A Note To Religious and Ethical Leaders

I hold a special place in my heart for Religious Leaders. This Chapter is a Walkthrough and Guide for you to set up The Asha Journey Quest Guild within your Congregation.

This Chapter can be done by anyone who wants to take the Initiative and Form their Own Quest Guild. It can be applied to Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Atheism, Psychology, Philosophers, Parents, Schools, Hinduism, Spiritualists, Indigenous Peoples around the World.

But… Before we begin, you need to know…

I am a Nerd.

The World’s BIGGEST. Nerd. How can I do this and not “DO” this THIS way?

Pause for Emphasis.

Come on! This is like… Monty Python and The Quest For the Holy Grail meets The Lord of The Rings meets The Life of Brian meets… Bruce Campbell’s Army of Darkness! MEETS THE DAVINCI CODE!

IN REAL LIFE!

For Reals!

How can I NOT Nerd this up!? My Nerd-O-Meter is jumping off the Charts here! This is The Pilgrimage! THE ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS! Its THE Quest! The Big One with the Capital “Q!”

All the Hobbits and all the Elves — All the Paladins, Knights, And Dwarves that ever were stretched across all the Realms of all The Lands know that there is only ONE WAY to do this!

BEYOND ALL EPIC PROPORTIONS!

That’s how!

For Teenagers and Young Children — OH, YEAH! — I am Integrating Religion with Dungeons & Dragons! In Real Life!

I am The Queen and I am Calling Forth my Challengers!

Now I have 8 Billion of you. Which means I need help and Organization from the Religious Leaders, Ethical Leaders, and Dungeon Masters of the World.

I am leading ONE Dungeons & Dragons Game.

ONE.

Step #1 – Read This Book.

It is the First Step to THE GAME if you wish to Play. If you don’t want to play, that’s okay to. You can still read along and Follow The Asha Journey without The Gaming Perspective.

Step #2 – Let your People Know what you are doing. Call them to be A Challenger.

(Optional) Have them read this book. Highly recommended, but entirely up to you.

You can…

(1) Come Independently and Follow the Game alone

(2) Come as a Dungeon Master to learn how to Lead your Party

(3) Come as a Religious Leader to learn how to play with us and Lead your Congregation

(4) Come as a Club Leader and follow along with your Party

(5) Come as a Psychologist and learn how to Organize Healing Groups

(6) Come as a Teacher and Augment your Classroom

(7) Be that Parent and make THIS your Friday Game Night

(8) Religious Leaders, let your Communities know “The Game” is being played at your Facility

This is a Dungeons & Dragons Game that you are Playing EVERY DAY of YOUR LIFE… Until you REACH El Dorado — Yes, that’s here to. The Point of Comprehension is really cool.

You can…

(a) Augment whatever you already have

(b) Customize this to fit your Culture/Religion

(c) Enhance Your Classrooms

(d) Build a Youth Group around this

(e) Form the weirdest Book Club

This is called “THE GAME” By Anna Imagination and it is HIGHLY Complex made Simple!

Once a MONTH I do LIVE Sessions on 21, 22, and 23.

Step #3 – Choose Your Difficulty Level

The Villager

Now, I am huge on including everyone. And I know that we all grow at our own pace. Maybe you are a Spectator, but you also don’t want to be left out? Hey! Yes! We need you! You are the Cheerleader. The Optimistic “You Can Do It!” But you have to leave the Challengers alone. No Sympathy. NO Pity. Not unless The Quest Line states otherwise.

You can be an NPC (Non-Player-Character).

You can be a Quest Giver.

You can cheer them on!

Do not “pat the Challenger publicly on the back.” They must practice Humble Submission and Honor. This is not a place for Limelight. It is a Role of Silence and Trial. It is Private for many. No Names. And if your Child tells you they want to be a Challenger, you support them no matter what.

You can be Proud. You can do it together. But this is not a place for Glory or Stages. It’s a place for Low, Humble Submission.

The Minstrel Bard

The Minstrel Bard attends the Meetings as if they are in Game Play. They can participate as much or as little as they want. The DM is The Leader who makes these Decisions. We all must Respect the DM because they have to Nourish their Team best to the Needs of the Team.

