No Nonsense Spirituality
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Professional_Dadvice BCBA, LBA :
This is why I agree with Brendan Lee Mulligan that TTRPG (Dungeons and Dragons) should be a required part of education, because it teaches people to explore ideas and perspectives outside of themselves in a safe and imaginary way that still provides very real opportunities for introspection and empathy exercises.
2026-08-26 16:13:16
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hope_peddler :
I play with the possibility of belief. I sit in the in between. Maybe magic will come, maybe it won’t, and the mystery is the magic. If I try to analyze it or prove it right/wrong, that comes from a need for certainty which is always a fallacy anyway. Many things that feel like “magic” now will be proven by science eventually, and some won’t. And I don’t need to know which it is to allow for the possibility of the ritual containing power
2026-08-26 17:39:52
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Samajeste :
I think immersing yourself in the ritual by actually gaining familiarity with the symbolism and creating new personally meaning you can believe in the ritual without the fear of being manipulated
2026-08-29 02:02:37
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celticnorse86 :
I find the ritual to be more important than the belief. I think that is consistent with certain pagan traditions.
2026-08-28 19:45:37
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Evorom :
When I explored paganism I approached it with the idea that there might be some form of divine energy out there, and if there is then it is beyond our understanding. The different religions and gods were all just different interfaces to the divine. Ritual was just a way to address the divine in a particular aspect. Like, are you talking to your spouse as a co-parent, lover. roommate, etc.
2026-08-28 00:59:15
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katielove :
doesn’t matter either way for me. i can’t prove or disprove any theory on ritual. i dont think about it. i just do it. it is what it is. the ritual has it’s own meaning and sense with or without me. i’m just animating it in a way.
2026-08-27 07:23:15
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julltron :
Earlier today I saw your video about channeling and almost responded to one of your comments, but I’m glad I didn’t because this gives a little more context to what I was thinking. You said that we could play with the imaginal (in that case channeling) and tap into inner wisdom “without pretending it’s aliens” (or, by extension, gods/spirits/ancestors/etc.). I was going to say that I’m not sure most people actually can. The reason people need an outside entity to be involved is precisely the same thing you’re describing about yourself here. For you, required belief takes you out of the experience. For them, they have no context from our culture/society with which to engage their inner wisdom *unless* there’s something “greater” to connect to. The belief is required for them to make the experience even possible. You’re in kind of a unique place where you’ve done the work to give yourself that context.
2026-08-27 06:14:11
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🧾 🤭 :
I am on the line between how you both play with ritual I really don’t know which one I should lean into
2026-08-26 16:03:53
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Chuck@FacePlant Farm Hawaii :
I’m personally on team you. I’m always suspicious about beliefs so beliefs are blockers for me. Imagination is everything - beliefs, for me, are limiting.
2026-08-28 15:37:45
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Julia💜🟪 :
That is so good to hear cuz I thought that knowing it isn’t rlly about the ritual itself but about my beliefs and how I process it, would affect the ritual itself cuz I’m not immersed enough or sth
2026-08-27 09:25:13
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Brittany :
When I have gone the route of “not real” it feels like the magic turned off and isn’t work. But when I believed fully in the magic my experiences have been why more synchronic and real in my reality. I know this could have to do with pattern recognition but it did shift for me in pretty big ways.
2026-08-26 19:29:05
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DeadlyDude :
Wow. I spent a bunch of time looking for a religion whose mythology I liked but was really thrown off by all the people who believed it literally
2026-08-28 15:01:26
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𝕃𝕆𝔾𝕆𝕊࿐ :
Time to examine the resistance to the belief as immersion as psychological guardrails.
2026-08-27 17:57:22
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Trey Fletcher972 :
I tend to avoid rituals, but I’d call what may pass for spirituality to be based upon Direct Experience. I’ve had some experiences I can’t explain rationally and I’m not sure what to do with them, aside from just enjoying the fact that there’s more going on in this reality beyond what my senses can tell me. I have my hypotheses but can’t draw firm conclusions, and I find that comforting somehow.
