Fate, the Tapestry, and Everything
I've found myself recently discussing my path in depth again with a friend. Below are the results of one of those discussions, where I answer a few of his questions about exactly how I, as a Seer and a Weaver, view fate.
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I don’t actually believe in Fate.
To be more specific, I don’t believe in the classically accepted idea of Fate, the idea that a person’s path is laid out from birth or before, and that no matter what that person does, no matter what choices he makes, the drama of his life will be played out according to script. This does not mean that I don’t believe in some level of predestination; some choices carry such weight, have such far-reaching influence that the making of that choice sets one upon a path locked as surely as a knot in a thread. The only way out of such a situation is to take drastic steps, and few people are willing to hurt themselves as much as would be required.
I do believe in the concept of the Tapestry, in an inter-connected pattern wherein the lives of every living thing tangle together with purpose. No person exists independent of another. As we move through life, we leave our mark upon every person we touch. Beyond that, as I believe our souls all come from the same pool of soulstuff, it is impossible for any one soul to exist without possessing and affecting some aspect of another. If one is able to view the threads which twist and weave about and within another person, then it is possible to determine the influences upon said person. Determining the influences makes it possible to sort through the probabilities surrounding a situation and provide insight on the most likely outcome. This is what I do when I read for another person, regardless of how I do that reading. It is much like playing a game of connect-the-dots, where multiple finished pictures are possible.
The Tapestry is an ever-shifting, ever-changing, living thing. The pattern ebbs and flows like the tide. When a soul is born upon this earth, its thread is tied into the Tapestry, and yes, the expanse of that thread is stretched and fitted into the overall pattern. Major events and crossings might well be knotted into that thread, as well, and in some cases so is that thread’s final disposition, when, and even how it is to be terminated. Still, what happens between the tying and the cutting is mutable and very much in control of the person to whom that thread belongs. We may not be able to change our end, and we may not be able to fully control how other threads affect our own, but we still have free will. We have the power to determine what part of the overall Pattern our thread embellishes. If we allow other threads and their influence to weave that pattern for us, then we have done, in my opinion, the greatest insult to the Divine possible. We have squandered a Life, and there is no greater sin in my eyes.
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I don’t actually believe in Fate.
To be more specific, I don’t believe in the classically accepted idea of Fate, the idea that a person’s path is laid out from birth or before, and that no matter what that person does, no matter what choices he makes, the drama of his life will be played out according to script. This does not mean that I don’t believe in some level of predestination; some choices carry such weight, have such far-reaching influence that the making of that choice sets one upon a path locked as surely as a knot in a thread. The only way out of such a situation is to take drastic steps, and few people are willing to hurt themselves as much as would be required.
I do believe in the concept of the Tapestry, in an inter-connected pattern wherein the lives of every living thing tangle together with purpose. No person exists independent of another. As we move through life, we leave our mark upon every person we touch. Beyond that, as I believe our souls all come from the same pool of soulstuff, it is impossible for any one soul to exist without possessing and affecting some aspect of another. If one is able to view the threads which twist and weave about and within another person, then it is possible to determine the influences upon said person. Determining the influences makes it possible to sort through the probabilities surrounding a situation and provide insight on the most likely outcome. This is what I do when I read for another person, regardless of how I do that reading. It is much like playing a game of connect-the-dots, where multiple finished pictures are possible.
The Tapestry is an ever-shifting, ever-changing, living thing. The pattern ebbs and flows like the tide. When a soul is born upon this earth, its thread is tied into the Tapestry, and yes, the expanse of that thread is stretched and fitted into the overall pattern. Major events and crossings might well be knotted into that thread, as well, and in some cases so is that thread’s final disposition, when, and even how it is to be terminated. Still, what happens between the tying and the cutting is mutable and very much in control of the person to whom that thread belongs. We may not be able to change our end, and we may not be able to fully control how other threads affect our own, but we still have free will. We have the power to determine what part of the overall Pattern our thread embellishes. If we allow other threads and their influence to weave that pattern for us, then we have done, in my opinion, the greatest insult to the Divine possible. We have squandered a Life, and there is no greater sin in my eyes.