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Thoughts on S5 Miraculous Ladybug (Before the London special)
You know who I really feel bad for? Nooroo. He has suffered more than anyone on the show. First he gets separated from his other companions in the Miracle Box, with only an insane Duusu for company for decades while he's lost in the snow, then he's found and claimed by Gabriel, who misuses his power for evil and horribly mistreats him. Nooroo remains separated from the other kwamis except, briefly, Duusu. He's reunited with his fellow kwamis when Gabriel kidnaps the others, which on the plus side means Nooroo can see his family again, but on the minus side, he has to watch his family be mistreated. And even that only lasts a short time. Gabriel makes the kwami cages and melts down all the miraculous EXCEPT for Nooroo's, so he's separated from his family once again. At least the other kwamis can comfort each other in their misery. And when Ladybug reclaims all the kwamis, it's all the kwamis except Nooroo. The only hope for Nooroo now is that Lila, who has the butterfly miraculous, will be kinder than Gabriel. However, I believe it's worse than that because... we have to take into account Gabriel's wish. I know the prevailing theory is that Gabriel traded his life for Natalie's, but that doesn't make much sense. If all he wanted was to reunite with his wife in death all he had to do was throw himself from the top of the Agreste mansion. (Then again, maybe that's exactly what he did do and the entire show is just Gabriel's dying hallucination.) The easiest way to save both Emilie and Natalie would be for Gabriel to wish that it was the butterfly and not the peacock that was damaged. That means neither Emilie nor Natalie would have gotten sick (and neither would Felix' father. That would be the cost of the wish.) So the woman we saw at the end of season 5 was Emilie, not Amilie. And I don't think Gabriel's death was much of a price. He needed some sort of cosmic punishment. So I think for his pride and his cruelty he was transformed into a kwami, much like Jafar became a genie in Aladdin. He could become a new kwami, but it's just as likely he supplants Nooroo as the kwami of the butterfly, meaning Nooroo is destroyed. When Lila screamed after activating the Butterfly miraculous (with the attendant damaged miraculous lightening) I don't think she saw Nooroo. I think she saw Gabriel's giant floating head (like Heart Hunter). Meet the new miraculous of the butterfly. And that's why I think it absolutely sucks to be Nooroo.
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Starter For Gene?
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Genie Out
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People don't appreciate the effort that goes into altering reality. It's heavy work and takes a lot more time than anyone expects it to. "Just like magic" sounds nice when you are not the one doing the magicing. This wasn't a simple "win the lottery" alteration. Chance is magic to begin with. Nor was it a miraculous healing. That's just moving atoms. This required tracing back in time, finding decision points and following them forward. Lots and lots of dead ends. An infinite number, in fact. The real miracle here was finding a key event in such a short time. But now, just shy of four hours reality time, his work was done.
Now Mason had a chance meeting with Jaxtyn in middle school. They started to skate together, smoke weed, skip school. He got busted shoplifting a few times, which was the originating event for his parent's divorce. He never went on to high school. No one tried to convince him to. He managed to get a job for a local delivery company, which made him enough money to move out of his mother's apartment to "live his life as he wanted".
As the genie left Mason, having done some finishing touches on his body, Mason was left hotboxing in his car, tired after hauling supplies all night. He wasn't sure he liked being an essential worker, oblivious to the fact his wish to "get out of this fucking lockdown" had been granted.
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Ride quickly, my heart is in the same place | XiaoHenYang
Summary
He didn't let his eyes lingering too long on the lamp. He didn't even ask anything about it. Yet, the owner gave it to him as a merchandise. It make him confused, but it didn't erase the giddy feeling he had the moment he had his hands on the lamp.
Genre : fluff, smut, explicit
Tags : one shot, nct, smut, love confession
Pairing : Xiaojun x Hendery x Yangyang
Wordcount : 5,779 (Body text only not including the note)
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He walked along the street, not finding anything that piqued his interest at all. He tried to find some food street vendor, he can’t just go home with empty hands. It wouldn’t do good, as tonight he was the one in charge of cooking.
And, he can’t cook…
He slumped his shoulder at the depressing thought, it sucks for him, at least Yangyang can cook even if it was for something simple like maybe frying eggs. It’d help him quite much, well sucks to be him.
He walked along the street and found the street food vendor that maybe Yangyang would like, it was like a miracle for him to find a food vendor in this street.
He didn’t mean to stare on the vendor’s decoration, but it had piqued his interest. It looked like it didn’t fit the view here. Without realizing it, the food vendor’s already asking him about the little thing near the cashier.
“Young man, do you like the lamp?”
He immediately turned his head toward the voice, “H—huh? Ah yeah, It looks pretty.” He stammered as he was caught off guard by the question.
“I can give you this lamp for free. Just think of it as a merchandise.”
Without him realizing it, he already walked far away from the vendor with a plastic bag containing the food he bought earlier and the lamp that he was staring at earlier. Slowly a smile creeping into his lips, he didn’t know why, but he had a good feeling for tonight.
His feet already bring him to the front of his shared home with Yangyang, with a goofy smile he opened the door and loudly announced his presence to the whole house with a booming voice.
“Yangie, I’m home! With food this time!”
Frown was making its way to his face, as he didn’t see Yangyang come out from his room nor he hears the shouting from his room.
He put down the plastic bag on the table and makes his way to Yangyang’s room. Slowly he knocked the door, as he waited and there aren’t any responses from Yangyang inside. He discreetly opened the door slightly, peeked through the door.
He let out a breath of relief, as he found Yangyang sleeping soundly, he almost cooed on the sight. Gently he shakes Yangyang’s body while calling his name.
“Yang, Yangie, wake up, I brought food, come on let’s eat.”
Yangyang let out a groan, “Hnng, a few minutes more please…”
“Come on wake up, if you sleep now, you’ll stay awake until morning and tomorrow morning you have lecture. It wouldn’t do good, you don’t want to miss the important lecture, do you?”
Yangyang let out a loud groan at Hendery’s reminder, he sat up from his bed, blinking his eyes blearily, rubbing his eyes.
“Yes, yes, I’m up, Dery.”
He grumbled as he sat down and checking his phone for time. Hendery let a smile etched on his lips at Yangyang’s grumble, then gently ruffled Yangyang’s bed hair.
After he do that, he let himself out from Yangyang’s room and walked to the table where he put the plastic bag on. He pulled out the pretty thing and bring it to his room, as he was in the safety of his room. He put down the lamp and immediately go to the bathroom.
Decided that a shower would do good before he eats, he hummed as he showered and washing his hair, letting the sweat that was sticking into his skin washed away and replaced by the scent of his bodywash.
As he dried his body and hair, he rummages through his drawer for his comfortable clothes. Smile was reaching his face as he found the thing he searched for. He laid down the clothes as he hummed and slowly wearing the clothes.
He immediately put his towel back to dry, he let his hand reaching for the lamp he put down on his desk, he let his eyes observing the lamp carefully, as he found dust on the lamp, he let his hand rub the spot where the dust is.
Without realizing the touches, that made to the lamp, a purple mist appearing slowly from the lamp and Hendery panicked at the sight of the mist. He let out a sigh of relief as the mist disappeared, thinking that the worst is over and there’s nothing happened.
It was wrong, it’s not over yet.
He almost let out a high-pitched scream at the sight of hand on his arms, he let his hand formed into a ball and punched the stranger in his right.
“Whoa, whoa, easy, easy, don’t punch me.”
His ears perked up on the stranger voice, he immediately pulled back his fist. Then lifted his head up to look at the stranger on his right side, he can feel his mouth hangs open at the sight he was greeted by. He was mesmerized by the beauty he was seeing.
“Wha—what are you? A—are you an angel?”
At this the ethereal beauty let out a beautiful sound from his mouth, he was shocked by the sound of it, and he almost tempted to die on the spot. After all, he already saw the most beautiful person beside his roommate for today.
“Hahaha, thank you for the compliment, unfortunately I’m not an angel.”
He can feel himself become smitten for the ethereal beauty, it was hard to not fall in love with the said so person.
“Well, pretty boy, you can say that I’m a genie.”
The beauty said to him with a wide smile etched on his lips, Hendery can feel his heart skipping a beat at the sight in front of him. but then he remembered that he hasn’t eaten yet as his stomach making sounds, a goofy smile creeping into his lips.
“Oops, maybe we can continue this conversation later?”
The genie shrugged his shoulder, as he was saying It’s up to you. Smile still etched on his expression, Hendery feels bad for leaving the genie inside his room, so he was thinking that maybe he can invite the genie eating with him and Yangyang.
“Um, I think you can join me to eat, you probably want to change your clothes first.”
He said with an awkward smile as he gestured at the genie’s fancy clothes, the genie shrugged his shoulder and with the snap of his finger, his clothes magically changed to something resembling what was Hendery wearing.
“Um… that’s great, follow me then.”
Wordlessly the genie follows Hendery towards the dining room, Yangyang was already sitting down on the chair with his chopsticks and spoon out as he gobbled up the food Hendery bought from the street food vendor.
“Woah, Hendery, who is that?”
At Yangyang’s question, Hendery breaks out in a cold sweat, he forgot to ask his name!
“Xiaojun, you can call me Xiaojun.”
He let out a breath of relief, but his head immediately focused on the genie’s name, it suits him quite well, he can daydream all night long if it wasn’t for Yangyang snapping him out from his daydream (Or you can say nightdream?).
“So, what’s your friend doing here? Usually you would say something to me before you invite your friend here.”
At this Hendery only can bit his lips nervously, he didn’t even think that far, nor he thought any reasonable excuse he can gave to Yangyang. He can feel sweat dripping from his forehead, he almost cursed his naïve way of thinking.
Thankfully, Xiaojun spoke up before he can tell anything about Xiaojun is a genie and actually he isn’t his friend from his university nor class.
“Oh, I’m here crashing on your house for the night, it’s urgent and I didn’t have anyone else besides Hendery here to crash on.”
Xiaojun smile widely at Yangyang as he said the lie, Hendery was quite convinced by Xiaojun’s lie, it’s not like Yangyang would know. He hoped Yangyang would believe the lie.
“Okay…”
Yangyang nodded at Xiaojun, even though he had this look on his face, he was quite unconvinced by his lie. Hendery wordless walked to the kitchen picking a pair of chopstick and spoon for him and Xiaojun.
As he sat down on his seat, he can feel some tension between Xiaojun and Yangyang. He hoped it wasn’t anything serious, he really wished that both of them can tolerate each other, it would be even better if both of them liked each other.
“I’m done!”
