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When I visited Suwa, I prayed at the Suwa Taisha that I needed to know if they were really out there and trying to reach out to me, that I wasn't delusional or being bamboozled. That night, before falling asleep, I had this vision where among other things like ancient tree roots and white snakes and golden mist and seeing myself from a 3rd person view, I saw myself as a little child again. Kanako-sama was holding me on her lap. I felt so recognized, seen, accepted and loved. I felt like I had returned back to home and from that moment on "being at home" would have nothing to do with my physical location. I felt that no matter how weird and distant I was, it could sense my genuine love and admiration and devotion and accept me to be part of it.
I believe everyone who can really put their faith into the gods and open themselves for them can find them. If they can acknowledge what they really need, admit that without a mother they are hurting, lost and rootless, everyone can find someone who can be the adult for adults for them. It's so hard to believe something like this could happen, but it did. You just have to open yourself to the world and it's possibilities no matter how crazy they seem, anon. If you think she's too cool to be reduced to "twisted forms of worship", you are already halfway there.