How do you find your True Will?

[@bloodsweatandsteel.2749]

I recently learned an odd piece of trivia about the book. " the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy " the supper computer deep thought determined that the answer to life the universe and everything was 42. This was not a random act by the author. 42 is binary code for ( - ). In some programing code - is a place holder for literally anything the programmer wants it to be so the answer to life the universe and everything is ...ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO BE! According to the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy. Kind of brilliant if you ask me. And it just goes to show that sometimes the deepest wisdom can come from the stupidest places! Lol.

[@rachellopez8357]

I never knew the story behind this, and it makes it a lot less stupid!

[@gastronomist]

It's also the answer to "What's 6x7?"

[@gvngbvngiggy]

Wdym stupidest places lol obviously that story isnt stupid if you get it

[@Tiptoefoot]

100% as soon as I stopped worrying about making other people happy and focused on what truly makes me happy everything started falling into place. I get called cold and selfish a lot but that's because a lot of people in my life have weak boundaries. I find it very impowering that I get to decide what discipline and hard work looks like. More over I get to decide what happiness and success looks like to me. I think this is a topic that isn't talked about enough in the community because there is a lot of baggage and shame in the conversation for most people. Thank you for sharing.

[@adrienvanore5690]

I've had a banner month: both sides of my family are struggling and I'm helpless to solve any problems, I got dumped very unceremoniously, and I got fired from my job via text about 3 hours ago. This commentary is so excruciatingly on point that I want to thank you. I want to thank you so much. I'm sorry for everyone who is struggling, no matter what that struggle is. The point about trauma and trauma responses is absolutely key to healing. Thank you 💗

[@Loh24158]

It rains it pours man. It’ll get better though. We can get through this shot show we call existence :)

[@adrienvanore5690]

@@Loh24158 Yeah, it will. It already is, in fact! Getting up, dusting yourself off, and taking a step forward is a challenge, but totally necessary. Have an awesome week!

[@McMoldys]

As an absurdist I agree. I realized that my beliefs change and, even further, i cant control it. I try to enjoy them while they last and take the lessons when they’re gone. I get embarrassed thinking back on how sure I was of things in the past, but its also weirdly nostalgic.

[@julphines]

If it's meant to be, it's up to me.

[@lacolocha75]

I enjoyed how you contextualised this in terms of capitalism/Christianity. I’m on a career path with lots of high flyers, and I think always have a sense of guilt that I’m not inspired to b ground breaking in that field (or any field). I just wanna go for walks in the woods and watch the sunrise and do my job. Helpful to examine that sense of guilt and inadequacy and think about whether I really need to carry it. Maybe my true will is just to be ordinary

[@lexy5661]

I relate to the passion thing so much. It's taken a lot of therapy and acceptance to allow myself to put passions down and pick new passions up. It's so liberating. I don't tell myself I'm less of a person because i don't stick to something as a lifelong pursuit. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this 💜

[@drawingKenaz]

Ooof yeah, that’s been me too! Also with a lot of help from therapy!

[@alinearttherapie9099]

Excellent ! (I'm sorry for my english). You're talking about a very important topic, and your vision is helpful ! Thank you Thorn!

[@aedynbrooks6900]

So true, Thorne! Finding out what brings you joy may take decades. For me, it was eliminating each thing I tried one by one. Until I found writing. The first few years were painful because I had so much to learn but I persevered. Writing is the one thing that brings me joy. That fires all my endorphins at maximum capacity. Also, finding a therapist that takes your insurance and has availability is truly a crisis in our country. The last time I tried desperately to find a counselor took me several weeks and the only option open in my area was group therapy. I knew that wasn't the right fit for me. I gave up. I'm thankful for online therapists these days. I'm hoping that means people can find a therapist that may live in a different part of the country--but is the right therapist for you.

[@Chrome166]

For me, the big thing is that true will must involve a harmony between the different aspects of myself. Oftentimes I can get carried away with an idea I believe is meaningful, but my unconscious sensory/emotional experience starts to reject it and my energy withdraws itself until I course correct. I think being in tune with the "lower self" and energy blockages in the body is just as important as striving for the idea of a higher purpose. So that works pretty well as a compass, but I still have no idea where it's leading me.