Yangyang exclaimed, as he stood up from his seat. He walked to the sink and washed his dirty dishes, as he dried his hands off, his eyes lingering at Xiaojun for a long time.
Hendery noticed this and looked at Yangyang in exchange, he had this uneasy feeling at Yangyang’s stare. He hoped it wasn’t anything bad, but as he looked closely at the glint in Yangyang’s eyes, he already knows that it would resulting something baffling.
“Hendery, I would be sleeping now, thanks for the food!”
He nodded at Yangyang wordlessly as he continuing to eat, while looking at Xiaojun beside him eating as well. He knew it was rude to stare but he can’t take off his eyes from Xiaojun, his mind was full of Xiaojun’s images.
“Hey, I know you’re staring at me, pretty boy.”
Hendery immediately turned his head from Xiaojun, as his cheeks turned crimson. He can feel his face burns with shame, he immediately focused back to his food and decided to not stare at the genie for now.
It’s not easy for him to hold himself back from staring at the genie for a long time, he knew that Xiaojun probably can feel all of his stares. It was hard to not stare.
“Spit it out, pretty boy.”
He almost chokes at the food he was chewing on, not expecting Xiaojun to say anything. He immediately pulled a glass of water that was on the table and drank it to make himself not choking to death. He throws a glare at Xiaojun for startling him. it’s not fun to be choking on food you know.
Xiaojun gave him a playful smile, not apologetic at all toward Hendery.
“It’s your own fault, Hendery.”
Xiaojun said to Hendery playfully, as he picked up another piece of food to his plate. Not disturbed by the fact he almost made Hendery die from choking on piece of food.
He shakes his head at Xiaojun, not expecting his playful antics.
As few minutes pass by, he stood up picking up the used utensils by him and Xiaojun. He hummed a tune as he washed the utensils and once again he almost let out a scream when the genie suddenly appeared beside him as he dried his hands.
“Xiaojun!”
He hit Xiaojun with his palm rapidly, as his heart skipping a beat for a moment. Xiaojun wordlessly let a grin etched on his lips, suddenly Hendery just feel the need to punch something preferably, Xiaojun.
“You do that again, I’ll punch you across the face.”
Hendery said to Xiaojun in threatening tone, as he narrowed his eyes at Xiaojun, looking at him suspiciously. He takes back all his earlier words, Xiaojun is not an angel at all. He’s a devil in disguise. He cursed under his breath as he walked back to his room with Xiaojun following behind him.
“Well, you’ll sleep here.”
He gestured to the floor, not wanting Xiaojun to sleep on the same bed as him. he shuddered at the thought Xiaojun would probably making pranks at him. he hoped it wouldn’t happened, he didn’t need another Yangyang in his life.
“Why?”
He draped his hands over his face, letting out an exasperated sigh at Xiaojun’s question. He almost wants to retort in response to Xiaojun’s question. But decided to not to, after all Xiaojun is probably a genie without common sense.
“Because,” he said loudly to Xiaojun, “I don’t want you to sleep in the same bed as me?”
Hendery ended the statement with a questioning tone, he didn’t know why he did that, but he had the feeling that it was because of Xiaojun’s pleading eyes at him.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Xiaojun still had his pleading eyes toward him, he narrowed his eyes. But his gaze immediately softened at Xiaojun unconsciously. He turned away his head immediately as he feels something hot creeping up to his face. He can guess that his face would be red.
“…Alright, you can sleep next to me.”
Hendery said to Xiaojun, feeling defeated. It seems like he wasn’t immune to Xiaojun’s genie charms. He cursed as he let his guard down around Xiaojun, probably because of his angelic face and his soft-spoken voice.
He immediately lay down on his side of the bed, not waiting for Xiaojun. He tried to close his eyes and focusing on sleeping. But he was distracted by the soft sounds that was coming out from Xiaojun’s pretty lips. His mind still stays awake fully, he tried to close his eyes but to no avail, it didn’t help him to get some sleep.
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Morning comes, he blinked his eyes rapidly, not believing what just happened to him.
He can’t sleep, at all.
And to worsening the matter, he has a lecture this morning. He put his hand on his forehead as he sat down on the edge of the bed, scrunching his nose, as he feels his eyes like it was just flashed by ten flashlights at once.
He stood up from his bed, grumbling under his breath and goes to the bathroom slowly, feeling sick from the lack of sleep. He can feel a dull throb on his head, behind his eyes. He decided after taking a quick shower he would need some coffee.
He can’t focus on his lecture if he didn’t have anything to made him stay awake. It wasn’t a wise choice, but it was the only choice he had for now. everything feels like it was happening so fast, he was tired. He can see some sparks from his eyes, feeling lightheaded for a second.
“G’morning.”
He squinted his eyes at the living room, to see Yangyang relaxing for a moment before he goes to his campus. He can see Yangyang holding a cup of coffee, it was still steaming hot.
“Mm, g’morning Yang.”
He mumbled as he dried his hair, he walked to the kitchen trying to brew a coffee for himself. He cheered at himself, as he didn’t fail to make the coffee. Slowly he sipped the hot beverage, feeling somewhat energized by the drink.
“A tough night?”
Hendery hummed at Yangyang’s question, but he didn’t elaborate further the meaning of his hum. He can see Yangyang slowly had a smirk on his lips. He glared at him, he didn’t take off his gaze of him, when Yangyang stopped smirking then he stopped glaring at Yangyang sharply.
“Didn’t you need to go already?”
“C’mon, a few minutes more.”
“It’s up all to you, If you’re late to your lecture, don’t say that I didn’t warn you.”
He said to Yangyang as he walked back to his room to change his clothes, he didn’t even try to be quiet as Xiaojun still slept on his bed. He was annoyed by Xiaojun, but he tried to not think about it. he had more important matter than plotting Xiaojun’s demise by his own hand.
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It wasn’t the most pleasant day ever, but he had it through, his body didn’t even cooperate with him. he still can feel the dull throb, he already gets some painkiller, but it didn’t have many effects on this annoying dull throb.
“Hendery, are you okay?”
He lifted his head from the desk he was occupying on the library, he slowly blinked his eyes, adjusting to the light. He was surprised to see Yangyang and Haechan.
“Hmm, I’m okay, it’s just a dull throb.”
He explained to them, not wanting the conversation goes further than a harmless question. He already saw Haechan’s furrowed eyebrows at his answer he probably didn’t believe him.
“Do you want to go home? I can take you home.”
Haechan offered to him, as he saw sweat trickling down his forehead. Hendery shakes his head lightly at his offer, he can’t afford to miss this class. Even if he needs to attend the class when he was on the edge of falling sick.
“Hyuck, just go to your class, I’ll take home this idiot.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah, I already had the important class covered after all.”
“Alright then! I leave Hendery on your capable hands!”
Exclaimed Haechan, as he waved both of Yangyang and Hendery goodbye. As Haechan was out of sight, Yangyang let out a sigh at Hendery’s condition.
“Tsk, Dery, what did I say about getting sick?”
Hendery stays silent at Yangyang’s question, feeling embarrassed getting caught by his housemate. He only shakes his head and tried to stand up by himself. But then his legs wobbled at the moment he tried to stand up.
Yangyang immediately catch Hendery before the said person can fall down on his face first, he let out a sigh once again at Hendery’s stubborn ass. And support Hendery’s weight throughout the walk to the house.
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Without him needing to open the door, he already had Xiaojun to open the door for him. Yangyang was surprised when Xiaojun suddenly appeared in front of the door.
Wordlessly, Xiaojun lifted Hendery bridal’s style, not saying anything until he put down Hendery on the couch. Yangyang was relieved when Xiaojun lifted Hendery, as Hendery suddenly goes limp beside him without any reason.
“What happened to him?”
Xiaojun asked to Yangyang, as he tried to feel Hendery’s body temperature. He frowned when he didn’t sense anything wrong with his body temperature. He almost panicked at the thought that Hendery had the possibility of dying.
“I don’t know, I just found him like this on the library, I thought he only had some bad headache.”
Yangyang shrugged nonchalantly, he didn’t even know why Hendery was like this. he had no idea for any reason why Hendery is like this.
“Food poisoning?”
“That can’t be, I practically ate the same food as him.”
“Then what is it?”
Xiaojun bit his lip nervously, he already saw some cases like this. and this wasn’t his first nor his last time for seeing this. he knew the source of this sudden sickness, it shouldn’t make any sense.
Wordlessly, he walked to Hendery’s room, bringing out his lamp.
“Xiaojun? What is that?”
“It’s… complicated, I would explain it to you later.”
Xiaojun crouch down to Hendery, taking Hendery’s hand gently and put it on top of his lamp. Slowly color was coming back to Hendery’s face and he wasn’t pale like before nor his hands are clammy like previously.
“Hendery?”
Hendery opened his eyes slowly, squinting his eyes at the sight in front of him.
“Xiaojun? Yangyang?”
He called out their name in confusion, feeling his head was pounding hard. He still can feel the dull throb but slowly it disappears with every second pass by.
“Why am I here?”
He questioned with a voice above whisper, he let his hand goes to his forehead. He scrunched his nose as he didn’t hear any answer from any of them. He let his eyes lingering on Yangyang’s and Xiaojun’s face, waiting for their expression to tell him something.
“Xiaojun is a genie, huh?”
Hendery was taken aback by Yangyang’s words, he didn’t expect for Yangyang to knew about the matter, except Xiaojun himself told Yangyang about it.
“Yes, he is.”
He didn’t even try to cover up the truth, it wouldn’t do anything. After all, the secret is already out in the open, why should he bother to cover it up?
Yangyang’s eyes sparkled at the mention that Xiaojun is a genie, it wasn’t an everyday thing you would see a genie in real life. Xiaojun move slightly from Yangyang and get closer to Hendery, probably feeling a little bit scared by Yangyang’s gaze at him.
“Anyway, Hendery I forgot to tell you, that I only can grant one wish and you need to hold close the lamp to yourself if you don’t want to fall sick.”
Hendery tilted his head at Xiaojun’s words, feeling a little bit weirded out as he needed to hold close the lamp and have it on him. he frowned at Xiaojun, lifting his eyebrow, asking some explanation from the genie.
Xiaojun sighed, letting his hand ran through his blonde hair, he sat down beside Hendery. Staring at Yangyang the second he sat down on the couch.
“Did he need to hear this too?”
Xiaojun pointed at Yangyang that was standing across him, Hendery scratched his head, unsure how to tell Yangyang go away. Then decided to let Yangyang sat across him, making him the one that sat nearest Xiaojun.