The Minstrel Bard can step into this role prior to becoming The Pilgrim. But be aware… Once you open that 7th Door… That is The Point of No Return. You become a Challenger.

If the DM says “No Minstrel Bards” then no Minstrel Bards allowed. This is to give The Pilgrims the support and space they need to do this. If the DM limits how many Minstrel Bards are permitted, then they may do so. If the DM decides to hold a separate Guild for Bards, they can do that too. DM Discretion.

The Challenger : The Pilgrim

There is no Boasting or Bragging here. You are a Squire. You don’t talk about it with others. You just let them know “I’ve decided to do it. I’m going to become a Challenger.” You can tell your best Friend. You can tell your parents. Tell your teacher. One on One. But don’t announce it and limit who knows.

Consider this a “Need To Know” only. If they don’t need to know, then don’t tell them. It’s Private.

This is not a path for Glory.

This is in the Spirit of Cedric Diggory. Humble Honor.

There will be no stage. No recognition. No. Pomp and Circumstance. There is no great ceremony at the end. No party to celebrate your Victory. You Win alone. You Celebrate alone.

Only your DM during Guild Meets can encourage you on. Other Challengers can talk to you about this.

Outsiders may not. If they are “In The Game” then you can talk to them about it. What happens in The Game stays in The Game.

This is hard. This will break you. It is not at all a place for Glory.

This is Esoteric Knowledge. A “Secret Group” not open to people who don’t do the work. This Knowledge you are looking for, it’s already all inside of you. You just need to Unlock it. But the path to unlock it is painful.

How Can You Gameify This?

I play because I’ve done it. I know the path ahead. Play makes this brutal journey a little easier. I Play but I make no Make-Believe. I’m serious. They are called Challengers for a Reason.

This is painful, hard, arduous, long, and it is meant to push you to the Point of Breaking you. Because at the Point of Break that is where you grow.

As an Esoteric — you Play — Exoterics… They take the Pilgrimage way too Pretentious with little to no work on their behalf. They are all Righteous Stuffy Pomposity and No Work.

The Pilgrim Plays on the Inside and Bust their Internal Ass on the Inside. So yeah, they can play. Let them play. They’ll need it.

And there is this point where — You laugh. You just think… “This thing feels like a Knighthood! Like I’m dropping to the ground with my sword and swearing my fealty to The Universe.” Consensual Slavery. It’s one of the Ethics.

And in those moments, you truly learn what Noble means. And Patience. And Honor.

You learn what Submission truly means.

You learn words like Consensual Slavery.

Honor bound.

Queen and King.

God and Goddess.

Ashavana.

And you kneel down in the mud on all fours, you bow to the Universe and you say “Thank you for this Honor. I am forever in the Service of Mankind.”

That is when you begin to learn Diplomacy.

Forgiveness.

Empathy.

And then you realize how little all others know.

So yes. We play. Because the moment you become a Challenger, you step into Don Quixote’s World and so… how can you not play with Windmills, Dragons, and Giants.

And it is in the depths of that moment that you realize We are Story. And what the Asha Journey is all about is :

(1) Learning how to Build In Story while you Live in Story

(2) Learning how to Build as fast as you Live

(3) Learning how to Write, Navigate, and Steer your Life and Story as fast as you can Build it

And along the Training, you find The Fruits, Your Limits, Your Dreams, Your Soul, Your Potential, Your Ethics, Your Names, Your Story, Your Memory, Your Path, Your Destiny, Your Visions, Your Skills, and Thus… You know YOU.

And then you wonder… “Why are we not all doing this at once and right from birth?”

Oh, but we are, you realize.

And then you ask, “Why are we not all keeping on this Journey right up into Adult Hood and always?”

And then you remember The God of Thieves, Liars, and Cheaters from Chapter #4… And you realize, Oh. That is why.

And when you are God you can see just how much all of this is just a Figment of your own Imagination and Once Upon A Time, you wished your own Dolls to Life because you were that lonely 5 Rememberings Ago.