an anarchist
Your local loco.
I know what I want to be when I grow up! (career wise)
I want to be a ”reverend”(?)(in a loose sense of the term). Ever since I was a teenager, I felt “called” to preach. My Christian church of the time put me in charge of the Sunday School when I was a teenager and also put me in a semester of college Bible class after I graduated. All this to prep me to be a Christian pastor.
I’m not Christian anymore, and I don’t want to save people from their beliefs anymore. Yet, I still want to commit full time to my spirituality. So much so that I would consider myself an aspiring “psychonaut”… in the past I’ve certainly graced the limits of the human psyche in my chase of knowledge.
I want to go further than personal spiritual practice. I feel the need to be a light post in a dark world… sounds cocky I suppose, but I do not have this desire because I think I am better. I have this desire because I see a world of suffering all around me. Obviously, I am no way ready to take up any sort of “reverend” position. I’d give out the wrong directions and send people off a cliff! But, I am “only” 26. Suppose I take the next 26 years bettering myself and preparing myself to be the resident fortune-telling mystic? I think if I were to spend my next 26 years on this endeavor, I might be in a spot where I could be of use to my community. My motivation is rooted in goodwill. I have all the books I need and the prerequisite information to go full throttle into spiritual practice. And I have begun my studies and work once again. Once I find my momentum…
In the meantime, I’ll keep working the restaurants.
I’ve come to this conclusion before, but from different perspectives. First, I was going to be a Christian missionary saving the world for Christ. After I discarded Christianity and was in my early 20s, my plan was to start my own cult and take over the world! Now, my plan is to better myself and through my self betterment I will be in a better position to help those around me. That is my perspective and goal now, so I feel comfortable going back into spiritual practice and committing to it as I am not hell bent on global domination anymore
Anyways I think I got it figured out. Work my job and in the free time do my spirituality. Keep my momentum up and in another 26 years I might be useful to others.
I want to be a ”reverend”(?)(in a loose sense of the term). Ever since I was a teenager, I felt “called” to preach. My Christian church of the time put me in charge of the Sunday School when I was a teenager and also put me in a semester of college Bible class after I graduated. All this to prep me to be a Christian pastor.
I’m not Christian anymore, and I don’t want to save people from their beliefs anymore. Yet, I still want to commit full time to my spirituality. So much so that I would consider myself an aspiring “psychonaut”… in the past I’ve certainly graced the limits of the human psyche in my chase of knowledge.
I want to go further than personal spiritual practice. I feel the need to be a light post in a dark world… sounds cocky I suppose, but I do not have this desire because I think I am better. I have this desire because I see a world of suffering all around me. Obviously, I am no way ready to take up any sort of “reverend” position. I’d give out the wrong directions and send people off a cliff! But, I am “only” 26. Suppose I take the next 26 years bettering myself and preparing myself to be the resident fortune-telling mystic? I think if I were to spend my next 26 years on this endeavor, I might be in a spot where I could be of use to my community. My motivation is rooted in goodwill. I have all the books I need and the prerequisite information to go full throttle into spiritual practice. And I have begun my studies and work once again. Once I find my momentum…
In the meantime, I’ll keep working the restaurants.
I’ve come to this conclusion before, but from different perspectives. First, I was going to be a Christian missionary saving the world for Christ. After I discarded Christianity and was in my early 20s, my plan was to start my own cult and take over the world! Now, my plan is to better myself and through my self betterment I will be in a better position to help those around me. That is my perspective and goal now, so I feel comfortable going back into spiritual practice and committing to it as I am not hell bent on global domination anymore
Anyways I think I got it figured out. Work my job and in the free time do my spirituality. Keep my momentum up and in another 26 years I might be useful to others.