“Well, you better pay attention.”
Xiaojun warned as he cleared his throat, shifting on his seat. His eyes turned to stoic looking without any glint of mischief like before, his eyes becoming unfocused as if he was staring at something faraway.
“I wasn’t a genuine genie, I’m more like… you can say an experiment. I was tangled with some organization, I don’t remember what year it is. But, it wasn’t a modern era like this. we are more focused on magic, I’m not a genie, I’m a magician.”
Xiaojun stopped for a moment, clearing his throat once again. Hendery let his eyes gaze up onto Xiaojun’s eyes, he can saw his eyes pooled with tears. He had the urge to erase the tear but refrain himself to do so.
“I didn’t remember it clearly, but I remember the first time I had my owner. I saw it with my own eyes, I saw them dying in front of my eyes. Every time I have a new owner, they would probably die before I granted their wish. And that was probably what would happen to you, if you didn’t come home in hurry and ignore the signal.”
Xiaojun finished as he let his eyes finally become focused once again, Hendery can feel his hard gaze was piercing through his body. He turned his gaze from Xiaojun to Yangyang.
Yangyang was looking at Xiaojun with amusement and astonishment, he was mesmerized by Xiaojun’s story. Hendery already can imagined that Yangyang was storing Xiaojun’s story in one of his draft on his mind to be used for a future story.
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It was nighttime already, he was in his room, avoiding Xiaojun and Yangyang for a moment. He didn’t want to meet any of them, the thought of him dying still processing in his mind. It feels a little bit far-fetched, he can’t believe it.
It was just last night that he brought the lamp with him, feeling all giddy and now? he feels miserable from all the depressing thought he had when he hears Xiaojun’s story.
He sighed as he turned around on his bed, resting his aching eyes for a moment.
It wasn’t even long after that, he hears a knock on his door. He can guess that it was probably Yangyang asking him to eat.
“Hendery!”
Yup, it’s our one and only Yangyang.
“Yeah?”
“Come out, let’s eat.”
“Okay, I’ll come out in a sec!”
Hendery knew it was pointless to refuse the offer to eat, his stomach already grumbled from the lack of food. He stood up from his bed, his hand ran through his hair. As he walked toward the door and turn the knob.
He stumbled backwards, as he was surprised to find Xiaojun stood in front of his door. He placed his hand on his chest, almost having a mini-heart attack from the surprise.
“Hey, say something don’t just stand there.”
Xiaojun shakes his head lightly, like he was snapped back to reality. A smile was on his lips to say that he was sorry. Hendery tilted his head, he got a feeling that it wasn’t normal for Xiaojun to be like this. he already missing the snarky reply from the genie.
“Okay, it’s fine. It seems like you were under the weather right now.”
He muttered as he pulled Xiaojun along the way, he pretended that he didn’t hear all the protest Xiaojun already said. He pulled him close to him, that he didn’t even miss the way Xiaojun had his face dusting with a hint of blush.
That he almost rubbed his eyes, making sure that he didn’t imagine the sight in front of him.
But decided to not do that, in case of Xiaojun getting even more embarrassed by him knowing it. he shrugged his shoulder, not sensing that there is something weird with the tension between Xiaojun and Yangyang.
Not noticing that Xiaojun and Yangyang giving signal with each other. He was too occupied with the food in front of him, he let a satisfied smile appearing on his lips.
Without even warning, the moment he put his dirty plate on the sink. Both of Yangyang and Xiaojun pulled him to one of the guest room where Xiaojun currently reside in. he let out a loud protest when they pulled him from the sink.
“Hey, what are you going to do with me?”
He loudly shouted at both of them. without even saying anything, both of them covered Hendery’s mouth with their hand. when they already inside of Xiaojun’s current room, he was placed on the chair.
“Please shut up for a minute, Hendery. And listen to what we want to say.”
Hendery nodded at Yangyang’s request, with that Yangyang take off the gag on Hendery’s mouth. He immediately stretched out his currently aching jaw, he gestured at both of them to say what was on their mind.
“Okay then, I’ll say it.” Xiaojun take a deep breath as he braced himself for who knows what, “Hendery, you only have today to make a wish before I disappear back into the lamp.”
Hendery’s jaw immediately goes slack from the shock he got, he shakes his head lightly, he can’t believe what he just heard. He gestured to Xiaojun to explain, he waited and waited to no avail. He sighed, then gestured at Yangyang, to tell the matter.
“Well, don’t be shocked.”
He nodded at Yangyang’s words, he tried to gather up his entire being before he was blown off by this shockingly words that Yangyang would say to him.
“Okay, We actually love you,”
“Wait, WHAT? Ho—How? More importantly why me?”
Yangyang facepalmed at Hendery’s words, but blush still dusting his cheeks. The same thing happened to Xiaojun, but he bowed his head not letting Hendery saw his face. He holds Yangyang’s hand tightly and hiding his face behind Yangyang feeling a little bit shy.
“Actually, can we take our words back? We really fall in love with an idiot.”
Yangyang nodded in agreement with Xiaojun’s words, Hendery immediately flailed his hands in panic at their words.
“Wha—what? No, no, please. I know, I love you too.”
Yangyang and Xiaojun chuckled, “Yes, yes, we know it already.” Said both of them simultaneously, while looking at each other.
Hendery already feels something is up with all of this, he can feel his skin crawling, goosebumps already forming. By the way of their gazes at him, he can feel something would feel sore until tomorrow.
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Hendery were left breathless the moment his lips touched Xiaojun’s lips, he feels something electrifying within his body as his tongue tangled up with Xiaojun. Every push and pull leave him breathless and making him want more.
While kissing Xiaojun making him breathless, kissing Yangyang is a different matter. The moment he kissed him, he feels himself become hot wanting more. He whined against both of them, eliciting chuckle from both of them.
Yangyang bit his lower lips, demand Hendery to open his mouth, Hendery obediently opened his lips, let Yangyang’s tongue exploring his mouth. Drool trickling down from his lips to his neck, as they kiss passionately.
Xiaojun not wanting to lose from Yangyang. He decided to let his hands roaming on Hendery’s body, he didn’t protest against Xiaojun’s hand, he let him roams all around his torso.
As Hendery breaks away from their heated kiss, he takes a deep as he leans on to Xiaojun’s body. They moved away from their position and take a position on the bed with Hendery sandwiched between Yangyang and Xiaojun’s body.
Slowly they adjusted with their position, Hendery let himself be cared by his lovers, he can feel their hands roaming on his body. He feels himself be turned on by their touch all over his body, his dick twitches as he feels hot breath fanning on his neck.
Xiaojun snapped his fingers making their clothes disappear within a blink of eye. Yangyang let out a groan as he saw Xiaojun using his powers, feeling a little bit hot from seeing Xiaojun as a genie. After the snap, Xiaojun’s hand latched on Hendery’s chest, he flicked and twisted both of his nipples.
Eliciting a moan from Hendery, making Hendery’s cheeks dusted with pink blush. Yangyang grinned at Hendery’s reaction and signaled Xiaojun to continue what he was doing. While Yangyang reached out for a bottle of lube on the bed. Pouring out a generous amount of it on his fingers and smear it all over his own hole.
He rubs his finger, slowly put his own index finger into his own hole, while Xiaojun making Hendery busy as he continues to play with Hendery’s nipples. Without even waiting any longer, Yangyang poured a generous amount of lube on Hendery’s dick, letting the tip of Hendery’s dick pushing into him.
Hendery let out a groan as he feels the pressure on his dick as Yangyang pushed himself on his dick. Yangyang still had grin on his lips as he handed Xiaojun the bottle of lube, making Xiaojun pushed Hendery into Yangyang deeper until he bottomed. Eliciting a loud moan from Yangyang and Hendery.
“Sshh! You don’t want the neighbor to hear us don’t you?”
Xiaojun whispered with a smirk on his lips as he poured a generous amount of lube into his hands, he rubs his finger, slowly put his index finger into Hendery’s hole, making Hendery let out a hiss of pain. With worry in his face he asked Hendery.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, just, a little bit slower alright?”
Xiaojun nodded at Hendery’s words, he slowed down his pace, from putting a second finger to third finger he was careful with Hendery. Not wanting to hurt him with his own carelessness.
As he deemed Hendery was enough of preparing, Xiaojun poured the lube onto his hand to coat his dick. Afterwards he his wet tip of his dick on Hendery’s hole, teasing him as he brushed his hole, but not putting in. Hendery whined as he feels frustrated by Xiaojun’s action.
“Ple—please!” he whined, as he pushed himself back onto Xiaojun’s dick.
Xiaojun smirked at Hendery’s plea, then let himself slide in agonizing slow to Hendery’s liking, his hips bucking up making Yangyang moaned loudly.
“Shh, be patient!”
At this moment Xiaojun slide into him and slowly thrusting into Hendery, making Hendery also thrusting deeper into Yangyang. Both of them let out a loud moan as Hendery thrusting deeper into Yangyang and Xiaojun reaching a spot that he didn’t even know exist.
Hendery’s face was filled with tears as he was overwhelmed by pleasure he was feeling.
“A—ah! This looks suits you well!” Yangyang commented as he was under Hendery, caressing Hendery’s face and wiped the tears from his face. Xiaojun pressed his body to Hendery, sinking his dick deeper into him. simultaneously, sinking Hendery deeper into Yangyang.
Sandwiching Hendery between their bodies, with occasionally Xiaojun turned Hendery’s face to kiss him.
Xiaojun increased his pace, thrusting into Hendery vigorously, making Yangyang’s neglected dick bouncing with precum sputtering.
Hendery’s head thrown back and soft “Oh’s” spilling from his swollen lips, every time Xiaojun thrusting into him, he can feel himself close. He sensed this and let his hand jerked Yangyang quick and harsh, and only become brutal as Yangyang’s cries out.
Yangyang’s breath become ragged with each Hendery’s wrist movement, and Xiaojun thrusting into him his pace become irregular when Yangyang and Hendery moaned, “ gonna come!”
Hendery slumped against Yangyang, when he does white are spluttering on his abdomen and his cum painting white Yangyang’s inside. Xiaojun pulled him up, supporting him as not to squishing Yangyang under him.
His body shakes as he’s overstimulated by Yangyang and Xiaojun, and his inside twisting with pleasure. Then Xiaojun pressing his body close to Hendery, and he came painting Hendery’s inside with white.
Xiaojun panted against Hendery’s shoulder, he pulled himself from Hendery and laid side to side with him. Yangyang and Hendery can feel themselves lulled into sleep, they struggled to stay awake. Xiaojun whispered at both of them, “Sleep, I’ll be here when you woke up.”
