2019 - It's about getting serious for Spirit Keepers
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 2:07 pm
Ash & I have always lived by the "live and let live" code. We opened this Forum as an open place for all discussion, and we don't press anyone to believe in certain religious, spiritual, or magical beliefs. We welcome everyone who wants to come with love, respect, and kindness. This was, is, and always will be the mission of this community. We expect everyone who comes here to be student and teacher, care-giver and care-recipient, and for there to be a meeting of the serious minds of those who really care about what Spirit Keeping, Magic, and Paranormal Collecting is.
However, due to the overwhelming darkness of human nature, and the bad behavior the internet encourages, there has been a systematic turn over the last few years of people who just can't find a nice word about anyone or anything, who are spewing rhetoric that is damaging and not at all helpful to the respect the Spirit Keeping community deserves, they personally defame, belittle, and shame anyone who doesn't believe exactly what they want them to believe, and essentially the number of bullies in boards outside of here who are brow-beating people with fear and lies is appalling.
Ash & I have never wanted to be the police of the Spirit Keeping community, and that is why we have always practice a "live and let live" mentality. If you choose to do the research, know who you're listening to, see what their background is, see what their ideologies are, and essentially know that the person you're believing to be a leader, then you're taking yourself seriously & your path seriously. If you are just blindly being drawn in by knee-jerk reactions by someone who is not at all educated in Spirit Keeping & is on a major power trip at your expense, or arrived a month ago, or is not even out of their teen years & doesn't really know what they're talking about, or is someone who has reincarnated themselves multiple times under multiple accounts because they keep getting into trouble, then that's a danger and hopefully when you start finding out these things you don't leave the journey completely. Hopefully, if you fall into those categories you will find a safe community of real Spirit Keepers.
All of that said, I think it's time for everyone who is serious about this path to take back the communities (on all social sites, boards, etc). It's really time that the people who care about the future of Spirit Keeping to step up and be leaders, and not just ignore the nonsense, or unsubscribe from the channels, or just turn a blind eye to the people who are the sometime-believers, the quasi-believers, the "when I feel like it believers", because most of the time it's those people you see berating others, judging others, telling you what's right & wrong, and essentially making up their own rules.
Ash & I have fought, tooth and nail, blood and tears, with undying devotion for Spirit Keeping to be taken seriously. It's why this entire site started in the first place. We poured more than 70,000 hours building this site, populating it with information, consolidating essential principles of Spirit Keeping, and creating a foundation where it will be taken seriously. Think about how many hours those of you who are serious about Spirit Keeping have spent not only here, but other sites, and with your spirit companions, and do you want all of that unraveled because people who are not really serious about this, and probably won't be around anymore in a year or two, to be the people who are the loudest and seemingly most passionate, when they will be gone and we will all still be here living this life because it's what we believe in?
This isn't something Ash & I can do alone, it's not something you can do alone, and it's really going to take all of us who want there to even be a Spirit Keeping community for future generations, for your children, for your future loved ones, to carry your legacy and to have a safe & respected community to find the same happiness and joy you have found.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.". In this case maybe it's not always evil, maybe it's just hot-air distractions, but we've all seen what's happening lately, and the bullies are climbing on the backs of good people in the whole of the community, and they are doing damage that needs to be reversed.
This is a rally cry, for all of us, Ash & myself included. We need to speak up when we see false leaders bullying others, shaming others, spreading false information, and we need to stand together united to ensure the future of the entire Spirit Keeping community is not fractured and broken apart by people who are around to get a power trip by pushing false narratives about Spirit Keeping. There are bad apples in every community, and people who scream the loudest but have no idea what they're talking about in every work place and every community in the world, but they shouldn't be the people who are teaching others.
Everyone who is serious about the future of Spirit Keeping needs to stand together, and for our part we will be nurturing those who are serious about Spirit Keeping, and we will be going above & beyond for every person here who is a productive, helpful, inspiring, and kind member.
Ash & I have always fostered an environment of learning, of pushing yourself to dive into magic and the supernatural, to earn the power that you have, and while we still believe that whole-heartedly (because you appreciate what you earn so much more than what is just given), it's time to give the people who deserve real power, the opportunity to harness real power, and that's exactly what we're going to be doing in 2019. These areas will not be made public, they will be given only to members who don't cause drama, who aren't bullying and picking on others, and who routinely lift each other up, and whether that is 100 people this year or 1,000, the real power of the supernatural will be coming to each and every one of you.