2026-08-27 21:46:23
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Nightwoven :
This is why I am an agnostic pagan. After deconstructing from Christianity and colonialism, I’m not sure I can believe in an actual entity. I can engage with the archetypes of my ancestors pantheons as best I can though (much is reconstructed) The ritual gives me a framework and mindset of what I’m working through (my shadow, empowerment, forgiveness, what have you) this has allowed me to hold space for more than my beliefs and have a more omnist view of beliefs while maintaining my own spirituality connected to my ancestors (welsh, English, and Scottish) as best I can
2026-08-26 22:55:13
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rabbithold :
I tell myself...."I don't NOT believe this... science doesn't know everything yet" and then enjoy the benefits.
2026-08-26 22:47:31
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Spencer Barber :
exmo here who played with witchcraft to help deconstruct, for me it is the belief that allows a ritual to be in touch with my emotions, the logical thinking can only be involved if I'm analyzing the materials and methods of the ritual. If I take a step back from just letting my body experience what comes I will spiral away from "spirit" or the universal human connection. I have to believe in that space that the actions are meaningful and change the energy surrounding me
2026-08-26 22:58:44
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strat :
im a spiritual shape shifter. if it helps to believe, I will, but irl I don't. the symbolisms take on more power when their personified, to me
2026-08-27 16:42:16
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Octavia Johnson :
I find ritual without belief very useful in my life. Religious trauma shuts the belief down.
2026-08-26 16:08:21
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𝖕𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖟𝖆𝖗𝖉 :
I’m in the camp where I fully immerse myself in the belief but I completely understand your triggers and why you don’t do that. That’s so valid honestly. For me when I do a ritual or spell I am in that mindset where I believe what I’m doing has some form of magic behind it I guess? I play in both spaces tbh, I think it depends ln what I’m doing. Because I’ve never been religious I don’t have the trauma of playing in different metaphysical spaces or believing in certain things. It’s all very fluid to me if that makes sense?
2026-08-27 00:12:04
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thatssojanke :
As a precursor: I don’t believe in a set god/religion - That minor belief in reality beyond my understanding is what I was trying to convey in a comment I made on an earlier video you made. We need basis in the metaphysical but for me there needs to be respect for what is beyond our comprehension of reality. If we don’t allow that space, we bind ourselves to the same fate other people have succumbed to in “there’s nothing substantial left for me to learn in life.” This is necessary for being open to scientific points as well. But I think it would be unwise to believe in certainty that we are the highest point of the metaphysical. For example, our pets pov of us would be one of wonder and terror. We take them on trips in vehicles to doctors but they cannot comprehend what we know but they have a type of respect towards our higher consciousness.
2026-08-27 13:03:19
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Rarefindofthemind :
I’m a witch of almost 30 years, and a natural skeptic. When those kind of over-rationalizing thoughts do occur, the ritual part becomes even more important; to lose myself in the physical, visceral ritual aspects like the smell of incense, flame of candles, anointing myself, music, etc, helps me quiet the rational and questioning part of my brain and engages all my senses including spiritual ones.
2026-08-26 16:46:57
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iberne🇦🇷 :
I think we need beliefs that make sense in all aspects of our life and some people need to believe it's real REAL and some others need to feel it is NO REAL ALL THE TIME. I'm like you and if someone asked me if I believe I say no even when I'm lighting candles every week
2026-08-26 22:49:45
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the.feral.leftists :
I’m a witchy Atheopagan. It’s hard to believe in anything… especially a deity. Love the ritual part of it.
2026-08-27 15:19:53
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Crazy__Phill :
I have an atheistic practice but I wholeheartedly believe it is real. I've seen real-world affects from ritual and magic that I never got from any part of Christianity. For example I picked branches and leaves from trees my grandfather planted to make protective amulets for my house last October almost a year ago and the leaves are still green and the hackberry berries are still soft to the touch, that shouldn't have happened unless the ritual worked for real.
2026-08-28 06:46:03
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