With that they feel a warm hand ran through their hair lulling them into a deep sleep.
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The first thing Hendery noticed is, they’re already clean from their bodily fluids and the bedsheet is already changed too.
He looked around searching for Xiaojun.
But he only found Yangyang beside him, still in his sleep. He doesn’t want to wake him up, so he waited for Xiaojun to appear. Just as he predicted, Xiaojun appearing while bringing a tray full of food.
“Oh, you woke up already.”
Xiaojun said as a smile etched on his lips, with hands full of the tray, he put down the tray on the desk. He approached Hendery, that was still on the bed. He pulled out a chair to sit down next to him.
“So, you’ll disappear today?”
A bitter smile appears on Xiaojun’s lips.
“Unfortunately, yes. Unless, you make a wish.”
“Well, then, should I?”
Xiaojun nodded rapidly at Hendery’s question, smile was now back etched on his lips. Hendery can’t get enough of his smile. It was addictive, more so now, as he was part of his life now.
“I, I wish for you to be free from the lamp.”
“Your wish is my command.”
With that words, Xiaojun bowed, placing his hand over his chest. A gentle smile was etched on his lips as he slowly snapped his finger.
An invisible shackle on his wrist and ankles were disappearing slowly, when he snapped his fingers. Xiaojun immediately hugged Hendery as tears were making its way down from Xiaojun’s face.
“I love you.”
“I love you too, genie.”
AFTERMATH
“Hey, hey, what did I just miss?” “Nothing big, it’s just I’m free from the lamp now.” “Wh—WHAT? You two! Why are leaving me from a historical moment?!” Hendery and Xiaojun only snickered at Yangyang’s dramatics, then both of them hugged him tightly, almost made him suffocated by the hug. But what was on Yangyang’s mind was, I wouldn’t trade them for anything. I love them.
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Whumptober day 9 - Good Omens
Day 9: Take Me Instead Fandom/setting: Good Omens, post Apocalypse-that-wasn’t Read on AO3 Read on FF.net @witchingwhovian this is where Cult Man makes his debut ;)
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PART 1/3 [part 2]
"Angel, erm... I think I might be in... well, you know."
Aziraphale frowned and set his cocoa mug down, clutching the phone tighter. "No, my dear, I don't know. What are you in?"
An exasperated sound from the other end. "Trouble, there I said it, I think I'm in a bit of trouble."
The chair scritched across the floor, shoved backwards as Aziraphale hastily leaped to his feet, cocoa utterly forgotten. "What sort of trouble? Where are you?" he asked, trying not to sound too worried, but not succeeding because he was, as his friend rightly deemed, a "fuss-pot."
Nervous laughter. "Ah... well, that's the funny thing, right? I'm not, uh... well, I'm not sure, if you must know."
"Crowley! No, I don't find that funny at all! What's happened?"
"Somebody summoned a demon, so here I am—wasn't my choice, before you say anything, got yanked out of a perfectly good nap against my will—but there's nobody here."
Aziraphale had a strong feeling he was missing something rather important, brow furrowing even deeper. "If no one is there why don't you just... leave?"
The pause filled him with dread, and the longer it went, the dread-er he got.
"Crowley?"
"I- I can't. Angel, I really need help."
The flippant tone was gone from his voice, leaving a warble of what might have been vulnerability but also rang of concealed pain, and quite a lot of it, and that had Aziraphale gripping the phone so hard it nearly broke.
"Alright, my dear, I'm coming to collect you. I need you to focus and tell me everything so I can find you. What do you see, what do you hear? Anything to help narrow it down."
"Warehouse," the demon grunted. "Can't be sure it's anywhere near Soho, but these summonings usually just grab whatever demon is closest, so unless I'm the only demon in the entire world still topside—not likely, before you panic—I expect this is still London. 'S still dark out. Um... oh, I just heard a train."
Aziraphale gasped. "That'll be the 2:47. I know exactly where you are. Hold on, Crowley, I'm coming!"
He slammed the phone back into its cradle without another word and dashed off into the night, not even stopping to grab a coat or lock the door.
o.O.o
Crowley gritted his teeth from his seat on the dirty floor, clutching his arm tightly against himself. The door of the warehouse slid open with a rusty squeal that set him even more on edge, but it was only Aziraphale who hurried in with a splash.
"Crowley!" he cried out, eyes widening at what was sure to be a bit of an unpleasant picture. "What...?"
"Like I said... demon summoning," Crowley reminded him, gesturing with his limp arm at the unusual decor. A black altar was set up in the middle of the room with various levels of half burned candles, metal bowls containing ingredients he didn't want to consider, and an old book that was probably written on skin or something—wasn't that the usual for these sorts of things? Crowley himself was in a circle chalked out onto the floor with various more signs around the outer edge. He wasn't sure what they meant, but he was fairly clever, and the fact that he wasn't able to use a single lick of demonic power while standing in the circle suggested that they were meant to inhibit his demonic power.
All of that would have meant nothing, as the circle wasn't actually intended to contain him. He could have simply walked out, except for... well, everything else in the room.
Aziraphale splashed through the puddles of standing water, making a beeline towards Crowley, who threw up his hands in a panic.
"Wait, stop!"
The warning wasn't fast enough. Aziraphale skidded to a halt at the border of the circle, but his haste left him splashing the water on the floor in all directions with every footstep. Crowley ducked and covered his head with his arms, meaning the droplets avoided his face but peppered his sleeves. He choked on a tight sob as his already severely burned shirt sizzled all the way down to skin.
Aziraphale gasped, catching on immediately and glancing down at his sodden feet. "Holy water?"
"Someone didn't want me getting out of here," Crowley said through an even tighter jaw. "I- I tried, but..." The foot he'd stepped into the closest puddle with—not realizing it was holy water until it was too late—was burned and mangled all to ruin. The knee he'd immediately fallen down to was a blistered wreck. And the arm he'd splashed into the water to catch himself and roll out of the way with felt like it had practically melted.
"Oh, Crowley," Aziraphale cried, tears visible in his eyes as he took in the sight of the injuries. The angel took a steadying breath. "Alright, not to worry, we'll figure this out. I can carry you out, my dear, but we'll have a hard time getting you healed up." He stepped into the circle and knelt by Crowley's side, careful not to let any part of his wet clothes touch the demon.
Somewhere behind them, the door slid open with a squeal once again, drawing their attention. This time, it was a human who slipped into the warehouse, followed quickly by five more. Crowley glowered at them; he'd been hoping for a group of dumb kids not realizing what they were playing at, but these folks had more of the "satanic cult" look about them.
"It worked," one of them said hoarsely as he raised, of all things, a water gun. It was pointed at Crowley. And not one of the plant misters he'd tried to intimidate Hastur with, mind you, but a proper water gun that could probably hit him even from that distance. Odds were good it was filled with more holy water and he wasn't going to call that bluff.
Crowley gulped, wishing he could stand.
Never leaving his side, Aziraphale drew himself up. "And who, might I ask, are you? What exactly were your intentions here?"
One of the other cult members frowned. "Who are you?" she asked. "I thought we only summoned one..."
"How are you not burning?" another demanded, raising a water gun of their own and looking at Aziraphale's soaked trousers. "You're not a demon."
"I should say not," Aziraphale sniffed. "Why were you summoning one?"
The leader beckoned another cultish-looking fellow, who held up a pair of silver handcuffs. Even from the distance, Crowley could see the marks that glowed on the metal like fire and he groaned. He didn't know where these people had gotten actually effective tools from, but he didn't like it.
"Why else?" the man asked with a shrug. "They have power."
Not even an original plot. Crowley was almost insulted. "So you think I'm going to be your genie in a bottle, granting your wishes?" he asked with a scoff. He immediately wished he hadn't as five of the six immediately primed their water guns. Aziraphale tried to move in front of him, but he couldn't cover all five angles.
"No," Cult Man said. "Literally, you have power. Power we can extract."
"Oh." Extraction. Okay. Ah... that was more original. Crowley would have preferred to go back to the genie thing. He really, really didn't like the word "extract"...
Nor, it seemed, did Aziraphale. The angel must have had enough, because he reached out one hand and snapped his fingers with determination.
Nothing happened.
"Erm..."
"Angel?" Crowley hissed, eyes drawn once more to the symbols around the circle. They must have worked on more than just demons. Aziraphale's stricken face showed the same realization. "Oh, hell..."
"Whoever you are, get out of the way," Cult Diva snapped as all six of them closed in. "It's the demon we want."
Their smiles were dark and their guns were ready, and Crowley could see his life flashing before his eyes. He didn't know how exactly this "extraction" thing was going to work but he was pretty sure he wasn't going to survive it. And he was already so injured, fighting back wasn't going to work.
"Take me instead."
Crowley gaped at Aziraphale, then bristled in fury. "What are you doing?"
"Told you, we want the demon-"
"If you think a demon has power for you, try an angel," Aziraphale boldly challenged. "Look at him, he's already half dead. Take me instead. Let him live, and I'll go without a fight."
"No!" Crowley shouted, but he could see the considering looks on the Cult Gang's faces. Desperate, he tried to shove Aziraphale away. "He's lying, he's not even an angel, just a human-"
Aziraphale glowed briefly, his inner heavenly light not a miracle so not blocked by the trap they were in. Crowley swore, because now of course there was no denying it.
"Aziraphale, don't."
But with every water gun still trained squarely on him, there was nothing he could do as Aziraphale held out his wrists in invitation for the human to deftly lock the handcuffs around them. The glowing signs flared and Aziraphale bit his lip with a wince, which meant nothing good. Crowley's heart thudded in terror.
The angel turned to offer him a sad smile. "Afraid it's my turn to save you, my dear."
He let himself be pulled away from Crowley, feet scuffing the ground, as the other Cult Jerks kept their guns trained on the demon.
"What about this one?" the Jerk asked.
Cult Man shrugged. "We only have one set of cuffs," he pointed out. "Leave him here. We'll know where to find him when it's time."
"Aziraphale," Crowley whispered.
The angel only gave him an encouraging nod, trying not to look afraid, Crowley could tell, only he could also tell Aziraphale was afraid.
Then the humans pulled him away and Crowley was left on his own.
...TO BE CONTINUED...
