Community of PACK Life – Teopixqui Dez

Tag: natural medicine

  • The Momentum of Kindness

    We can create an unstoppable force: the momentum of kindness.

    A single word, a small act, even a brief glance of understanding can change the shape of someone’s day. We know this because we have all felt its opposite. A careless insult, a look of dismissal, or a moment of cruelty can unravel something inside a person. Sometimes it is enough to ruin a day. Sometimes it lingers for weeks, or even years. Small things are never truly small. Every action leaves a mark.

    When we talk about personifying our faith, about becoming the living expression of what we believe, this is where the work begins. Kindness is not abstract. It moves. It carries weight. When we choose even one moment of kindness with full awareness, we set something in motion that lives beyond that moment. Not every seed will bloom where we can see it. But every seed still changes the ground where it falls.

    In our Community, we hold that the Universe Provides. But provision is only half of the relationship. Action is the other half. Kindness is one of the clearest ways we engage with the world. We are not asked to fix everything. We are asked to create momentum. One gesture. One word. One presence that says, without force, “I see you.”

    Kindness does not guarantee comfort. To be kind is to risk being misunderstood. Some kindness will be rejected. Some will be mocked. That does not change the value of the act. The worth of kindness is not measured by its reception. It is measured by its offering. Momentum does not ask permission. It only asks that we move.

    We know cruelty moves quickly. We know how little it takes to undo a sense of safety. But if cruelty can ripple outward, so can care. Choosing kindness when it would be easier to be silent or cold is not weakness. It is a deliberate act of power. It is faith moving through action.

    Today, remember that you carry that force. The look you offer. The word you choose. The patience you extend. Each action plants something into the world. You do not need to know how it will grow. Move kindness forward because it matters. Move it forward because someone, somewhere, may find their strength because you chose to use yours.

  • First Universal Truth: Revere The Self

    To Revere the Self is to acknowledge the profound responsibility of existence. It is not an indulgence. It is a necessity. Without care for our own well-being, we become fractured, unable to contribute meaningfully to the world around us.

    The phrase “you cannot pour from an empty cup” is often said, yet many fail to understand its depth. Self-care is not merely about recovery. It is about maintenance, ensuring that we do not find ourselves in a state of depletion before we act. The body, the mind, and the soul demand attention, and neglecting them leads to a hollow existence where service to others is tainted by resentment or exhaustion.

    True reverence of the self requires accountability. It demands recognition of all that makes us who we are; the tools we utilize to create the Self. This includes our skills and abilities as well as our disorders and dysfunctions. The moment we acknowledge our shortcomings, we claim responsibility for them. While external forces impact who we are, the power to change belongs to us alone.

    Viktor Frankl wrote, “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” This is a core anchor of self-reverence. We must neither accept our flaws as immutable nor expect the world to mold itself around them. To honor the self is to embrace growth, even when it is slow, and especially when it is painful.

    Self-reverence does not exist in isolation. A life spent only in self-exploration, without connection to others, becomes barren. The self is a single piece of a vast mosaic. To polish one’s own tile without considering the whole would be a disservice to the beauty of what is being created. You are able to retain your radiance as community does not demand sacrifice. It asks for integration.

    In the Tao Te Ching, Laozi speaks of the paradox of identity, that to find ourselves, we must lose ourselves in the harmony of the world. There is joy in this. The Self, when strengthened, can offer itself freely, knowing that it is not diminished by giving.

    The struggle comes with balance.

    Some believe that to honor the self means to place their needs above all else, but this is not reverence. It is self-absorption.

    Others believe that to be of service, they must discard the self entirely, but this is not reverence either. It is martyrdom.

    The middle path is where wisdom lies. It is the understanding that the self must be nurtured so that it may nurture in turn. It is the recognition that we are responsible for our own healing, yet we do not heal in isolation. Carl Jung spoke of individuation, the process by which we become whole. He did not mean separation from the world. He meant fortification, becoming the truest version of oneself while still existing within a community.

    To revere the self is to accept the paradox of being. It is the recognition that strength and vulnerability coexist. It is the understanding that self-care and communal care are not opposites, but interwoven. The person who honors themselves fully does not demand from others what they refuse to give themselves. They do not shrink when called upon, nor do they seek to control when the world does not bend to them.

    They walk forward, knowing that their place in the greater mosaic is not a burden, but a gift.

  • A Call to Revelry and Community

    My name is Teopixqui Dez, and this is my voice. I’ve spent my life walking the thin line between structure and rebellion, order and the undeniable pull of something deeper. I was raised in a world that told me healing belonged to the privileged, that community had to be earned, and that the pursuit of self-discovery was secondary to survival.

    I refused to accept that.

    I’ve seen what happens when people are denied connection: to themselves, to others, and to the vast and chaotic universe we’re all woven into. I’ve felt the weight of that isolation, and I’ve watched too many suffer under the lie that they must endure it alone.

    The Community of PACK Life was born from a single, undeniable truth: We are meant to revel. To explore, to connect, to challenge the boundaries of what we have been told is possible. This church – this movement – isn’t about dogma or hierarchy. It’s about reclaiming what has always belonged to us. Healing should not be a privilege. Neither should community, safety, or the right to stand in your own power without apology. I built this space because I know what it is to be unseen, and I refuse to let that continue for others.

    This blog will be a space where I speak openly, about my experiences, about the foundation and evolution of this Community, and about the truths we are fighting to embody. Some of you may find your own stories reflected here. Some of you may feel called to walk beside us. And some of you may simply be seeking a different way to see the world. No matter the reason, I welcome you into this space.

    Because at the end of the day, the Universe provides, but we must choose to revel within it. We are not meant to live small, to shrink in the face of discomfort, or to wait for permission to take up space. If you’ve been looking for a place where you don’t have to justify your existence; where healing, discovery, and connection are yours by right, then you’ve found it.

    And if you’re still searching, know this: You are not alone.

    This is only the beginning.