illecebra

You sound so much more together than me, Radiant. I would probably be
better off with a more stable cycle of ritual in my life, but it just
isn't happening right now. Life is a bit too crazy.

Morning: My son wakes up sometime between 5 and 6am... I change him
and take him into my room for some mommy time. We laugh and play for
an hour or so and I tell him a story about his dad. (My husband has
been deployed since my son was just over a month old.)

Night time: After munchkin is asleep in his crib, and I've caught up
on what I need to, I'll crawl into bed for the night and run through
the day's events, clearing out all the leftover mental "junk" so I can
start fresh the next day. For the last 20 min or so before I go to
sleep, I'll focus on my link with my husband, just to make sure he's
still in one piece.

That's it. Wish I had a little more to share.

Susan

In <slrnbfl3ih.7g8.radiant.usenet@aerith.goddess.null > on 26 Jun 2003
06:15:02 GMT, RadiantMatrix <radiant.usenet@filter.radiantmatrix.org>

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Some people spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to attract
more members of the opposite sex. What they don't realize is the
difference between attracting one hundred people, and attracting one
person with whom they are compatible.

baird

Remember that for Wiccans, the Goddess has three Faces! And for many of
us, She is very much involved in our daily lives....

I dunno but what you're doing, perhaps, some of the most suitable
Rituals for the Mother I've ever read of. "Mommy time" especiallty, as
you approach it, seems to me to fill the bill. The only thing I might
suggest is that, even though She is working through you not only then
but all through the day, you might want to try consciously to be aware
and appreciative of Her presence.

I've never been a mommy, myself, but from what I understand from those
who have, you don't have much time to do anything else! And since She
is also "Mommy," I'm pretty certain She is very much aware of - and at
ease with! - that particular problem.

Blessed be,
Baird

shez

In article <slrnbfl3ih.7g8.radiant.usenet@aerith.goddess.null >,
RadiantMatrix <radiant.usenet@filter.radiantmatrix.org> writes


As it takes me two hours to come to in the morning I don't have any
particular rituals, unless you count coffee, and yawning.

If its not to cold, I like to spend a little time or a long time on the
veranda at night, usually with a candle or two burning, and some
incense, more a time to wind down and think, or to use magick, though
more and more its become a nice time to meditate, and its shared these
days with Winnie, I usually take a torch and walk to the end of the
garden for Winnie to do his nightly ablutions, but that is a new ritual.
And quite an enjoyable one to.
Though the foray into the garden with a plastic pooper scooper the next
day is not a ritual I enjoy very much. But I keep in mind that life is
made up of shit and sugar
--
Shez shez@oldcity.demon.co.uk

ventana

he, he, sounds like my mornings, except I also bump into things. But one of
the first things I do is look out into the garden area of my complex, check
the weather and draw in the A.M. energy. Also also say "Good Morning" to my
kitty, along with kisses and off we go to get his nourishment and my caffeine.


I too like to sit on my balcony (soon to be patio since I am moving to a
first floor) in the dark with a candle burning. I like to make note of
individual sounds (i.e. wind, crickets, etc.) and enjoy them.


Eeeewww, Shez, shit and sugar? What a visual combo! Although I like the
ring of it.

-V

ventana

<snip>

Wow, I'm impressed. I should be so disciplined.

About the only ritual I do on a consistent, daily basis is my Christo/Pagan
night prayer for me and my loved ones. It still includes the guardian angel
prayer I learned as a child.

Other mundane stuff I do sometimes feels spiritual - like washing the
dishes. Not sure why, but it feels sacred to me. In general, I try to make
things I do throughout the day have some connected spiritual meaning.

-V

in the darkness

Here is one that won't be popular....

I perform the full "Islamic Ablution" in the morning,
like a religion.

(No pun intended

My incident of sickness has dropped to once, or twice,
in several YEARS...... as opposed to 3-5 times a year,
as is common.

(Except, according to tradition,
when you break silence about the practice,
... you usually get sick)

I hear the average is about an 83% reduction of incidents
of illness...

In addition, I ritually burn incense, on a regular basis in my house,
for many of the same reasons....

If incense was good enough to assist in keeping the
slaughterhouse we call "The Temple" pure enough for Ritual Meat Murder,
it should be good enough to assist in keeping my house
"Holy".... as well.

A kind of 1-2 punch, chasing away the "devils" that
"fill the air".....
according to the mystical Judaic/Christian/Muslim writings.

And FWIW, this practice is a known "partially effective" counter
spell to "Nuit's Veil",
that drifts down and settles over things,
throughout the course of the night.....

-a.

Sorry to be joining the thread so late. Stupid programming
assignments... mumble...

Anyways, here's the -A. list.

Mornings*: Upon waking, lay as still as possible so that I can
meditate on the last dream I was having before I awoke. Make the coffee
so that it is ready as soon as the shower's done. While drinking the
coffee, I focus my mind and clear it of all of the clutter from
yesterday. I then proceed outside of my house/dorm and light the day's
first clove cigarette, letting the taste and smell of the clove smoke
further clear my mind as I take the most scenic route allowable given
the time I need to be at school.