[@karmonbrown5107]

I have found when I’m operating in my true will I feel peaceful and things just flow

[@michaelelwood2672]

I enjoyed your talk very much Thorn. It brought to mind a quote I came upon recently by Viktor Frankl. He said something like, "it is not for us to find the meaning of life, but for life to find the meaning of us". As a 66 year old, passions keep finding me. Like you, for me it was once music. And it saddened me greatly when I had to walk away for my own mental health. Now I turn to studies of witchcraft and paganism, European history and Archeology.. People half my age bring me volumes of knowledge and experience. Your work is very important to me. I thank you dearly.

[@aviator1787]

i am 29, have a journalism major, quit journalism after 5 years, now am studying science for a total career shift, and i struggle with the fear of changing my mind again. it’s scary. i worry i will just look like a wishy washy, erratic ping pong ball to everyone all my life. yet somehow i feel completely assured that i am where i want to be, am meant to be, whatever you want to call it. someone recently asked me the best part about being 29 and i said it’s knowing what i want and being okay with what i want. can’t wait to ride out my 30s, 40s and beyond. thank you thorn for every time you choose to share your thoughts and words.

[@gastronomist]

Just curious - are you 'meant to be' there only because it's where you've chosen to be, or are you meant to be there because there is something beyond yourself that intends you to be there right now?

[@drawingKenaz]

I relate to this completely. I switched schools in my first year, changed majors at least four times, and ended up back in school after I graduated to do it all over again because I decided I wanted something else. I’ve been called all of it: wishy washy, unfocused, crazy, flippant, and lots more. I felt sooooo guilty when I dropped out of music school. But the switch I ultimately made to religious studies totally changed my life. I still ended up somewhere unexpected (publishing instead of teaching in a classroom…and originally I thought I would be some kind of Pagan minister). You could not pay me to be in my twenties again! The level of contentment I feel now after all that was so unexpected. I think it’s a combination of choice, but also finding something that flowed with who I was-what a magician might think of as one’s true nature. Most younger people don’t get a sense of that-or at least don’t embrace it-until later, in my experience. I certainly didn’t. Thank you for commenting!

[@samanthacameron4805]

This video really spoke to me. I’ll be 49 a week from today and feel like I spend so much of my time feeling lost. Thinking of the coulda, shoulda, woulda moments and feeling very behind. Almost as if it’s too late to do anything constructive. Finding myself envious of people that have been doing things their whole lives. Witchcraft in particular. Feeling the need to belong and detach simultaneously. It’s hard to find REAL confidence and self-assuredness. The kind that doesn’t waiver or break. And it’s almost like it’s easier to find out where you don’t belong before finding that sweet spot where you do. I’m not sure what the point of my comment is other than to say I appreciate your videos, your honesty, and your perspective on how hard it can actually be to find and makes ones own magic. Small request: I would appreciate a ramble on entering the craft later in life. Just your thoughts and opinions, and maybe even some advice, for those of us who aren't 20 something but still feel magical AF - most days. Blessed be.

[@6TheBeastOf6TheEarth6]

I’m 26 and I feel the exact same way. I have spent most of my life playing video games and being reclusive.

[@bubbabentley4274]

Thank you. I had conscious will confused with true will for a long time

[@nox-69]

True Will is the True Nature of something, that particular nature inclines it towards certain choices in life, this is True Will. Anything else just confuses brings egoity to the situation. Great video.

[@6TheBeastOf6TheEarth6]

For pure will, unassuaged from purpose. Delivered from the lust of result. Is in every way PERFECT.

[@KikiAelita]

... bahaha. I posted a comment several days ago on one of your older videos about finding True Will, and then deleted it minutes later because I felt like it was an inappropriate thing to ask. Yet here you are, delivering! Thank you. Excited to watch.

[@drawingKenaz]

I related to your comment so much! I then went looking for it so I could let you know I made a response! I’m so glad you replied-I understand that feeling of not really being invested in *being here.* I spent practically all of my teens and twenties feeling that. I think some of it was wiring-my brain just doesn’t make whatever chemicals that make me care about things. But it got better in my thirties, and I think a lot of it was consciously building connections: with friends, with my spirituality, with a wider world. (I ended up needing meds, too, which were life changing. Not to make assumptions about you-just wanted to add that for anyone else who may read this comment and mistake me for saying I *willed* myself out of depression. I did not! I have a medical condition that requires ongoing attention, not just magic.) Anyway, I thought your comment was great. So thank you!

