling and sense of happiness that having a spiritual path does for me. I can't really answer your last question. Religion has its good parts and its bad. For some it may really enhance their life...
  4. Araceli Cianna

    Spiritual experience vs Psychosis?

    Thanks. I'm going to see though if I can try something other than anti psychotics. They made me overweight and I became depressed about it. Also they gave me awful migraines. As for meditation it's a nightmare. Even the simplest things I do trouble me. It only seems to make me ten times worse...
  5. Araceli Cianna

    Spiritual experience vs Psychosis?

    At my worst I didn't. It's only as I've improved I've gained a better perspective. Btw psychosis is what my therapist diagnosed me as having had.
  6. Araceli Cianna

    Spiritual experience vs Psychosis?

    I was on them for a few months at my worst, weaned off them in January, and have been fine until the last couple of weeks. Today I have to make an appointment with my own doctor to discuss everything and perhaps new long term medications (potentially anti psychotics again). The diazapam is only...
  7. Araceli Cianna

    Spiritual experience vs Psychosis?

    How do I distinguish between the two? Every time I deepen my practice I start hallucinating and I thought at first it was spiritual but spiralled so bad I had to go on anti-psychotics last time. Now the past couple of weeks I have been deepening my practice again and the same has started...
  8. Araceli Cianna

    How do you know which deities are right for you?

    Research a lot, pray to them all, have contemplative meditation. See which one you evoke most, feel more connected to, and don't forget you can work with many deities at once, not just commit yourself to only one. Currently I work with Jesus, Diana, and Kali. I vibe with them well. :) I tried...
  9. Araceli Cianna

    High Christology Among Christian Wiccans?

    Hi, I have split your post up into more direct questions that I can tackle one by one. I hope you are notified of my reply. I don't label myself as christo-pagan or christian wiccan, but I do revere Jesus, as my family is Christian and he wants to work with me and it just seems natural. I do...
  10. Araceli Cianna

    How do Christian Wiccas interpret these bible verses?

    All of these bible verses are irrelevant to me - I only focus on the person of Jesus and his actual words. So there is a lot of leeway. The old testament god could be seen as a demiurge, and all the non-gospel books of the new testament can more easily be summed up as "Paulism". Paul is not...
  11. Araceli Cianna

    Scientific studies on Spirits

    As someone who was possessed/psychotic (pick which one) I prefer to think I was rather just psychotic. Otherwise we are all doomed to hell. Lol. I cleared up once I got put on anti-psychotic meds. But I still remember the nightmares.
  12. Araceli Cianna

    A Universe from Nothing?

    I think the idea of the universe being created by another being is ludicrous. To me it somehow just makes natural sense that it came from nothing. I can't explain it logically, but I believe it.
  13. Araceli Cianna

    The Scientific Evidence for Parapsychology

    I do not deny the phenomena likely exists, but I do deny the 'mystical' associations with it. Science has an answer for everything.
  14. Araceli Cianna

    Do Men Even Want Women?

    Some might argue though there's a difference between maintaining yourself (e.g. wearing deodorant so you don't smell) and unnaturally beautifying yourself (removing bodily hair for 'aesthetic' purposes). As a woman who likes both men and women, I do not deny a physically attractive woman who...
  15. Araceli Cianna

    Help to feel Anger?

    That is because you have repressed it so long it has grown into the giant monster lurking in the background of your mind. Don't feel it all in one go. Give it time. Yes you will mistakes, as I did when I started this journey, but you will mature with practice.
  16. Araceli Cianna

    Help to feel Anger?

    Anger fuelled correctly is a positive expression of what needs to be changed. You can forgive people but that doesn't mean giving them a free pass to do it again. Let yourself feel the injustice and use it to protect yourself against abuse.
  17. Araceli Cianna

    Simple ways to worship Durga?

    I want to worship Durga. For someone who was not raised in India, what are some simple ways of doing that? I need to learn.
  18. Araceli Cianna

    It suddenly all makes sense: Christ Sutras

    No, but I will look it up :)
  19. Araceli Cianna

    It suddenly all makes sense: Christ Sutras

    Hi, sure, I can clarify. First point, Jesus to me seems to come across with the message that the body/flesh is not good or evil, in conjunction with the idea that matter is inferior or even evil compared to spirit. He has a very dualistic outlook. This can be seen even in the new testament with...
  20. Araceli Cianna

    Hi, thanks for your well wishes and prayers. It's been a long and hard journey for me. I was...

    Hi, thanks for your well wishes and prayers. It's been a long and hard journey for me. I was once very sure in what I believed - These days I rarely do. I am back to seeking.
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