About Everything (ish)
Who am I? What's this website for? Wtf is Patreon? Why bother with Everyday Energy? Read on for the answers!
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About Dominique Williams
My story is a familiar anecdote to many stumbling upon this website. Like so many others, my spiritual journey began as an oddball youth. My paradigm, the way I saw the world, affected my ability to communicate with others my own age. Those that weren't "weirded out" by my awkward way of speaking often became shocked or confused by my 'knowing.' It was as if the way I interpreted the world around me in such a way that afforded me knowledge I should not have had. |
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As you can imagine, misunderstanding and aversion became the normal response among my peers. My true perspective and thoughts were met with fearful rejection. For a little while, witchcraft gained brief popularity and gave me hope; framing my perspective in terms of "magic" made it slightly more acceptable. Yet as the years passed, it was clear that spiritual or magical mindsets were regarded as unintelligent, kooky, or less than sane. Despite my efforts to research and understand religions, psychology, and magically centered paths, understanding and acceptance always seemed out of reach.
There were two options at that point: stay the course, and be ostracized or abandon my intuitive truths to live in the "real" world.
For the first half of my twenties, I turned away from myself and ignored that nagging ache in my soul. Everyone else seemed to get on just fine without giving in to their "childish" intuitions, and it seemed so convincing. After all, weren't superstitions more like fairy tales than fact? At that time, I was determined to 'grow up' and start living responsibly once and for all.
Living the "normal" way left me spiritually vulnerable, and allowed my psyche to sustain heavy damage from spiritually preventable sources.
I was so confused. On one hand, I had given up on my beliefs- how could I return to them knowing I had abandoned my own spirituality? Did I destroy that part of me that 'saw,' or was it something I could regain? Had I really lost it to begin with? How would it look to those that remained faithful to just swing back like that?
On the other hand, wasn't I just in willful denial of reality? Choosing the spiritual path meant ignoring or forsaking the sciences that don't fit, right? The two were oil and water; faith and science just don't mix.
...right?
There were two options at that point: stay the course, and be ostracized or abandon my intuitive truths to live in the "real" world.
For the first half of my twenties, I turned away from myself and ignored that nagging ache in my soul. Everyone else seemed to get on just fine without giving in to their "childish" intuitions, and it seemed so convincing. After all, weren't superstitions more like fairy tales than fact? At that time, I was determined to 'grow up' and start living responsibly once and for all.
Living the "normal" way left me spiritually vulnerable, and allowed my psyche to sustain heavy damage from spiritually preventable sources.
I was so confused. On one hand, I had given up on my beliefs- how could I return to them knowing I had abandoned my own spirituality? Did I destroy that part of me that 'saw,' or was it something I could regain? Had I really lost it to begin with? How would it look to those that remained faithful to just swing back like that?
On the other hand, wasn't I just in willful denial of reality? Choosing the spiritual path meant ignoring or forsaking the sciences that don't fit, right? The two were oil and water; faith and science just don't mix.
...right?
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About Metaphysiology
Actually, science has an elegant answer for that second dilemma: emulsifiers. With an emulsifier, oil and water can mix, and do quite often in the modern world. So, too, can spirituality mix with science with the right emulsifier. That's where Metaphysiology comes in. |
This site is designed to bridge that gap by inspiring the imagination to adapt interpretations of faith around verifiable truth. Both faith and knowledge are necessary elements of life. Nurturing faith that bends to science simultaneously opens new doors of curiosity to explore.
What does that have to do with consciousness?
Both science and faith stem from this glorious mystery that is the consciousness. Beyond facts and imagination, the miracle of consciousness remains just shy of impossible. In essence, consciousness is the most obvious 'emulsifier' to faith vs. fact we all have access to.
Patreon And Everyday Energy
While the website is designed for inspiring thought, it has its limitations. Where Metaphysiology falls short, Patreon and Everyday Energy pick up.
Patreon is the budding community where discussion about conflicting (or complementary) interpretations can take place without the vulnerability of the general internet.
Everyday Energy is a series of books for delivering my unique interpretations of our world, designed to assist others in building their own individual interpretation "codex."