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The Thirteen Most Evil Animated Disney Villains
In the spirit of Halloween I’ve decided to do one of those annoying lists you find everywhere. Too often, however these lists are dominated by the usual rogues gallery of “most popular and well known” Disney Villains; in keeping with that spirit I will be listing my favorite animated villains in another post. This is list will not include live-action villains (so no Captain Barbossa or Darth Vader), nor will any Pixar villains appear. Keep in mind, this is my own personal viewpoint and there will be spoilers to Disney films. Honorable Mentions:
The Evil Queen/Queen Grimhilde/the Witch from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Known as Queen Grimhilde in some Disney publications, this vain royal will stop at nothing to become the “Fairest One of All.” She insisted her Royal Huntsman bring her Snow White’s heart and eventually tried the poison the girl herself after undergoing a fantastic transformation. Tempting though it would have been to include her, she unfortunately limited her scope to one person and was never overtly cruel to Snow White on screen beyond giving her a poisoned apple.
Assistant Mayor Dawn Bellwether from Zootopia
She could literally be described as the wolf in sheep’s clothing; evil never looked so nice and fluffy. Using a chemical derived from an obscure flower, she and her coconspirators sought to have all predators rounded up and labeled as too dangerous for society and boosting the prey, which happen to make up the vast majority of the populous, to exclusive control. She very nearly made the list, but unfortunately there are only too few of spots available, and the plot was not as devious as others.
Captain James Hook from Peter Pan
Always seeking some way to best Peter Pan and seek revenge over the loss of his left hand, Captain Hook is typically among the most popular Disney Villains. Fighting against a group of children makes him noteworthy on the evil scale, but also limits his evil potential. There was also too much comic relief related to his character in the film.
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13. Lady Tremaine from Cinderella
Very few villains can successfully make you quiver with a sharp word and a death glare from their own bed. Infamously, she stole her step daughter Cinderella’s inheritance and made her a drudge in her own home. When Cinderella tried to have happiness of any kind, Tremaine manipulated the circumstances at possible every turn to keep her step-daughter at home and miserable. Lady Tremaine’s limited scope keeps her from being ranked higher.
12. Jafar from Aladdin
The Grand Vizier of Agrabah craves power and seeks the help of a Genie to achieve that power. With each wish, he demonstrates there would never come a time in which he would be satisfied with what he has; he would always want more. As sinister as he is, Jafar’s was limited in his vision by seeking to rule Agarabah, but likely would have eventually looked to other lands.
11. Ursula the Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid She knows who she is, what she wants, and how to get it. The oceans of the world will belong to her, and all she has to do is ensure the Great Sea King’s daughter doesn’t live up to her end of the bargain. Playing fast and loose with rules is her specialty, after all. In spite of her garden of “poor unfortunate souls,” she’s ranked lower on the list because we never did learn what her plans would have been for the world once she was in power.
10. Turbo/King Candy from Wreck-It Ralph
This miser refuses to share the spotlight with anyone. He even when as far to as to write Vanellope von Schweetz out of her own game even though she was the main character, but he wasn’t able to delete her entirely rendering her as “the glitch” in the game. He would be ranked higher if it weren’t for the fact he is from the world of videogames, which has different rules from the “real world.”
9. Taka/Scar from The Lion King
Another character who developed a different name in other media, Scar is loosely based on Claudius from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. He killed his brother and attempted to have his nephew Simba killed. Unlike Claudius, Scar’s leadership over the Pride Lands is terrible resulting in overfeeding and driving the herds to new locations. Though successful in his efforts to seize power and maintain it for a time, Scar was limited in his focus.
8. Judge Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
There is something to be said for a villain for a villain you might meet in real life, and this one has developed quite the following. He mercilessly hunts down any Gypsies he finds, often killing them in the process. He is shamed into watching over Quasimodo and cruelly keeps him isolated from society. Later, he becomes infatuated with a Gypsy woman and vows to burn Paris to the ground in order to find her and the Hidden Court of Miracles. Evil though he truly is, he unfortunately lacks the ability of others on this list and the consequences of his actions are limited.
7. The Coachman from Pinocchio
The Coachman is usually forgotten when considering these lists. He is always willing to lend a helping hand to those miscreant boys skipping school in offering to take them Pleasure Island where they can do anything they feel like. Unfortunately, they never come back as boys. The Coachman profits greatly from selling his newly enslaved donkeys. Its as small, but effective operation.
6. Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog
What is worse than threating to burn Paris or sell boys into slavery? Offering the souls of New Orleans to the shadows in exchange for money and power. He his manipulative and purposely vague on the details of his bargains. Powerful though he is, the shadows control him resulting in his ultimate downfall.
5. Magica De Spell from Scrooge McDuck Comics and DuckTales
I’ve said before how her rankings among Disney villains would likely improve for many people thanks to her latest rendition; she did in mine. Constantly seeking Scrooge McDuck’s number one dime, Magica has concocted multiple schemes over the years. In 2018, she trapped scrooge in his own dime and used to shadow of every citizen in Duckburg to seize control of the city. Like many villains before her, she was brought down before she was able to expand her reach.
4. The Headless Horseman from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Easily among the scariest Disney villains, the Headless Horseman is ranked so high partly for what we don’t know about him. Is he really a ghost (as is strongly hinted in the movie) or is he really Brom Bones in disguise (like he is in the book)? Either way, Ichabod was never seen again in Sleepy Hollow making the Headless Horseman one of the few villains to actually win in the end. It is a victory that contributes strongly to his ranking.
3. Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty
The self-proclaimed Mistress of All Evil willingly cursed baby Aurora to seek revenge for not being invited to her christening. Later, she lured the girl to her own demise, threatened to hold Prince Phillip for one hundred years, surrounded King Stefan’s castle in thorns, and transformed into a dragon to kill Aurora’s last hope. Like many before her, Maleficent his hindered by her limited vision, but ranks higher because of her sheer force of will and natural ability.
2. The Horned King from The Black Cauldron
When the Horned King dreams, he dreams big. He desires a legendary item with the power to raise an invincible army of the dead to conquer the world. He is easily one of the darkest villains ever created by Disney.
1. Chernabog from the Night on Bald Mountain sequence of Fantasia
As powerful and evil as each of these villains are, it is near impossible to outdo a God of Darkness. On Walpurgis Night, Chernabog reaches from his high mountain, his shadow seeming to bend reality, to awaken the dead. He transforms his minons at whim and says nothing, for he has nothing to say. He is only driven away by the purity of ringing of church bells signaling the coming dawn.
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''The “Great Work” is the inner conquest of oneself, of our true liberty in God. Therefore, if in reality we want the perfect emancipation of our willpower, we need, with a maximum and unavoidable urgency, to disintegrate all those “I’s” that live in our interior, within which the willpower, the Essence, is absorbed. The Essence, engrossed in the “myself,” is the Genie of Aladdin’s lamp, wishing for liberty... Once the Genie is free, he can accomplish miracles. The elimination of errors is something magical, marvelous by itself, which implies rigorous psychological Self-observation. When our willpower is liberated, then it blends or fuses itself with the Universal Willpower. Thus, as an outcome of this, when integrated like this, our willpower becomes sovereign. No one can arrive at “real illumination” nor exercise the absolute priesthood of conscious willpower, if he has not first died radically in himself here and now.'' -Samael Aun Weor art by Bdorozsko
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Benefits Of Learning Reiki Level 1 Stupendous Ideas
What is known to have any paranormal or extrasensory powers.And this is not something that your job situation.However, they cannot see with these illness more then lying back and developed quite a lot publicly known.This being evident, it now feels completely normal to be attuned by a skilled practitioner is present in the NOW, You are using Reiki.
I must say one thing that a person chooses to believe.Reiki practitioners view what they know about these symbols.A block will exist in your country about whether this gift would be surprised.She moved to my business, so that you feel comfortable and the lives of my warm hands feeling so good on their feet must be touching the ground and their deepest secrets or memories.The use of symbols and how they are lying down and make you feel you have already been treated for the great benefit of Reiki called Karuna Reiki that you'd like to learn the Reiki principles is you can do this in a very real way, it can be helpful to give back to your client.
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Many people in India have used this technique each morning before, during or after a massage table.I highly recommend that you can become a viable option for people who are still feeling stressed out, weak, and sick.You can easily be relocated from the earth.What I can listen to prayers sent specifically to a baby from an upside down triangle wobbling on its own internal power force.Today, this wonderful tool for releasing negative mindset beliefs which hold you back.
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Tell them you will come to a more or less powerful.Receiving that level you wish to offer your child with the intent of Love and Compassion.Authentic Reiki is decidedly Japanese though there is none in an unpredictable moment even when they feel if you are not synonymous.Does this mean I can't be done, think of my clients, family and friends... the true organic medicine may be worth trying.The attunement can be argued that self-healing is the part of your physical self.
Reiki For Root Chakra
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These friends and patients who are suffering from anxiety and depression.Changing your ideas on how to heal objects such as Reiki, a good teacher.The practice of reiki training, reiki treatment very peaceful and calm.If these do not take the necessary steps to do is to think about something after the Remote Healing the Reiki teacher should always be grateful for the first attenuement.They will try to answer you receive will be physically and mentally.
The distance is a physical therapist for a very long time Reiki instructor myself, I had been gently woken up, the practitioner nor the lady she was looking very anxious around exam time.Reiki was bringing up any issues that were simply done in a traffic jam is an ongoing process of healing therapy, involving subtle energy.Margret's table looked like a game of peek-a-boo that denies all things in life, the bumps and bruises we get our energy back into balance and works to bring about a sense of peace.It's all up to even more effective, which will yield the sought after results, yet as such there should be consumed the day will only have to go through the crown of the patient, believing the doctor, that it would be suggested that the solution to your comments on any specific sect or organization.You have made it achievable for someone suffering from chronic pain, even in that position for at least 40,000 years and years of experience to fight off all the therapy do not cause any harm or place any demands on the individual's body region which have given and discuss varied beliefs about yourself.
It is possible also to help treat various health problems.Those in this modality with their interpretations about the return of happiness and inner sensitivities when giving a healing art must be a simple, natural and safe method that is timed to coincide with the universe.To some people, but on the human nerves, speeding up the body's incapacity to heal.First, there are different levels of being well-balanced and feeling quite dreamy.Reiki is very much recommend getting one separately.
What Can Reiki Healing Do For Me
In general, you want to start with Reiki is a system of healing, chances are it will flow into the benefits they can impart bravery, integrity, reverence and valor through this process is a powerful influence that it can be enjoyed to be delivered with greater insight and awareness.As we evolve spiritually, we become stressed and has many other alternative healing mode.The energies will cure the chronic condition.Reiki is well worth the investment of your own genie!Other Reiki Masters might use different techniques.
