I mentioned back in August that I had signed up for a meditation class. I’m about a month and a half into the class now, and while I’m still not meditating every day, I am really benefiting from the meditation I am doing. Sitting for meditation is very difficult for me. My daily to-do list, which […]
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9 Jul 06
The Effect of Violence
If the result of seeing a film in which there is a lot of violence is that the viewer’s compassion is aroused, then perhaps that depiction of violence would be justified. But if the accumulation of violent images leads to indifference, than I think it is not. His Holiness The Dalai Lama Ethics for the […]
8 Jul 06
The Need for Kindness
In his book Ethics for the New Millennium, His Holiness The Dalai Lama says “…alongside our natural ability to empathize with others, we also have a need for others’ kindness…” The Dalai Lama also says that the combination of empathy and practicality go a long way towards bring us happiness. Life is smoother with we […]
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7 Jul 06
My Happiness, and Your's
If you ask most people, they would likely say that the happiness of others is important to them. Speaking personally, it is important to me that others are happy, and it is important to me that I am happy. Sometimes these desires come into conflict though. For example, sometimes I just want to sit down […]
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17 May 06
Helping Yourself
Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~ Unknown I received this quote through my email on Monday. Just like the author of the newsletter it was sent in, I wish I could post this everywhere on the planet in giant neon letters. I can’t […]
27 Apr 06
Serenity for All
I’ve just started reading Louise Huebner’s Witchcraft for All. It is an older book, written sometime in the 1970’s, I believe. The feminist feel of that time is clearly evident. For example, when writing about the Salem witch trials, Ms. Huebner says: “They were impostors who left Salem rich in history, and the real witches, […]
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17 Apr 06
Spirituality or the World
On Sunday night I watched the first of two episodes of A&E’s new series God or the Girl. For those who haven’t heard about it, it is a docu-drama that follows four men trying to decide whether to join the Catholic Church as priests. I watched it hoping to get a little insight into what […]
12 Apr 06
Lost Gospel's Lessons
The Jewish holiday of Passover began tonight at sunset. Today also marks the day when Jesus and his disciples had what came to be called “The Last Supper”. It is also the day that Judas betrayed Jesus. Why am I posting about this on a Wiccan blog, you may be asking. Well, spirituality in general […]
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7 Apr 06
Holy War
Jaspenelle over at The Painted Dragonfly poses a very difficult question: If a religious civil war broke out in your country, would you stand against it? Or would you flee? (I’m paraphrasing here.) I had to answer honestly that I would flee. I know that I am nowhere near as strong as I pretend to […]
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7 Mar 06
High Church Wicca
Wicca seems to have become very caught up in ritual forms and the “proper way” of doing things. Supposed Wicca is a rebirth or re-imaging of early European pagan practices. It seems to me not very likely that they would have 161 rules regarding the functioning of a coven as Alexandrians do, or a rigid […]
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I'm a mom, wife, needleworker, knitter, wannabe writer, and most of all a spiritual seeker. I'm not sure yet what I believe, but I sure as heck know what I don't believe.I blog about my adventures in needlework, knitting and other crafts at Stitching Lotus.