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Post by littlechris on Nov 14, 2008 10:00:37 GMT -5
...I just consider myself as an angel, and I don't complicate things by saying the "my soul is angelic" or "I was an angel in a past life". Can't I just say that "I'm an angel" and leave it as that?
A lot of people say that I should complicate things and label myself as things, but I don't really want to, I just want to stick with "angel".
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Post by non-sequitur aeon on Nov 14, 2008 10:31:27 GMT -5
Hmm, I believe people complicate things merely as a result of deliberation. Many 'kin' put a good amount of meditation (in many senses of the word) into their conclusions. Moreover, there are subtle distinctions within the nomenclature and while it does become a bit tedious to name everything and everyone...as we are essentially physical we require accurate words to accurately communicate what we're trying to convey. Can't say there's any harm in those that keep things simple. Both the complex and simple have their own 'stylings' of validity.
Any other thoughts on the ad-nauseum labeling within the community?
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Post by Indigo Starshine on Nov 6, 2016 8:31:12 GMT -5
This is tricky for me since I want to say that I am an angel like littlechris said, but I'm aware of how that may be taken and it may not be received in such a positive way... So I soften it with "was an angel before this lifetime" to show that yes I am not claiming to be fully and physically an angel at the moment, and yes I am aware that I have a human body and brain that I must work with thank you very much. That no I do not claim to have amazing, wicked superpowers, and no it's not a "delusion of grandeur" and no I do not expect any reverence or bowing or whatever. The fact is, my soul is an angel's. I'm just in a currently human physical lifetime that is all.
It's less about how I want to label myself and more about being careful of how I come across to others, especially those who know NOTHING of otherkin and may take it the wrong way and see it as a reason to attack me verbally to "put me in my place" as they say. That's just how I see it, that's all.
I know it's not perfect, and it's certainly not what I'd rather say about myself, but it works and gets the point across in a non-threatening way to the confused onlooker who may know nothing about this before meeting me.
*He still wishes he could just admit who and what he is without having to worry so much about how it'd be received and any accusations of being a "faker" or "delusional" or "crazy/insane" or "off my meds" (how ableist of them really) or a "poser" or "just doing it for the attention" and so on and so on. It gets SOOOOOOO tiring ...* |
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