[@KikiAelita]

@@drawingKenaz I really appreciate the effort!! I suppose that's precisely why it felt like at least in part you were talking to me!

[@gastronomist]

There's no mystical energy field that controls my destiny.

[@JarredTheWyrdWorker]

If I could give this video a billion likes, I would.

[@anthonychavez6501]

My father passed of covid and my mother is in a care center that has a covid lockdown and we can't do anything about that. I find you can't make everyone happy with their grief. True will is trying to find the balance in my own life with being a seeker. Blessed be.

[@arlynneeblin3576]

I have thought about this very question since childhood; first in the guise of "God's calling on my life" in my Nazarene/Baptist upbringing, and then again with the goggles of Thelema in my late teens/ early twenties (HGA, true will unassuaged, yadda). And recently, in my mid 40's as the phrase of "life's purpose" floats around various communities. It became so daunting and I felt so lost, that I let go of seeking it intellectually or emotionally in order to simply be. Or rather to become comfortable with simply being. It's strange how I had to lose myself in order to find myself all over again, yet it's as though I have become more me. I'm not sure this idea of "True will/ God's plan/Life purpose" should be as conflated as we tend to make it. Once I sat, really sat, with Crowley's statement alluded to above, it dawned on me that it has everything to do with doing...just doing what you do...naturally. Enjoying what you enjoy. Feeling passion when you feel passion. It's almost as though it is the purest forms of authenticity in every aspect of ones life from deep core values to the outward reflections of it. It difficult some days to witness myself in order to notice if my actions line up with my heart. This isn't an easy topic to talk about, because I think it truly depends on the weight one places on this idea or how big they make it. I've decided to make it so small that it is everywhere when I look for it. Well, I'm testing that out, anyway.

[@jujudiamond97]

love this. as i'm studying in my MSW program to become a therapist

[@amo8773]

This was important for me to hear. I'm older, in my 50's, and I STILL struggle with the whole "life's purpose" thing. I'm finding that "I want to be a novelist" is something that was true for me in my younger years, and every so often I start hammering away on a rough draft of something again because I "should." But I'm questioning whether I was in love with the idea of being a writer, rather than actually writing. I enjoy writing nonfiction, short articles, and blog posts. I can't say I usually enjoy hammering away at a long work of fiction. Okay, fanfiction can be fun. But I think I have always had this sense that hobbies should be something that can make money, and that leads to guilt if I'm spending time reading or knitting or writing a fanfic. Maybe it's time I allow my ideas of "purpose" to shift. Maybe I can let go of the idea that every passion must be pursued with laser focus, and an eventual goal of making money.

[@oddds]

Wow. This video is amazing. I punished myself for so long for not following certain passions and not making myself commit to them. I thought if I looked into them and really really focused I would see one of those passions was THE path for me. Nah. And I think this video has given me permission to let it go.

[@kali1179]

Love what you had to say on this subject! Even if it’s not how things really are, I have no clue obviously, I think having that perspective keeps me from being in limbo and keeps me actively moving towards what I want.

[@RyanEdmondsMyLifeAsRyan]

This is one of my favourite videos of yours. Thank you, Bright blessings, from Cape Town, South Africa

[@MedievalCat1]

Thank you for sharing this. Some things I’d never thought about that way. Gave me things to think about.

[@RachelStormborn]

I came to basically the same conclusion about "meaning" as you. I got there because I got ticked off when I realized that I was allowing everyone else "out there" define for me what was meaningful r what was valuable. I got to the point of asking "why do you (meaning everyone other than myself) get to tell me what about my life, my life's choices big and small, has meaning? Like...who the F are you and why am I letting you put those definitions on me and my life?! I...and no one else...get to decide what has meaning and what has "purpose" and what the purpose even is. And then I asked myself "why does everything have to be defined by it being purposeful"? Can't something just be what it is with having to have this "value attribution" attached to it? It was very freeing when the light dawned but, admittedly, it can be a difficult thing to stop doing because it's so engrained in western society. We are taught in every way that just "being" isn't enough.

