yes, celestial beings are also trapped in samsara

I'm having a reflective evening thinking about my transition from polytheistic practice to esoteric Buddhist practice and just how true and right the dharma and eightfold path are. As a teenager snowballing through growing up and seeing the world as a new exciting phenomenon I really appreciated being guided around all the strange and sensible things from the spiritual plane, but it's really with Buddhism that I truly feel at home and find consolation and reconciliation with my reality. It's not a practice that leaves me at the vagaries of deities, and instead of worrying about punitive reactions to wrong practice, I'm guided gently towards a sense of equanimity and to practice with a community that works towards a concept of Buddha nature in each person. 

One thing I am grateful for with polytheism, though, is for the time and challenges I encountered as a means towards developing my own values and standards for human behaviour. Definitely one of the things on by bucket-list of things to have achieved.