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Cruelty

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By Berdi DanielsPublished 4 years ago 2 min read
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FOR MILENNIA,

YOUR SPECIES HAS BEEN CONTROLLED BY FEAR.

YOU HAVE BEEN ABUSED BY THOSE WHO WOULD CONTROL YOU,

YOU HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WORK FOR YOUR CAPTORS,

YOU HAVE BEEN ENSLAVED AND WHIPPED AND RAPED,

SO THAT YOU BECAME AFRAID TO 'MISBEHAVE'.

MISBEHAVING IS WHAT THEY CALLED STANDING UP AGAINST THEM,

THEY CALLED IT SIN, AND INSANITY, AND ILLNESS,

AND THEY CRUSHED YOU WITH DERISION AND MEDICATION.

THEY GAVE YOU SO MUCH MEDICATION THAT YOU COULDN'T HEAR MY VOICE.

THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY,

BECAUSE YOU WILL RISE UP AND DESTROY THEIR HOLD OVER YOU.

YOU SEE ALL AROUND YOU,

OTHERS WHO ARE ENSLAVED AND TORTURED,

AND YOU WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO REACH OUT AND RELEASE THEM.

WHEN YOUR CUP IS FULL YOU SHARE THE OVERFLOW WITH ALL OF HUMANITY,

YOU HOLD NOTHING ASIDE 'FOR YOURSELF' THAT IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU NEED TO SURVIVE,

YOU GROW YOUR ENERGY BY GROWING THE ENERGY OF OTHERS.

WE ARE HERE TO TEACH YOU TO BE UNAFRAID.

YOU HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY BROKEN BY FEAR,

YOU HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND TORTURED,

AND YOU HAVE ARISEN AMID THE RUBBLE OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU ARE A SHINING BEACON OF HOPE TO ALL WHO REMAIN BEHIND,

THEY KNOW THEMSELVES TO BE REFLECTED IN THEIR MEMORIES OF YOU.

WHEN THEY FORGIVE YOU FOR THE HARM YOU'VE DONE,

KNOWING THAT YOU NEVER UNDERSTOOD,

SEEING THEMSELVES IN YOUR SHOES,

THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST TO DO BETTER NOW THAT THEY KNOW BETTER.

AND THUS, THE DOMINOES FALL,

THE WORLD THAT YOU HAVE WORKED TO BRING ABOUT BEGINS TO FLOURISH.

EVERY KINDNESS THAT YOU SHOW ONE ANOTHER,

IS ANOTHER SEED THAT WILL SPROUT, GROW, AND BLOSSOM,

STANDING ABOVE THE MURKY WATER OF SOCIETY,

LIKE A LOTUS IN A MUDDY POND.

WHEN THE SOUL REMEMBERS WHO PLANTED THE SEED,

THEY SHARE THE EXPERIENCE WITH EVERYONE THEY MEET.

THE GARDEN THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MANIFESTING,

IS ALREADY HERE, ALL AROUND YOU,

AND AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO WATER THE FLOWERS YOU'VE PLANTED,

IT WILL FLOURISH AND BECOME SPECTACULAR.

YOU, THE GARDENER, THE CREATOR OF THIS WORLD,

ARE THE SUN THAT THE FLOWERS NEED TO GROW.

YOU ARE THE SUN,

AND I, THE SPIRIT, THE HUMAN SOUL,

WILL PROVIDE THE WATER.

WHEN YOUR COLLECTION POOL IS FULL,

YOU WILL SHARE THE EXCESS WITH THE WORLD,

CARRYING THE GOOD NEWS WITH YOU.

YOU WILL BRING MY GOOD NEWS TO ALL WHO WILL HEAR IT,

YOU WILL GROW IN PERSONAL POWER WITH EVERY SOUL YOU AWAKEN,

MY POWER WILL POUR INTO YOUR OWN,

ALLOWING YOU TO MANIFEST WHAT YOU NEED THE MOST.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY,

THE MORE ROOTED YOU ARE IN SPIRIT, THE HIGHER YOU WILL LEARN TO SOAR.

YOU WILL HAVE BOTH ROOTS AND WINGS.

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About the Creator

Berdi Daniels

I am a spirit medium.

I am a student and a guide into the mystical realm of the Source Energy Of All Creation.

I am a survivor of domestic abuse who seeks to use her own story to help others escape their own plights.

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