[@abiainley9137]

I strongly agree with a lot of this. Personally I believe True Will is quite simply where your passion lies in the moment, the direction your heart and soul are asking to go. I don't believe True Will is always definable with words because it's fundamentally higher than that. As long as I'm pushing in the direction that feels intuitively right and true I know I'm going in the right direction.

[@gastronomist]

AbiA - I was wondering if you have any thoughts on the source of one's intuition.

[@jeremyhennessee6604]

Strongly agreed ma'am, with the idea of Meaning/Purpose being a self-construct. Some of what you said is reminiscent of Albert Camus' views on Absurdism. (pretty much.) In regards to Will, (in the context of whether it is free, determined, or a matter of some variety of Compatibilism to varying degrees) I sometimes wonder if that too depends on The Individual, and where they're at in their own personal journey, or state of psycho-spiritual development. It seems as though some are endowed with greater degrees of cognitive freedom, Whenever they have an increased awareness of philosophical alternatives, or are more open minded/reflective concerning existential matters than many of the Indoctrinated Types who never developed to the point where they could think outside the box of the Tradition they grew up being force fed. I'm new to your channel, but what ive seen so far? AMAZING. I think you're a very kind hearted, enlightened individual, and it's truly an honor, and privilege to have the opportunity to learn from you. ty maam. j.stephen.h.

[@drawingKenaz]

Hi Jeremy! I’m glad you’re here, and thank you for your thoughtful comments! To answer an earlier question you had, you can read my books in any order. Traditional Wicca is explicitly about approaching initiatory Wicca, but The Witch’s Path is intended for everyone, so that may be your best bet. And I think you’re right about Will-it’s very individualized!

[@jeremyhennessee6604]

@@drawingKenaz ty ma'am. I'll heed your advice. And I'm certain your books are very well researched, and thought out. I've read Gardener, and Buckland. They were interesting. And that Book of Aradia work Leland put together. I've been on somewhat of a chaos Magick kick here lately too. I'm the sort who reserves judgement/Belief, and at this point am just accumulating information for comparisons etc. Ty for your reply Thorn.

[@inlesinlet]

Oh, I love this so much! I wrestle *a lot* with the question of that I'm "supposed to do" with my life. When I was a teenager, I was really into horseback riding, and did dressage. Now I'm in my mid-twenties, and I'm currently hyperfocused on witchcraft, spirituality, energy work, shamanic practices. Thinking about how grounding and centering are foundational practices within witchcraft, thinking about how "centered riding" is a thing, thinking about how I can use my experience as a dressage rider, and my experience knowing what it feels like to be centered in my body on horseback, to help me easier tap into the feeling of being centered in my spiritual practice. Had I not known how my body falls into place within itself when I'm on horseback, I'm not sure the concept of "centering" within witchcraft would've made any sense to me at all. Sure, my passions and purpose change with time, and I do my best to go with the flow of it, let it take me wherever I and it wants to go. But it's also encouraging to see how passions from the past, seemingly completely unrelated to current ones, can still help me, how they're still kind of with me. It takes the pressure off, because when I start to doubt what I'm doing now, when it starts to feel meaningless, I can always tell myself that it might teach me something that might very well be useful in the future, no matter what I'm doing in that future.

[@fleurdemoon8107]

I thought it’s a dog or a wolf is staying behind of you, and then I realized it’s a chair 😂

[@poisonparadise13]

Sounds like what most Christians would call one's "vocation" - using one's own unique talents from the Holy Spirit to do your own kind of ministry, or work towards restoring the harmony between God and creation.

[@thomasvanhoey]

1. On making Meaning: So in college we had this philosophy class and I key concept I often think of is Heidegger's being "thrown" unto the world, but also Sartre's response (totally hope I'm not mixing them up haha) that yes you are thrown into situations but it is up to you to put them into perspectives and choose how you react to them. I also find such a perspective useful, especially when feeling frustrated or in existential crisis and I come back to it after the first emotional reactions. It has been incredibly empowering for dealing with a toxic and gaslighting coworker to decide that certain things were no longer affecting me and also kinda magical that the hurt diminishes. 2. On passion: I'm not a big fan of "follow your passion". In my own experience passion is cultivated and discovered when you become good at things and you see realize how things work, whether it's a theoretical field (conversations with dead scholars) or manual/artisanal things like baking bread. That passion can turn into / feel like your True Will but can also shift over time, and that's okay.