It's time for those who are serious about Spirit Keeping to be rewarded as custodians of the power that Spirit Keeping truly provides each of us. We will be posting further information on this by the end of the month, so look for the thread & announcement via newsletter.
However, due to the overwhelming darkness of human nature, and the bad behavior the internet encourages, there has been a systematic turn over the last few years of people who just can't find a nice word about anyone or anything, who are spewing rhetoric that is damaging and not at all helpful to the respect the Spirit Keeping community deserves, they personally defame, belittle, and shame anyone who doesn't believe exactly what they want them to believe, and essentially the number of bullies in boards outside of here who are brow-beating people with fear and lies is appalling.
Ash & I have never wanted to be the police of the Spirit Keeping community, and that is why we have always practice a "live and let live" mentality. If you choose to do the research, know who you're listening to, see what their background is, see what their ideologies are, and essentially know that the person you're believing to be a leader, then you're taking yourself seriously & your path seriously. If you are just blindly being drawn in by knee-jerk reactions by someone who is not at all educated in Spirit Keeping & is on a major power trip at your expense, or arrived a month ago, or is not even out of their teen years & doesn't really know what they're talking about, or is someone who has reincarnated themselves multiple times under multiple accounts because they keep getting into trouble, then that's a danger and hopefully when you start finding out these things you don't leave the journey completely. Hopefully, if you fall into those categories you will find a safe community of real Spirit Keepers.
All of that said, I think it's time for everyone who is serious about this path to take back the communities (on all social sites, boards, etc). It's really time that the people who care about the future of Spirit Keeping to step up and be leaders, and not just ignore the nonsense, or unsubscribe from the channels, or just turn a blind eye to the people who are the sometime-believers, the quasi-believers, the "when I feel like it believers", because most of the time it's those people you see berating others, judging others, telling you what's right & wrong, and essentially making up their own rules.
Ash & I have fought, tooth and nail, blood and tears, with undying devotion for Spirit Keeping to be taken seriously. It's why this entire site started in the first place. We poured more than 70,000 hours building this site, populating it with information, consolidating essential principles of Spirit Keeping, and creating a foundation where it will be taken seriously. Think about how many hours those of you who are serious about Spirit Keeping have spent not only here, but other sites, and with your spirit companions, and do you want all of that unraveled because people who are not really serious about this, and probably won't be around anymore in a year or two, to be the people who are the loudest and seemingly most passionate, when they will be gone and we will all still be here living this life because it's what we believe in?
This isn't something Ash & I can do alone, it's not something you can do alone, and it's really going to take all of us who want there to even be a Spirit Keeping community for future generations, for your children, for your future loved ones, to carry your legacy and to have a safe & respected community to find the same happiness and joy you have found.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.". In this case maybe it's not always evil, maybe it's just hot-air distractions, but we've all seen what's happening lately, and the bullies are climbing on the backs of good people in the whole of the community, and they are doing damage that needs to be reversed.
This is a rally cry, for all of us, Ash & myself included. We need to speak up when we see false leaders bullying others, shaming others, spreading false information, and we need to stand together united to ensure the future of the entire Spirit Keeping community is not fractured and broken apart by people who are around to get a power trip by pushing false narratives about Spirit Keeping. There are bad apples in every community, and people who scream the loudest but have no idea what they're talking about in every work place and every community in the world, but they shouldn't be the people who are teaching others.
Everyone who is serious about the future of Spirit Keeping needs to stand together, and for our part we will be nurturing those who are serious about Spirit Keeping, and we will be going above & beyond for every person here who is a productive, helpful, inspiring, and kind member.
Ash & I have always fostered an environment of learning, of pushing yourself to dive into magic and the supernatural, to earn the power that you have, and while we still believe that whole-heartedly (because you appreciate what you earn so much more than what is just given), it's time to give the people who deserve real power, the opportunity to harness real power, and that's exactly what we're going to be doing in 2019. These areas will not be made public, they will be given only to members who don't cause drama, who aren't bullying and picking on others, and who routinely lift each other up, and whether that is 100 people this year or 1,000, the real power of the supernatural will be coming to each and every one of you.
It's time for those who are serious about Spirit Keeping to be rewarded as custodians of the power that Spirit Keeping truly provides each of us. We will be posting further information on this by the end of the month, so look for the thread & announcement via newsletter.