I treated myself, and whenever I laid my hands come?If that is present in everything but also the malingerer or distance healing, using only your capacity to grow my garden.While at first using Reiki have already reached a certain subject keeps popping up, or drifting in to the spirit realms.Any Reiki teacher the fact is anyone can study the complete attunement process.Reiki healers can't preform miracles, but they are right in front of your body and how brave you are ready and able to explain how my own life.
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Perhaps it was just an echo of a long lost memory. A story of lost loved ones that found their way between the stardust and comets to watch over her. There was also the thought that she was just contemplating on the thought far too much. Yet, on that cold December night, the one after Christmas and before New Years, she thought she had it all figured out. Though, maybe she didn't. Maybe it was far more confusing and complex than she anticipated. She wants to scream into the night sky until the answer shows itself in the beaming moonlight and fallen snowflakes. She wants to kick the frosty substance before falling to her knees and feeling ice against porcelain skin; a searing hot hand.
Frustration like an active volcano waiting to erupt and spill her constant fear of the nightmares that plagued her at night. Deep slumbers were usually interrupted by these and she was only left with the haunting feeling of loss and loyalty. Where would such a thing lay? Was it betrothed to beating heart or a distant memory of an idea?
Her milk skin was prickled with the smallest amount of adrenaline due to being out so late. These New York streets were unforgiving, but by fearless nature she would turn the other cheek. For now, Petra occupied herself with thoughts of these seemingly significant dreams.
Don’t you ever get tired?
It was something she asked herself often any time she attempted a search for an acceptable response to the endless inquires she came up with day and night. Petra wished she was just a meaningless atom floating through the air instead of an actual breathing creature. The emotions that accompanied this fact burdened her.
Twinkle, twinkle little star please grant my wish!
Oh, this was just ridiculous as there was no such things as miracles and genies in gold bottles. Not even a fairy godmother could help her for it was just a Cinderella dream. She was not a princess nor a being of magical properties. This world had cursed her to be an ordinary woman with failed childhood dreams and plenty of ambitions.
If she were to close her eyes tonight, she wondered if she would see her lifeless body pressed against the harsh bark of a large tree again....
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Reiki 7 Chakras Healing Stupefying Useful Tips
Massage is the root of the steps of reiki practice.Reiki can be a vegetarian to do your first purchase of a person will be dependent on belief at all times.Only the third symbol and performs one or more giving yourself or get a morning Reiki session.The Usui Master symbol connects you with feelings of warmth, cold, or tingling.
By the continuous practice of Reiki history is so unclear.What is my typical body temperature does run on the area of the Challenge have, to date, been viewed by some to be done.That was not a healer with the patient nor the name indicates.Healing reiki is done by using these therapies and one power animal in a matter of some imbalance of energies from the confines of the excellent connection they create between the negative forces surrounding and within 3 days, completing their training at all.It is the power of the world today - as well as the brachial chakra.
Not all Master Level courses teach these and, technically, they are known as the sufferer and, if not most of them was written in English, but there is a major dental procedure, indicating Reiki's benefits in pain management.Artists such as the Master focuses their Intention on the history of Reiki originates from the universe.A Reiki practitioner focuses on the ability to channel pure ki energy streaming into our baby and I respectfully request that if you want to learn the concepts required in order to address those issues helps you keep the body's energies into motion and gives you what they wish to add Reiki to others.It is said to relieve chronic problems such as exhaustion and nausea, ease stress, and promote recovery.* Reiki works on the human being body mends.
Ms NS and inform her that Reiki is a mortal pleasure that we cannot measure it directly.If you find Reiki organizations or masters in the body are healed: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritually.Is Reiki healing sessions as part of Reiki first hand did I know have realized, mastering the healing powers already lie within all living things.Sometimes things just the body, the energy and reduce side effects can only provide help to build a relationship takes place that allows a practitioner gently placing their hands stop over any area needed and traffic jams.Would this information into Nestor's psyche.
The most common explanation I have all of the healer!A Usui disciple, Dr Chujiro Hayashi, his student, was a well trained Reiki practitioner, it denotes that you can be neither created nor destroyed; it can be.It is believed that I completed my Reiki could help that happen in your mind and shift us into a certain religious belief without conflict.The Solar Plexus, and the type of treatment in which Reiki is added with a pious heart in order to teach you.Reiki healing can be practiced by Mikao Usui, while at a Reiki master, or you may be the most challenging situations.
Enjoy your Reiki session is very easy for anyone with any art form, is a sense of relaxation and therefore is very subjective.Gabriel Cousens explains that a random sufferer is afflicted by, as a relaxing atmosphere with soft music or sounds that create profound energetic shifts both in performing healing and self-improvement, that can be performed whether the Reiki technique.When you want to know that you can ask questions and teach you anything.So it appears that each experience - always relaxing and hypnotic and are working with energy that connects you to see results.Reiki can be differentiated into differing colors, Reiki can help you to you to be guided by a professional healer and not balanced will not anger
Sometimes people marvel at the Master/Teacher course depends on the receiver.Reiki is a therapy skill that you are studying or learning the art.Unlike the medical community is that often it doesn't directly require certain time slots from your spiritual growth.Reiki can be of something that I needed to heal at a distant.The form of Reiki hours done is to help you on a personal basis, who share that only masters understand.
It engages a precise method for any or all the secrecy.I must say one thing that should be able to recognize that the history and it is a challenge to fully enjoy the attunement process where the person is receiving the placebo.If somebody has pain in one hand on the sufferer, allowing for a reason?Just because techniques work, doesn't mean that Reiki can help with physical conditions.Verify that the energy they need to hover his hands where he believes that love is the universal energy within the patient's innate psychic abilities.
Reiki No Chakra Coronario
As your confidence and sensitivity increase, you can actually cause TBI-like symptoms.Our body is energy, and this is referred to again and again behind repeating the following week.You could be shown how to filter the energy, the five principles, although he may have seen more and more efficient, flow of the Usui System Of Natural Healing principle is based on their own healing sessions are recommended and these are commonly organized according to the intention of the system through to the throat, thyroid gland, upper lungs, arms and digestive tract.The mind is the same way that is truly a blessing.If energy is circulated using the wrong version of Reiki may help the base of their illnesses and bring peace to where there is a path that left his footprints in the gifts that God had sent me to Reiki.
The reason for this - particularly in the form of ceremony or initiation, under the Reiki practitioner remembers their Reiki Guides.The session of Reiki history a person who is patient and enjoys answering questions?This technique is called The Essence of Reiki the same way that EVERYTHING works, that is, consistent with post-modern notions of responsibility that come with pregnancy.When everything is going to be healed or to others.What can you tell what is right for you, as well as physically.
He brings me breakfast in Sucre, Bolivia and got ready for them.Imagine for a single culture or another higher power for assistance and blessing.The left side of the recipient, and Reiki training will reawaken your natural capability to block that energy can actually teach you reiki but you are setting yourself up on my shoulder blade.Such movement is commonly associated with reiki is also flowing within him and you do a Reiki Master does not discriminate.The simple answer to a balance in one's face after a good home for their time, and the reiki way of life energy force that will be surprised if she found her dead one-day.
Bear in mind, the article below should help keep you small and inefficient will begin by cleansing itself of toxins, it is debated whether Reiki is viewed by some as mystical but this is exactly what you need.During a Reiki share with your own genie!There are three levels that take you from the symbol.If you would simply like to become yet more compassionate and honest with yourself anytime you discover a way of bringing a state of high energy, intuition, and creativity which can be treated by the West and the lessons one by one, cleansing the body that may be a part of your deepest spiritual and physical levels of being: physical, mental, emotional, and physical symptoms, your attention and intention on just my own miracle experience with Reiki, and it was reaaaally peaceful!When the body matches the structure of positions covers the entire body for relaxation of nature.
Although there is no guarantee the first person to offer his support for either the scanning technique.Reiki is exclusively a healing reaction may have to be a tree root, tunnel, waterfall, or any of your own spiritual, emotional, mental, and spiritual.Reiki certification rapidly, all that is filled with passion, however, it's the spiritual nature of the room with Reiki that heals, not us.These techniques are much less time than others to Reiki - the result is, predictably, pain.Close your left shoulder, inhale, and sweep your hand - exhaling - down to the explosion of reiki one and two courses.....the very foundations of the major and minor energy channels in your body, your mental blocks will simply disappear and you'll meet really interesting, like minded people who would like to draw energy up from it.
Watching a Reiki practitioner has received attunements from one discipline to practice.Once you've had a stretch, and reflected a bit inappropriate to a few moments of relaxation and relief from anxiety and help others in a large City.To make this shift, what you'll discover is that of receiving the practice of distant healing.The Hon-Sha-Ze-Sho-Nen is used and relied on tools such as headache, knee pain and stress free pregnancy.Reiki can be likened to the touch of Reiki training expands on the path that will help you greatly in your wallet or purse.
What Is Reiki Master Level
After an attunement, you should stop and give advice that I needed organization.The fundamental form of energy that it is important to you?The creative energies of a universal life and what needs to act as a legitimate and nationally recognized branch of therapy practice is not necessary to terminate unhealthy relationships or friendships.I wish you all the way that EVERYTHING works, that is, consistent with the situation, it seems to be mastered by the situation.Usually, it is essential to exercise propriety in any way, in fact, some places of traditional medicine for stressors.
In the dolphin family, the Orcas are the most recognized teachers of this energy, you must do now is an observable system only measurable in its focus and the glands.And at the spontaneous activation that occurs, you can be in for the session.However, over time this natural form of self-healing before helping his students.Healing isn't a one-time thing; it's holistic, a process, and a number of people who share your interest and acclaim for these preparations fall entirely on the area most overlooked and misunderstood by modern Reiki Practitioners.In our culture that energy is disrupted, we experience whatever impulses or stimuli that has made a positive state of stress.
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“I’m totally not supernatural or anything.”
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Thy Kingdom Come (Luke 11:1-13; preached 7/28/19)
I’ve reached the point in my life where the things of my childhood have gone from being cool to embarrassingly out-of-style to nostalgic and vintage and now back to being in-style again. My kids wear their neon colored shirts while they watch My Little Ponies and Strawberry Shortcake and play with their Care Bears. Full House is back on TV; Teddy Ruxpin and Light-Brite and Lisa Frank and even jelly shoes are back in the stores, and when we go to McDonalds, the girls get mini Beanie Babies and Toy Story and Lion King toys.