[@carole5648]

i also find the idea of meaninglessness rather comforting. In that even if my existence is perhaps meaningful (to a comforting, motherly sort of 'source', aw how sweet) what i actually do with my existence is meaningless and entirely up to me, it really takes the pressure off though i have trouble remembering that on the day-to-day. i recently read a book "A Psalm for the Wild-Built", it's technically sci-fi but a very cozy, philosophical story about 'finding' meaning in life. it's short and i highly recommend it.

[@6TheBeastOf6TheEarth6]

Crowleys writings are an extension of nietzschean, schopenhaueran and spinozian philosophy. Basically the world that Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Schopenhauer live in. Is the real world, this is also backed by science. In crowleys writings he makes it pretty clear that our “true will” is fixed. It is an essential aspect of our “true nature”. It is our “true nature”. In this world view human beings have no free will and we are essentially nothing but a bunch of mindless meat machines that function on autopilot. The funny thing about crowley is that he basically states prolifically. That by turning yourself into the most mindless meat puppet on natures strings as possible. You will fulfill destiny. In order to find and do your true will. You simply enter into a state of detachment that eliminates any ounce of an I or Me that is controlling your own mind and body. Once in detachment, do not interfere with nature. Because you actually are the nature to not be interfering with. Our minds only have the illusion of being a separate entity from the material world. Crowley noted that how we do not find fulfillment in life and fail to achieve self realization. By 1. controlling ourselves and making choices with our concious minds and 2. by even being a self to begin with. If you were to ask Crowley himself. He would’ve stated Nietzsches world view is the most accurate and well established.

[@rachellopez8357]

I really appreciate your thoughts on this. A while back, I picked up a book by a witch about glamour magic, and while I had high hopes for it, all of those hopes were dashed when she started talking about how glamour magic was useful because it advanced each individual’s “Great Work.” My initial response was like, who cares? Our preoccupation with this kind of stuff seems to be-as you noted-very bound up with the value we unknowingly place upon capitalist ideology AND it sort of seems self-important to me. Plus, as you already said, our passions change! I just don’t think that a concept like true will necessarily takes into account the complexity of who we are. I honestly have no way of answering that question, and I don’t even want to. I’m a professor, a mother, a wife, a writer, a witch, a cat owner…I mean…whatever 🤷‍♀️

[@lacolocha75]

What are you a professor of Rachel? I’m interested in holding academia and occult and how ppl manage it

[@rachellopez8357]

@@lacolocha75 English! 😊

[@ghostdog2898]

Hoodoo spell book. You'll thank me later, maybe.

[@KikiAelita]

I relate to what you said about it becoming more important to find a purpose, or True Will to work towards, when in despair. The conscious reason I feel a need to have a purpose is that life is tough. I don't inherently have a hunger to be Here. Something just wasn't wired right I guess. The idea of having a purpose gives a reason to persist through periods of time in which day to day experience isn't something one sticks around for (why live to work, if all you have time or energy for is wake up, work, wait to sleep, sleep, repeat?). I am part of witchcraft-pagan practice specifically to better engage with and be energized by existing. Part of my discovered beliefs includes the idea that one of the "powers" of beings is the ability to perceive (create!) both beinghood and meaning in things, events, etc. Maybe I should do that more, as you mentioned. I am not sure I can be at peace with... Arbitrarily picking an interest to be my True Will, especially because it can change. I think what I'm seeking from a "True Will" is something... Grounding because it's pie in the sky aspirational. You know where you want to go, whether or not you get there. But of course, one keeps going. I have two thirds of my life, maybe three quarters left if I'm real lucky to figure it out. And if I don't figure it out, well, a lifetime is brief in the scale of things to have had to tolerate. Thank you again for sharing this video. It felt like you were speaking right to me.

[@RavenSong]

Personally I believe true will is if what is what you truly have control of. That which you can change manipulate or leave be.

