Tea and Scones
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cedar_groveFrom The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
If at times you feel numb or distanced from the essence of what you know, perhaps your mind, like the sage's teacup, is too full.
Universe pushes, and I run away screaming… Why am I doing this…?
I came across a link yesterday, via Facebook for some kind of 'online Wicca' college. To be fair to myself I know two things to be true. First, the do things differently across the pond, and secondly, I went to check things out and see what it was all about before I through about how I felt about it. Even with those two things true in my heart, I thought to myself, "hmm, not sure how I feel about this."
I understand that there is a shortage of groups and teachers around the world with whom those who wish to explore Wiccan concepts can talk, and experiences, and practise the things that are all part of being Wiccan, Pagan, Alternatively Spiritual, but honestly, there really is no intellectual knowing that can replace honest experience… and unfortunately I don't know a way around that.
I came to my own path through the channel of the intellect, but it was not until I let go of knowing, and starting feeling that I think I really learned anything worthy of being able to call myself Wiccan, or to say that I follow a Pagan path, or however you want to put it. Only when I was living what I 'knew' did anything make sense… and then, just to remind me that that's true, when I tried to return to an intellectual way of looking at things… well that was when I lost all sense of location within my path… and it's only recently, as I step my toes back into the spiritual stream and start to get my feet wet again (even if the Tsunami is just off the coast threatening to break over my head), am I feeling like I have any business to call myself Wiccan once more.
My tea cup was well and truly overflowing, and I was enjoying none of the tea because I was standing there with my hands in my hair going "Eeeep, what do I do now?" Isn't it obvious? Drink the tea!
Drink deep, my friends.
Two scientists travelled halfway round the
world to ask a Hindu sage what he thought
about their theories. When they arrived, he
kindly brought them into his garden and
poured them tea. Though the two small cups
were full, the sage kept pouring. Tea kept
overflowing and the scientists politely but
awkwardly said, "Your holiness, the cups can hold
no more." The sage stopped pouring and said,
"Your minds are like the cups. You know too
much. Empty your minds and come back. Then
we'll talk.
-- Leroy Little Bear
If at times you feel numb or distanced from the essence of what you know, perhaps your mind, like the sage's teacup, is too full.
Universe pushes, and I run away screaming… Why am I doing this…?
I came across a link yesterday, via Facebook for some kind of 'online Wicca' college. To be fair to myself I know two things to be true. First, the do things differently across the pond, and secondly, I went to check things out and see what it was all about before I through about how I felt about it. Even with those two things true in my heart, I thought to myself, "hmm, not sure how I feel about this."
I understand that there is a shortage of groups and teachers around the world with whom those who wish to explore Wiccan concepts can talk, and experiences, and practise the things that are all part of being Wiccan, Pagan, Alternatively Spiritual, but honestly, there really is no intellectual knowing that can replace honest experience… and unfortunately I don't know a way around that.
I came to my own path through the channel of the intellect, but it was not until I let go of knowing, and starting feeling that I think I really learned anything worthy of being able to call myself Wiccan, or to say that I follow a Pagan path, or however you want to put it. Only when I was living what I 'knew' did anything make sense… and then, just to remind me that that's true, when I tried to return to an intellectual way of looking at things… well that was when I lost all sense of location within my path… and it's only recently, as I step my toes back into the spiritual stream and start to get my feet wet again (even if the Tsunami is just off the coast threatening to break over my head), am I feeling like I have any business to call myself Wiccan once more.
My tea cup was well and truly overflowing, and I was enjoying none of the tea because I was standing there with my hands in my hair going "Eeeep, what do I do now?" Isn't it obvious? Drink the tea!
Drink deep, my friends.
