Deformities and the supernatural

[Odonata]

I suppose I'll start on a personal level and work up from there. I was born with a moderate case of Pectus Excavatum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectus_excavatum) which gradually worsened as I grew through puberty. Since around the age of twelve or thirteen I have had heart complications and compromised lung capacity. I have undergone multiple surgeries to try to correct the condition to no avail.

My question to all of you is: What spiritual/energy/chakric effects do you speculate this deformation may have on a person. Also, what other deformities are you aware of that you speculate may effect the sufferer in a supernatural way, and how are they effected.

Looking forward to your thoughts!

Much Love,

Odonata

[Naomi]

I think the human body is an incredible machine and I very much doubt that your deformity has much of an effect on you rmental capacity. We are meant to survive and prosper to the maximum capacity. Still there's people born with a minimum of deformities (we're all different - and nobody, nobody is ideally perfect) and these people born with th so-called perfect body type still go on to lead perfectly miserable unproductive lives or just drive their body into the dirt with substance abuse and lack of exercise or religious weirdness....

So having an extreme form of visible deformity (not mental or inobvious) may allow you to pay more attention to the world around you and focus less on developing your mind towards more menial tasks. The temporal nature of the body looms closer to your present mind and this if anything can be a boon.

I still like getting my hair trimmed and wearing a nice dress though...

[frater luciferi]

i have aspergers syndrome...which will always have a dramatic affect on me...on top of that my facial features are very germanic...so my eyes might see different, but i think in a way i was hardwired to see through the bullshit.. being a "freak" or accepting you own uniqueness is the first step to realizing that your are truely an individual..have a difference in appearance only really is a physical manifestation of that..i've met a lot of people though who through their "ailments" or chaos/pain in their lives came to their own paths..or because of that questioned the way things are and stumbled upon their "new" path..people who dont have to struggle to find acceptance or are too normative and easily fit in the mold...hardly ever question the mold becuase they never really have/had anything to take them out of that comfort zone...

i myself prefer the road less travelelled...the mediocre lead blaze boring fucking lives, my own might be a little more painfull but i live ten times more then any of them...FUCK NORMAL its fucking boring....

[Naomi]

Certainly so. Yet still, I think you will find that "normal" in this universe is something humans have only yet to hope for....

We automatically assume those around us don't feel the same pain we do, ecause they appear more normal, or they seem to have the "perfect" life. Howeverm the consequences of karma always affect us and what is a trial for one person may not be a trial for another. The life you lead in this world may not be the same as the one you lead in the afterlife, or rather, perception may lead you to bliss while another's may drive them to insanity. It all depends on how well you can steer the course.

I, personally do not believe in the validity of modern psychology and my feelings on this have been affirmed several times over the course of a few years. Yes, Tom Cruise has my vote, if he ever runs for preseident. The darned Scientologists can have this world, if they want it. They'd probably do a better job than the Republicans and the Democrats put together.

Is pain a necessary precursor to power? I think so. As a universal constant, no, I don't believe so, but in this world, on this playing field, it is, at least as far as I have observed, and the reasoning behind this could be any number of things really, too much to calculate in one paragraph. Some of it is just getting over yourself, being bold and able to let go of things quickly rather than hanging onto them, another is letting go of parental figures - alot of stock in tantra and yoga and so on is placed on abandoning the family unit - the adept is required to provide for any child conceived from union with a tantric consort but not to actually live with them. Buddhism simply eliminated this modality from every level of the religion except the highest tiers where you get wisdom consorts and so on in the mix.

Another big factor is time. There is just not enough time to explore every fucking little thing in this world and achieve enlightenment "in the meantime"

You need to get in and get out with as little time wasted as possible. Having some kind of limiting structure in place might trigger an aggressive response that facilitates the mental spur necessary to puncture through the barriers to freedom and enlightenment.

so as I said, it's a big factor

I know not a single great occult mind that did not suffer during their life, ,and the absolute greatest minds suffered the most

This does not mean suffering automaticcally means you're going to get advantages - there are also perils with which you have to learn to deal with - every strength earned forms an equally potent demon to deal with....

very tricky...

I don't have any physical deformities, but I don't feel like i belong here, and the society around me is repulsive. Some people wonder why I am so miserable and they would never understand, because they measure things by Lakshmi/Alakshmi - Fortune/Misfortune....

They don't know about things like cosmic transcendence or the fact that I feel like a tethered crocodile in a kindergarden class full of eight graders...