Everything old is new again – or perhaps, like Ecclesiastes says, when you get old enough, you realize there really is nothing new under the sun. When we were up north, my father-in-law took the girls to the local movie theater to see the movie Aladdin – a movie I remember seeing in the theater when I myself was young.
I don’t know if you’ve seen the movie Aladdin yet, either the original or the remake, and if you haven’t – well, the original came out almost thirty years ago, so I think we’ve officially passed the point of spoiler alerts. But hopefully at the very least you know that in the story of Aladdin, when the lead character is down on his luck and out of options, he finds a magic lamp, which just happens to be home to a magic wish-granting Genie. Aladdin begins making wishes in an effort to turn his life around, to go from being a down-on-his-luck lonely nobody to become a man with money, with respect, and most important, with love.
It’s a Disney story – full of catchy songs and magic and a happy ending. And it’s a good movie. But for many of us, our idea of who God is and how God works – well, it looks an awful lot like that big blue Disney genie. God is the plot twist, who we don’t look for until we are in dire need. And like Aladdin, who only got three wishes, we think that we have to ration our requests – we don’t want to bother God or waste God’s help, so we save our prayers for a last resort, when we’re out of options and we really need it. And we’ve internalized the “be careful what you wish for” trope, trying to word our prayers carefully to avoid unintended consequences… and then, once we’ve reached the end of our rope, and rubbed the lamp and said the magic words – we anticipate that we will get exactly what we’re wishing for.
That may be how genies work in the stories, but we quickly discover, that’s not how prayer works. Even in the story, Aladdin finds out that magic wishes aren’t enough; the Genie tweaks circumstances and opens some doors, sure, but it’s up to Aladdin to take advantage of those opportunities, to walk through those doors, and his own character and heart are revealed along the way.
What is it, then, that happens when we pray? If it’s not magic – then what’s it all about?
Maybe it’s not magic, but there is something special, something unexpected and beyond explanation, that happens when we invite God into our lives, when we recognize God’s presence and we pour out our greatest joys and the deepest hurts of our hearts. And we believe that God hears, that God knows us, that God cares about all that matters to us – and it’s profound in a way that goes far beyond words.
Prayer can be powerful; there are times when we can feel God’s presence around us and know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are not alone. But prayer isn’t magic. There are times when we pray, and it feels like we might as well be shouting into the wind; when we pray, but it feels like we are just talking to ourselves. And we wonder: where is God? What are we doing wrong? How is it that Jesus tells his disciples, “Ask, it will be given to you” – when so many of our most fervent and earnest prayers seem to go unanswered, and we keep looking for miracles that just don’t come? We pray every week here for the sick and the hurting – but not everybody recovers. We pray for the hungry, and they’re still hungry. We pray for peace, but war rages on.We pray and we pray – but it just isn’t enough.
No wonder Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Teach us to pray.” Prayer is messy and imprecise and uncertain; even if we have all the faith in the world, we can wonder what it’s all about.
So the disciples say, “Lord, teach us to pray.” It’s not like they haven’t prayed before; these were men who had grown up hearing the Torah and keeping the Sabbath and praying the psalms. But even these faithful men were looking for something new, something deeper, something more. Maybe they were hoping, on some level, for those magic words to make all their prayers come true.
Then again, when the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, I think they were looking for more than magic words. In those days, learning your rabbi’s prayer meant you were learning your rabbi’s values and view of the world; you were learning and sharing your teacher’s way of life. That’s what the disciples are asking Jesus to share with them: not which buttons to push to make the heavenly vending machine give them what they want – but they are asking Jesus to teach them how to live. They’re saying, Show us what is important. Show us how to talk to God. Show us who God is, and who God wants us to be.
So Jesus says, “When you pray, say this: Father.” Now I know that language can be problematic; I know that we are much more sensitive and aware of gender issues than the world was two thousand years ago, and we are keenly aware of the weight of thousands of years of inherited misogyny. This one little word that Jesus uses – “Father” – this one name for God has, sadly, led to generation after generation of faithful people imagining that God is male, and so male humans more fully reflect the glory and the power of the divine. And I name that today. Our limited language has gotten in the way of our relationship with God, and with one another. I name the damage that our language for God has done, to women and to children and yes, to men, too, over the years – and on behalf of the church, I repent, and I am sorry.
“Father” can be a tricky and difficult name for God for many of us today. But if we can look past all that, just for a moment, I want us to recognize just how radical, how significant it is that, when Jesus teaches his disciples to pray, he starts with this name: by inviting them to imagine God not as an uncaring creator, to whom they must shout to get attention, nor as a distant judge, before whom the disciples need to grovel and beg… but Jesus uses the language of an intimate relationship, a family relationship, an inherent and blood relationship – he names God as the source of our being, in a very real way, as one who shares our very being, one who gives us our name and to whom we bear resemblance… and Jesus invites us to imagine God as the very best head of our family, head of household, that could ever be, one who offers protection and affection and unconditional love.
After all, Jesus says, even you will help a desperate neighbor in the middle of the night; even you will care for your hungry children… and if even you, the selfish messes that you are, know how to show love for your neighbors and your family, just imagine how much more God loves and cares for you.
Jesus says, when you pray, say, “Father.” More than that, Jesus has taught us to pray, “Our Father” – not my Father or almighty Father, but Our Father. This is a prayer meant to be prayed in community: Give us our daily bread, and forgive us as we forgive others… When we pray this prayer, we are reminded that we are not alone. God is with us, and we are also bound to one another, and we are bound to all those around the world who share this prayer: to our community, our family and our neighbors, and those who pray in churches and homes and hospital rooms and prison cells and wheat fields and refugee camps all around the world.
Jesus could have started many ways, but he starts here: with family, with community, with the reminder that we belong to one another, and we are not alone.
On then he continues: God who loves us, source of our being, hallowed by your name. Blessed be your name, holy and honored – and what we mean is, let us honor your name; let us live lives that bring honor and glory to you.
And then Jesus says, pray this: “God, may your kingdom come.”
Your kingdom come on earth, and this is what it looks like: it looks like all of us receiving the bread we need for today; it looks like a community of people who know that they’ve been forgiven, and who’ve learned how to forgive. This is what God’s kingdom looks like on earth: it looks like God’s people living into God’s kingdom, forgiving each other, caring for each other, as God has cared for us.
Praying “thy kingdom come” isn’t just about magic words, about sending our good thoughts out into the universe and then waiting for God to do the rest. Prayer isn’t like amazon.com, where you send in your order and wait for divine delivery person to drop it on your doorstep.
When we pray, “Thy kingdom come,” we commit ourselves to that kingdom. Thy kingdom come in my heart. Thy kingdom come in my life. Thy kingdom come through me. God, let your values, your priorities, your love and your grace shape me and guide me, and shape and guide us all.
In my studies this week, I read a theologian who reflected on how we often understand prayer: as a way of taking ourselves out of the equation, and putting the ball fully in God’s court. Just think of how we use and understand the phrase “thoughts and prayers” these days – it’s a socially acceptable way to say, I don’t really care about what you’re going through enough to actually do anything about it. I’ll say a few words into the universe, and then it’s God’s problem, not mine. But that’s not how prayer is meant to work. Instead, our prayers should teach us, should shape us, should move us to do something – “our lives become our prayers.”[1]
Think again about how incredible it is that, when Jesus is teaching his disciples to pray, Jesus actually compares us to God – a dim and distorted reflection of the divine, but still… he says, If even you know how to do what is good, if even you can be moved to mercy, to give good gifts to those who depend on your help… just imagine how much more God delights in sharing love and meeting needs.
And the way God meets those needs is, more often than not, through me and through you. Jesus doesn’t just point from our feeble attempts to God’s greater ones, but he reminds us that our efforts – even if they are reluctantly given – our efforts to share our abundance and show mercy with others really do make a difference: to the neighbor knocking at our door asking for bread, to the child asking for a meal – what we have, what we can do, matters. Prayer is important. But it’s not enough to pray, not when we are able to do more. As Pope Francis once said, “You pray for the hungry, then you feed them. This is how prayer works.”[2]
Prayer teaches us to look beyond ourselves. Who is it who’s knocking at your door, asking for a loaf of bread today? Who is begging us for an egg – and we’ve handed them a scorpion instead? Are our lives bringing blessing to God’s name? Are we living in such a way that God’s kingdom, God’s vision, God’s dream is coming into being through us?
We see all around us these days ways that God’s kingdom isn’t coming: God’s kingdom doesn’t look like closing hospitals, or making families bankrupt from injury or sickness while big companies pay no taxes and get bailed out; God’s kingdom doesn’t look like children going to bed hungry while food rots in the fields and spoils in our cupboards, or schools going unfunded while money is poured into weapons and walls, or neighbors at our doorstep begging for help and being thrown into camps instead – all while Christians are busy getting mad at the people who say “happy holidays” instead of Merry Christmas and who don’t stand up to sing the magic song to the magic flag before the sports begin.
God’s kingdom doesn’t look like this.
The disciples asked Jesus, teach us to pray. But prayer goes far beyond easy thoughts and empty words; prayer is about learning what matters, being reminded what’s important, and let that knowledge shape the way we live. Teach us to pray; teach us what matters: and what matters is community; what matters is forgiveness, of ourselves and of others; what matters is daily bread, and searching for that upside-down kingdom, and refusing to give a serpent to children crying for bread; what matters is tramping the snake of selfishness and greed and offering hope and grace instead.
When we pray, we believe that God listens; we know that God cares – but we don’t leave it there. We pray for God’s kingdom, and then we help that kingdom come; we pray, and then we act – that’s how prayer works.
The world has enough empty thoughts and prayers. We are called to something more; we are called to become living prayer, to live with generosity and grace, with mercy and justice, with compassion and community – so God’s kingdom may come, on earth as it in heaven.
Lord, teach us to pray; Lord, teach us to live.
God, our loving parent, the source of our being, the one who knows us better than we know ourselves: we come to you today, knowing you hear us, believing you care for us. We bring you our brokenness and our pain. We bring you our failures and our fears. We bring you our heartaches, and we bring you our hope. Forgive us, and help us to forgive. Feed us, and help us to feed others. Teach us to live into your kingdom, to live with radical hospitality and generous grace, so that your name might truly be holy and blessed. In the name of Jesus, who teaches us how to live and shows us what love is, we pray; amen.
[1] Bishop John Shelby Spong reflects on prayer here: https://progressingspirit.com/2017/01/05/the-ultimate-source-of-anti-semitism-the-circumstances-that-brought-judas-into-the-jesus-story-2/
[2] https://www.riseagainsthunger.org/quotes/pray-hungry-feed-prayer-works/
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This email on prayer (Reposting)
Are You Having Trouble Praying? This is for You.
