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In other spiritual traditions – especially those focused on transcendent rather than immanent spirituality – a queer or trans identity held by a practitioner is sometimes viewed as unimportant or unenlightened, a material distraction that they must overcome.
The arbitrary assignment of characteristics such as bravery, nurturing, or creativity to one gender or another should not be sacralised and reified, but rather broken down, challenged, and resisted.
Resource. Support. Acceptance. Healing. These are all blessings and goodness available to us from our transcestors, those trans folks who came before us in the world and in our own bloodlines, those who shared similar struggles to those trans folks experience now.
You were born to bear pain and the truth of your spirit, and imprint it onto the canvases of form, not to be trapped in another’s painting.
my inability to be categorized in easy ways makes it hard to find a group to belong to within rigid definitions often ascribed to alternative communities.
Calling myself a chaos magician was my first step toward breaking away from the divine binary.
Living in Attunement with Sensation Rather than Identity
If our sense of belonging depends on an identity, it can be difficult to connect with the sensations that defy that identity.
It’s so common for us to choose our identity and our desire to belong over choosing to feel the truth of our sensations. Every time we trust our sensations and dare to communicate about them, we move towards liberation. We give permission to ourselves and everyone around us to belong simply because we exist, not because of our identity.
Have you ever feared that if you acted the way you are truly feeling that you would be killed