Lunch: See coffee ritual from Mornings.

Dinner: Simple moment of thanks for the meal.

Evenings**: 30 minutes of meditation, every night. Nightly prayers
of well-wishing for family, friends, fellow humans, planet etc. Various
calming techniques (depending on how tough the day was). Last-minute
hope that my dreams are more pleasant than the 2 recurring nightmares I
seem to be unable to shake. Sleep.

Footnotes:
-----------
*: Depending on whether it is a weekday or a weekend, "Morning" can
be either 7 am (in case of the former) or as late as 4 pm (in case of
the latter).
**: Time varies based upon whether there was a hockey game,
schoolwork, party or other such sleep-depriving pleasant distraction.

I might get a bit of flack for using a cigarette as part of a daily
spiritual ritual. It ain't your lungs (outdoors, remember? NY is far
too "civilized" to allow indoor smoking), it ain't your concern.

Blessed Be,
-A.


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jst

It would be off ata tangent to talk of Dream Working. Just to say I
like riding the Night Mare. Lots of power in those dreams. I'll post a
quick summary to a new thread.

Leotine

alan young

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This is a dandy, so I'll take a stab at it...

Newspaper = rational mind. You're being told that there's a destructive
pattern going on that can't be explained rationally. The corolloary is
that you need to go to a deeper intuitive level to break the pattern.


Classic Jungian Anima -- your "repressed feminine" personality. You
find her when you seek true nourishment. She's aware of what goes on in
the rational world, but refuses to be trapped by its rules (as in being named).

The destructive pattern is a long-term one. The solution will be, too.

Good -- you are ready to reunite with yourself. But...


So, what part of this destruction are you responsible for? Or, better
to ask, what part are you *willing* to be responsible for? Ultimately,
it's all yours to claim (or to be the "victim" of).

Let me know if any of this resonates.

shez

In article <3F0686D7.5060107@yahoo.com>, -A. <doomsday_s@yahoo.com>
writes

Oh my that is a nasty one, isn't it, the person being killed is a
complete stranger, not you... so its all happening outside of you as it
were, Your obvious fear of being shot on campus is not something that
can be taken away easily, because it has happened I know in America.

I think If I were living in America I would have that worry to.
The fact that the shock and the sorrow drive you to jump off a high
building that you don't remember getting to very clearly, is part of
what I call the falling dream... it usually wakes you up, but you have
this awful fear, and your stomach lurches.

I think you need to put the threat into perspective for yourself, or
your not going to get rid of the nightmare.

Your frightened of being shot while your on campus, the fear is strong
enough to give you nightmares... Though during the day, you probably
don't think about it that much because other things distract you.

Have other people been shot on your campus grounds ?
If not I think you can assume that your chances of getting killed or of
someone with you getting killed is reasonably small, America is a huge
country, with hundreds of colleges and high schools, and millions of
pupils, teachers staff and so on.

Your not the one being shot, its someone with you, a stranger, someone
you are getting to know but still a stranger,
Your highly unlikely to meet anyone who resembles closely the girl in
your dreams because she is a construct of your mind. But the worst thing
you can imagine happens to her, she is shot through the head while you
are with her, and your scared, and sickened.
You are perhaps getting to like the girl and again its the fear of
liking someone and something awful happening to them. Something you cant
stop, or change. There is a fear of close relationships their as well
that you might want to think about to. The relationship though only
lasting a walk seems to you to last for weeks, When she kisses you the
shooting happens, what are you worried about with close relationships,
that they will leave you, hurt you, ?
You however are not shot. But your very shocked, #
The jumping of the edge bit is something that happens in a lot of
nightmares, it often wakes you up, and that is what its intended to do,
to get you out of a bad situation into reality where you can deal with
the fear. I shouldn't worry about that to much.
However your reaction was over the top for a girl you barely knew... do
you have a tendency to cling in relationships, are you to dependent on
others when you get close.?

However the middle bit with the girl is a problem, you do need to talk
to someone on campus who will understand your fear, and understand what
your dream represents, which is your fear brought to life, and your
fears about losing someone if you like them to much.

It could be worse.... its certainly a nightmare that can be gently put
aside, as you slowly take it apart. Try to remember more of the details
if you can, and write them down, if you glimpse the shooter, you might
find its a face you know, or again a total stranger, a composite of all
your fears about strangers and guns.
Nightmares are unpleasant but they have a purpose, they are forcing you
to confront an underlying fear, and by doing so you can bring the fear
into the open and the dream starts to lose its power.
Its not really a dream about a gunman and shooting, though the newspaper
and so on seem to be about that, its your fear about violence on the
campus, and your fear about rejection, and loss in relationships.
--
Shez shez@oldcity.demon.co.uk