[@turningcursive2255]

Wow. This relates to what I’ve been thinking about and I really loved what you shared on your perspective with our relationship with passions. Specifically that’s it’s okay to set them aside. I’m still early in learning and thinking about will, but I think sometimes there’s an implication of capitalized Will vs (relative) will. And that sometimes it here’s an over-assertion or propping up of will (like- a fake it til you make approach.) Not sure if this makes sense. Teasing out the context of will as a belief vs a demand/desire also makes me feel like multiple ideas are being conflated when I read or hear other people’s ideas around will, which makes it harder to think through. Thanks for your thoughts!!

[@neophyte2688]

There is no true will but the will of the spirit to experience life. It's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase. There is no specific thing you should be doing but that which ignites your spirit.

[@JackChanek]

I particularly appreciated your pointing out that passions can change, and that's a normal and healthy thing. I think so many people feel like they have to have one all-consuming purpose that directs their whole lives, and for most of us, that's just not true. If I'm being totally honest, the concept of true will (or its sister, the higher self) just doesn't factor into my practice at all. I work on being a healthy, emotionally mature, fulfilled person, but that's not really the same thing. People often point out similarities between Wicca and Thelema (and justifiedly so), but to me, this is the crucial difference, and is the reason "Wicca is just Thelema but less ceremonial" takes miss the mark. The doctrine of true will is the heart of Thelema; there can be no Thelema without true will. But it's just not there in Wicca. Sure, there are Wiccans who may work with the idea and find meaning in it, but there's nothing about it in Wicca, per se. My magical and religious practice doesn't involve the notion of true will whatsoever. And I think that's a huge distinguishing factor between the two religions.

[@kolorninecup7597]

I'm still working on my "Night Gallery" collection of 10 painting originals covering the Supernatural. The show of witch was 1st narrated & so hosted by none other than (our own) Rod Sterling and was the Branch that occurred as you know from The Twilight Zone: Beyond . . .Time, Space & Dimension. This Y - ear though it was decided to take upon myself the Un -natural phenomena that always occurs around the World at 90% completion by projection, wile having the concentricity in correspondence . . . so am all the way back down at the very bottom to the Foot repairing my bridge with [stone] work . . . Eagle - Rock redi-mix

[@_asphobelle6887]

Thank, as always your video is the kickoff to my own thinking that I didn't know I needed. I agree with you that this idea of having a higher will, or meaning, or whatever, originates from Christian and capitalist ideologies. But I feel the reason why I and so many others struggle with this and are forever searching for their "true will" is these same ideologies also strongly link it with value and worth : getting by is not enough, being content is not enough, if you're not following your higher will or have some overarching goal to guide everything you're doing, then you and your life feel worthless.

[@hdesha25]

Good afternoon Thorn. I was wondering if you had a PO Box? You were the very first person I learned from when I began my path. I watched all of your videos, and fell down the rabbit hole. Witchcraft literally saved my life. I was suicidal due to mental illness, and also due to a devastating diagnosis from my neurologist. I wanted to say thank you for assisting me in finding my own path, and recommending books to inhale, as I searched for my peace. I finally have found it! I am about to retire from Healthcare (the pandemic has burned me out), and I am about to devote myself full time to my new metaphysical business. I'd like to send you an intention box, with a handcrafted candle inside. Can you send me your PO box?

[@spiral_heart8239]

Well that was a hella validating and had me crying in the first 2 minutes. I've also had some big shifts in interest that were what I needed but hard for me to accept and understand. While I do agree that we are absolutely empowered to make our own meaning, I have had things just sorta come and find me, and basically scream at me until I committed to doing them. This is how the call to be a therapist came into my life. It was a fucking wrestling match of me being terrified of the responsibility associated with the job and a complete obsession with the field.

[@drawingKenaz]

💙 Yes, I’ve had that sort of thing happen to me, too! I started fencing because of a really intense impulse that ended up being connected to spiritual work. So it’s a mix! But even when that’s happened to me, my sense of choice has been so instrumental- do the thing even when I don’t really want to, but because I have this sense of *I must.*

[@joutavainen2920]

my thinking is finding things that you are interested in and then sticking with them as long as that interest stays true. there´s no point in trying to force anything.. all that learning through suffering, i don´t believe in any of that.. you don´t see any animals tormenting themselves on purpose, on the contrary they avoid suffering. they still make dumb decisions though.. like if a squirrel finds enough nuts they will eat until become very fat, which makes life harder for them (i´m not sure if they fat shame, probably not, you just get left behind because you´re slower). so learning from your mistakes, staying curious, not abandoning the virtues of the child´s mindset, but mixing them up with the adult mindset.. not buying into the lie of linear progress (sometimes the highest can be found from the lowest, or the youngest).

