The True Me Step Forward Please

From a very young age, I had "pretend friends that no other person could detect.  Don't laugh, they were very real to me and it's taken all the New Age, love and light diatribe to emerge for me to acknowledge that perhaps these friends were not as uncommon as I had felt.  Now with the prolific access to the world wide web, I know that millions grew up like me, with "pretend" friends.

Who were these friends that I now know where no longer pretending to be with me as a little girl.  On one hand, I can say that they were definitely a very defensive protective side of my nature trying to emerge or merge with some kind of sweetness, some type of joy as there was so little of that in kidhood.  So, were my friends present to help take the edge of some of the overwhelmingly traumatic experiences I'd had so young?  Is it the human brains type of fight or flight that it creates experiences that feel very real to tap into to lessen the harsh reality?

I don't know, but i know and I still feel that these friends, although at times not as vivid due to the fogginess of growing up to face the responsibilities of adulthood, are real and still walk with me.  This is already a very non conventional way to perceive myself, but I do.  I really believe that I am heavily guided by a loving presence that has been very responsible for my progress on a mundane day to day level, as well as at times of deep distress and crisis.  I have always been lovingly guided, even when not acknowledging the power of this presence.

Now I'm faced with really acknowledging authenticity with myself and this warm, loving fiercely protective divine presence.  I'm constantly being alerted by others and told how "powerful" my energy can be and that I possess a lot of knowledge regarding my innerstance and non conventional perception of the guidance I tap into. I know this is because I have strived to practice what I know, I've faced challenges by looking them straight in between the eyes & even if I have felt not much confidence or trust at times, I keep hold of the Divine in all instances and it has grown and grown and now I'm at a place where I can blossom.   So for me, I've arrived at a stage in my life where I want to develop this sense of myself and authenticity and to use this "power" that I've employed to meet all challenges in my emotional & spiritual  evolution,  to support & facilitate others.  I have never felt clearer and will continue to practice this deeply ancestral, spiritual presence for the unfolding of the process of my life, for as long as I live.

I'm not your average fortune teller and don't want to get involved with disempowering people, I want to work with love  and intuition to facilitate people to become empowered for their own authentic selves.  This has always started with myself.  My spiritual premise is not your average one, because it's based on an Afrikan spiritual concept and anyone who knows anything, knows that most times when we speak about Afrikan and spirituality we often come up with "dark", "evil" malevolent forces.

I'm here to break the mould; a trailblazer.  I'm not compromising, I am learning.  I'm going to break down boundaries and expose superstitions and in my own unique way, put Afrika on the map in terms of the many spiritual traditions that emerge from the continent that holds the world at it's centre.

Ase