#the heretical sayyadina

[theromanticrationalist]

Walking with God: The Sacred Journey of Villeneuve’s Dune | The Heretical Sayyadina

"This is Paul’s path, this is Paul’s story, of what it means to walk with the Divine. Many are tempted to view this story as a curse, something that destroys not only the person walking the path, but the entire world around him. We may even be tempted to think that we are watching not a story of a man, but of a terrible and wretched god who will fall from grace — falling short of everyone’s expectations and self-made projections of him, a messiah made in a broken image who will not lead them into a better world, but a nightmarish one filled with the stench of violence and death. Only this is not Villeneuve’s Dune. We aren’t watching a fall from grace, but a fall towards grace. For we seem to be taking Paul’s godhood for granted, as something that can be torn down and defiled, yet we must remember that it is a part of him, something that is woven into his very genes. You can’t remove the man from the Divine, and you can’t remove the Divine from the man. And although it is true that the man will not be able to live up to the Divine, this is not to his shame, but to his glory. For it is a beautiful thing that a man is not God. When he realizes this, he becomes truly free. Not because he is free from God, but because he is freed to God. So, this isn’t about a collapse of Divinity within a man, but it is about a man collapsing into Divinity — because sometimes the path to heaven leads into the desert. When you walk with the Divine, wrestling with Him along the way, you are going to be made lame, but you will be given a new name. This is Paul’s story." | 💧 Continue Reading on my Substack.

[thehereticalsayyadina]

Mars Direct: Be Strong and of Good Courage: Donning the Martial spirit. . .

Mars stationed direct at the beginning of the week at around 20-25 degrees Gemini. We might begin to feel that areas that once felt stuck, sedentary, exhausted, or delayed might suddenly spring forward. Things might be happening fast, like the momentum of a sling shot that has been pulled back - fully feeling that tension and pressure - and then suddenly snapped free! I sense that much of this will result in sudden loss or purging in one’s life, whether painfully or with relief - or both! I also see indications of chores or duties accumulating and demanding to be completed immediately and without further delay. However, this jolting momentum will be short lived as we approach both a Mercury and Venus retrograde in March, which will cause further delays and calls to reflection and rest.

With Mars stationing direct, this will be the third transit as he comes back through the path of his retrograde motion. So, whatever themes, patterns, or events that you have noticed and/or experienced since October 2024 when Mars first entered its retrograde shadow, will be manifesting themselves again. Depending on how you have been approaching these events, you will either be gaining insights and abilities to overcome or encountering fresh frustrations that could cause continued strife. In either case, I have some thoughts of hope to share. . ."

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