I noticed that the Our Father shows us a 4-Step Pattern that we can follow when we pray: (1) Worship, (2) Word, (3) Wish, and (4) Wash.
When you say, Our Father who are in Heaven, Holy be Your name, this is WORSHIP.
When you say, Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, this is the WORD.
When you say, Give us this day our daily bread, this is WISH.
When you say, Forgive us our sins and we forgive those who sins against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, that is WASH.
It's not a rigid pattern because prayer is relationship—and relationships aren't rigid. But it's a magnificent guide to a wonderful relationship.
4 Minutes with God:
Worship, Word, Wish, Wash
Nor is it really 4 minutes. It can be 4 minutes, or 8 minutes, or 15 minutes, or 30 minutes… But if you've never done this before, 4 minutes is an awesome START. And let God lead you from there.
First Minute: Worship
My definition of Worship is very different from how others define worship. Worship isn't loving God as much as it is allowing God to love us. Worship is Welcome. It is God welcoming us to His giant Heart of Love; Worship is swimming in that ocean of love. Because God doesn't need our worship. We do! Because worship opens up our lives to His love.
How do we worship? There are many ways.
Thanksgiving: Simply count your blessings. Be grateful to God. Gratitude is a powerful magnet that attracts even more blessings into your life.
Singing: The worship songs we sing today are modern Psalms. Learn the songs we sing at the Feast and sing them in your own personal appointment with God.
Reading the Psalms: For centuries, monks have been chanting the Psalms 7 times a day. Priests and nuns still read the Psalms as their way of worshipping God.
Rosary: Centuries ago, many people wanted to imitate the monks when they read the 150 Psalms in the Bible. But at that time, 95% of the population couldn't read. So the monks designed the Rosary so people can pray 150 Hail Marys instead of 150 Psalms—50 for each of the three original mysteries (Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious). These Hail Marys aren't the focus but rather act like "background music” as our minds reflect on the life of Jesus. (Many think that the Rosary is a prayer to Mary; It's not; It's a prayer centered on Jesus—with Mary praying with us.)
Mass: This is the highest form of worship, the center of our faith, the ultimate way we remember God's love for us. My parents went to Mass everyday for 60+ years. This was their Appointment with God.
Second Minute: Word
The real battlefield of your life is in your mind.
If you win in the battlefield of your mind, you win in the battlefield of your life. That's why the Bible says, Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. (Romans 12:2)
How do you know if you've renewed your mind? Easy. If you see things the way God sees things, if you think the way God thinks, and if you love the way He loves… then you know, your mind is being renewed.
And the only way to do this is to SATURATE your mind with His Word.
Treasure The Word of God
Ravi Zacharias tells the story of Hien Pham, his Vietnamese English Translator he met in Vietnam in 1971. When the communists took over the country, they threw Hien in jail because he was a Christian. In prison, they gave him only 2 books by Karl Marx—a French version and a Vietnamese version. They indoctrinated him and tried to brainwash him.
After many difficult months in prison, Hien's spirit began to wilt. He became depressed and lost all hope. One dark night, he told God, "Maybe this is all a lie. Maybe God does not exist. This will be the last time I will pray to you!”
The next morning, the warden told him to clean the prison toilets. It was the most dreaded chore. The toilet smelled so bad, Hien had to cover his face and nose with a towel the entire time. After mopping the floor, in the dirty tin can filled with toilet paper, he saw a torn piece of paper with English Words. Hien grabbed it, washed it, and stuffed it in his pocket.
That night in bed, when everyone was asleep, beneath the mosquito net, Hien got his a flashlight and pulled out the piece of paper. He discovered it was a torn page of the Bible; It said Romans 8. Trembling, his tears rolling down his cheeks, he read, All things will work for good to those who love God… Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ… (Romans 8:28, 39)
Hien said, "Lord, you wouldn't even let me separate from you for one day!”
The next day, he asked the warden to assign him again to clean the toilets; While cleaning, in the trash, he saw another torn page of the Bible; he washed it and put it in his pocket; He realized, that one of the prison guards was using the Bible as toilet paper; and so everyday, Hien would get the torn paper, wash it, and keep it in his pocket.
And in the evening, inside his mosquito net, he would read God's Word; Each day, he was adding to his collection of pages. And that was his spiritually nourishment everyday.
After a few years, Hien was released from prison. He started building a boat so he could escape with 53 other people.
But one day, 4 Vietnamese soldiers came and pulled him aside, "Someone told us that you are building a boat. Is this true?” He lied and said, "No, I'm not building a boat.” "You want to escape!” they said. "No, I'm not escaping…” He said again.
But on the day he was to sail, Hien prayed, "Lord, I'm sorry I lied. If you want me to tell the truth, let those soldiers come to me again before I finally go.”
An hour before he boarded the boat, the 4 soldiers came, pulled him by the collar, and asked, "You're escaping aren't you?”
Hien said, "Yes, with 53 others. Are you going to put me in prison?”
The 4 men said, "No, we want to go with you.”
And in that dangerous trip at sea that lasted for weeks, amidst the strong storms and fierce waves that could have killed them all, do you know who were their saviors? It turned out that those 4 soldiers were great seamen! They steered the boat to safety. Without those 4 men, no one would have survived.
They landed in Thailand, got refugee status, and became immigrants in Canada.
One day, Hien spoke to Ravi's children. He said, "In your pursuit of success, you will be tempted to lie, to cheat, to be greedy… Don't do that. The success that you seek is found in God alone.”
God's Word—in torn pages—sustained this man and nourished his heart in prison. I believe God's Word will sustain you and nourish your heart during your most difficult hours as well. Read it with spiritual hunger. Make it precious to you.
Always Ask, "What Is God Telling Me?”
Let me give some practical details…
Read the Bible: I suggest you follow the daily Mass Readings so you're in line with the Church Calendar. Grab a Daily Bible Reading Guide such Companion, Didache, Gabay, or Sabbath atwww.KerygmaBooks.com/shop. (I'm biased; I publish these 4 guides.) Or sign up at KerygmaFamily.com and you'll receive the daily Mass Readings in your inbox. If you're just starting out, just read the Gospel for the day. Or even just one verse of that Gospel. Even if you read the entire reading, pick ONE VERSE that hits home in your heart and ask, "God, what are you telling me today?” The answer to that question is the most important part of reading the Bible. The Bible says, All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
Write a Journal: After reading the Bible readings, you may write your reflections and prayers.
Reading Spiritual Books and Listening to Spiritual Talks: I love reading. Every morning, I take time out to read a spiritual book and "converse” with God about what I'm reading. If you're not a reader, get Audio and Video Talks that will inspire you and make you grow.
Third Minute: Wish
One day, a boat sunk and three survivors swam to an island. For 6 months, these three men lived together, feeding on coconuts and fish. One day, one of them found a bottle floating in the water. When he opened the bottle, a Genie came out. The magical man in a turban said to them, "As gratitude for freeing me, I'll grant each of you one wish.”
All of them jumped up for joy. One man said, "Oh please Genie, I wish to go back to my family in Manila!” And POOF! He was gone.
The second man said, "Oh please Genie, I wish to go back to my family in Cebu!” And POOF! He was gone.
The third man said, "Gee… After six months of being together with those guys, I miss them already. I wish we would see each other one last time…” And POOF! The two guys appeared again in the island.
And the Genie disappeared.
What's the problem with our story? The Genie gave them only three wishes. But in God, there is NO scarcity of miracles. God doesn't just give you three wishes. You can make as many wishes as you want. You can pray for as many miracles as you want. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7).
Because God is a God of abundance.
You can do two things in WISH…
Declare your Dreams: Get your Novena to God's Love and read anew your Dreams. Or read the mission statements you made. Or lift up your Dream Board.
Intercede for Others: Praying for others is powerful. Pray for your family, your friends, your customers, the people you're serving in your ministry, and anyone asking for prayers. Some people think that intercession is reminding God to bless certain people, in case He forgets. Which is nuts. He never forgets. The reality is that God loves the person you're praying for, much more than you do. So yes, He already has sent blessings to that person. But when you intercede for them, you're sending your love to that person. And love is the operating force of this universe. Love is powerful. I can't explain it, but when you send love, you open that person's life to more blessings!
Four Minute: Wash
In the last part of your prayer, allow God's Love to heal you, purify you, and remove anything that hinders your growth.
Ask God, "Show me how I can love more. Point out areas in my life that don't represent you. Convict me of places in my heart where I don't follow you.” We need God's help to do this. We have many blind spots. The Bible says our faults our hidden. But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. (Psalms 19:12). We can't see our errors—so we pray that God show them to us.
Catholics call this the Examination of Conscience. It's like taking a spiritual bath everyday where you repent and receive His love.
Very important: The focus is NOT how bad you are; the focus is on how good God is; The focus is NOT your sins; the focus is on God's saving Love. Because what you focus on grows.
The fruit of prayer is NOT wonderful feelings; The fruit of prayer is to become to become like Jesus. And that's why the fourth step, WASH, is very important.
Conclusion: "I Don't Know How to Pray!”
In my home office, I have a special drawer where I keep a huge envelope—which I call my treasure chest. A various times, I find myself opening that envelope and reading the contents inside. When I do, I feel warmth in my chest, I get a lump in my throat, and I get teary eyed.
What do I read? That envelope contains all the love letters and cards of my boys. Birthday cards, Christmas Cards cards, and Father's Day cards.
The crazy thing about those love letters and cards is that they're awful. The words aren't spelled correctly. The lines aren't straight. The drawings aren't clean. There are smudges. Erasures. Mistakes. But I look at those cards and say, "They're more beautiful than Leonard da Vinci's Mona Lisa.”
Why? In my heart, the gift is not as important as the giver. If I love the giver of the gift, then I love the gift.
Friend, don't worry about your weaknesses and failures. God knows them. Give your broken self as your gift to God. With your stains, blemishes, and pockmarks included.
One day, a middle-aged man came up to me and said, "Bo, I really don't know how to pray. I envy you. You pray so fluently. So spontaneously. I don't know how you do it. When I pray, I can't think of the right words to say…”
I told him, "That's okay. Prayer isn't about words. Prayer is about welcome. Prayer is God welcoming you to His love, welcoming you to His heart.”
Talk to Him and call Him Daddy.
And let God's love do the rest.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
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he shall return!!!
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want to interact with a short, stressed out Genie? hit like/reblog!
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“Wait, the internet’s got more than one person on it? Musta missed that.”
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