Hello everyone. I would just like to share some things and get it all of my chest. I was raised in a christian household. At an early age the only thing I cared about was finding answers to lifes mysteries. I converted to buddhism around 16, and started meditation. While this was great for a while, I knew something else was out there. Still maintaning a beleif in god, I grew a strong hatred for christianity. Started smoking pot and drinking. One night I ended up going into a deep trance and begged god to give me a sign he existed. After an hour with no results, I thought what is the one religion I never studied. Satanism. I spent the next 2 hours asking satan if he truly existed. A soothing voice came to me and said "I do exist". This scared the crap out of me, but I started researching satanism. When I stumbled across the jos website, it all clicked. For months I couldn't bring myself to do the dedication. When I finally did, I felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders, felt better than I ever had. I didn't know it at the time, but the enemy hit me hard the week after and I had horrible episodes of paranioa but I fought through it. In the months too come, me my girlfriend and a close friend went to a druids house who was supposed to give us a puppy my girlfriend so desperately wanted. They never showed up so my friend went inside to get it. Driving home the car set on fire, but the strange thing is, when the fire started, the car ended up slowing to a stop. We all got out to see what was wrong and the underneath of the car was set ablaze. A police officer was luckily right behind us and got the fire department there in minutes. The piston had shot through the engine, no one understood how it happened. I truly believe the gods saved us that night. After opening a the crown and throat chakras, I fell into a drug addiction, and stopped meditating for a long time. dealt with severe depression and all sorts of things. I'm now in my early twenties. I have a daughter and a son on the way. I work long hours and get litttle sleep, but I've been trying to find the time to meditate when I can. I feel like I've been away from father and I'm just trying to get back to him. Depression is hitting me again, overcoming it sucks. but I will be forever grateful for the jos and the truth it provided for me. I hope to soon get the rest of my chakras open and continue this great journey. Thank you all for letting me ramble, I needed it. Hail satan!