[@TheDeviantWitchEtsy]

Please write an autobiography! I would love to hear what types of things you have been through with your life from when you were a young musician and up until a High Priestess, and if I am not mistaken with multiple masters degrees? I really think that you talking about your life could help people find their way in the world and help them find their Will as well. I think you have alot to give to the community in knowledge and experience and when you do eventually pass on, I think that having that to give to the world would be a great contribution! ...Think about it...

[@ellebi2]

I second this :3

[@drawingKenaz]

Thank you so much! I’m always grateful when you show up in my feed! I’ll think about that! Maybe there are pieces that are useful. I learned a lot reading Deborah Lipp’s autobiography. But I think I need a few more years under my belt! But perhaps a blog or two.

[@steveelic3833]

Thorn--> As an initiate of the Craft, do you think that your true will manifests itself in your path of initiation? Like a diamond glistening in an ocean of fate, tumbled around by the will of the Gods, yet shaped by the very forces of water acting upon its surface,.. made more beautiful by the journey itself…?

[@grantheard5999]

People act like "True Will" is a fixed point- why wouldn't your True Will evolve as the rest of nature evolves?

[@janethansen9612]

When you suddenly find yourself at age 22 with a newborn, your life's purpose takes a pretty sharp detour.

[@drawingKenaz]

I can only imagine! 💙 I bet a lot of parents here would say something similar.

[@littlestbroccoli]

The more I learn about myself the more I see how ill-suited my makeup is to capitalist society. Everything I am good at producing is worthless in our world (witchin' and stitchin') unless I "monetize" it, which actually means becoming a marketer, which is soulless and I hate it. I think I'd fit right in in closer communities, might become involved in healing or farming at some point, but for now I'm stranded on the island of mediocre, middle aged city life. The thing that makes this all easier is the tweet: "You have no more purpose than the birds in the sky", which I find liberating after the last 10 years or so of the productivity cult(ure).

[@steveelic3833]

It’s complex--> one’s true Will is one’s true Destiny and Fate, which for me represents a life path as determined by the Gods and the choices one makes. Hmmm… not so simple, actually. It is one of the Mysteries of Magic, and is unknowable (but through revelation, can be experienced, to an extent). An important topic to think about, at every moment of ones life and Magic.

[@robndamtns]

I think you first must determine whether you believe in Free Will or Pre determinism. It’s seems like the ideas of it was meant to be,it must be God’s will, the “universe” didn’t want me to have this, or plug in your catch phrase, seem to be a fixture in daily conversation. So much so that I don’t think people really understand what they are saying. It’s just a saying that gives no comfort. I personally don’t believe in a true will or Trying to find God’s will for yourself. I believe you should try to make the best of the circumstances you are placed in and if you find something that you are passionate about do that. Otherwise, you are either being controlled or seeking to be controlled. Which is a choice I guess but not really. I find it hard to be authentic if you are being controlled or manipulated.

[@CaligulaInvictus]

The True Will is discovered when the adept achieves the knowledge and conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. Trying to rationalize it only leads to confusion and delay.

[@RachaelTheFirboldDruid]

Has anyone told you that you look like Helena Targaryen from House of the Dragon? Cause I think you do. 😊

[@drawingKenaz]

No, but I’ll take it! 💙

[@veerani]

so you believe in free will?

[@drawingKenaz]

Yes and no. I think that our power is necessarily limited, and I think that the choices we make are defined by circumstance, language, culture, etc. we get to make choices, but I think we actually have much less than we think we do. (This is difficult to articulate in a comment, but I always think of the scene with the blue sweater in Devil Wears Prada. One might think they’re making their own choice as to what to wear, but we’re choosing from options that were ultimately placed there by others.)

[@SprocketWatchclock]

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