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Every once in a while I will do random research on different religions. This last time on Islam.... I did some reading on the Koran and ordered a book. During my research I came across a search for Christian mystic. I thought to myself "what?" So I went to check it out and couldn't stop reading. I realized that I wasn't really too far off from what these people do. They give a lot of definitions for terms, and terms used in the bible and what the hebrew word and greek word meant and I was forced to remember that a good portion of the bible over the last 2000 years have been hand written and translated over hundreds of times along with church bias. The way to salvation is still there but a lot of other things have gotten misconstrued.
Anywhoo, I have gotten hooked and have decided to incorporate some of this into my worship. I have always felt, at least in the last 8 or so years that I needed a ritual of sorts to worship, only because otherwise I get lazy and not do anything at all, which is what I have been doing for the past couple of years.
I have done some thought on God and on scripture and thought on why some people choose to call God Goddess. I came to the realization that God is both or neither and is just on some plane that we cannot comprehend and we make God both to feel closer to the spirit as humans. Why else would he/she make both man and woman in "his" image. So instead of just calling God God, I think I will in the least write it down as God/dess. Does that make sense? I think it does. It won't look right to a lot of Christians but the more I think on it, the more it make's sense. It also makes sense to me how the bible over the years has gotten very male dominated. I know that this is got to be bias and the church over the years (bias). I think it's time to stop thinking this way and try to uncover what the bible was truly saying so many years ago. Under the layer of hundreds of years and Catholic B.S.
I have always had a beef with the Catholic church and it's influence over the ages. I'm sure that in some ways they have had good influence but there is a lot of crap there also. Not to say that Christians haven't' had their share of B.S. as well. But lets face it, the world knows Christianity through catechism. The biggest difference between the two being that Mary is used as an intecessor.
But I digress, I have decided since I am not dirt poor anymore, just living almost paycheck to paycheck that I would go into my aromatherapy full time. I realized that the oils that I bought at candlescents are only frangrance oils and would do me no good, which means I have to spend bocoup dollars for real oils. Which actually aren't as expensive as I had originally thought, but some oils are very pricey, i.e. chamomile and rose.
I've also made a God/dess altar of sorts. Just little pieces strewn about with parts of creation on it. It's not all put together yet. Underneath the cloth is where I store my oils.
I have also in the past week started meditating. I think this combined with prayer has been the best thing for my soul. My heart has gotten extremely hateful in the past year add that to the stress I allow myself to get into and I realized that if I don't stop this now I'm going to die from stress. If I'm going to die it's not going to be over stress. I'm going to die for a purpose or by some other means.
I have already noticed a difference in my behaviour. Just by taking some time out. Spiritual time. It's very nice.
Anywhoo, I have gotten hooked and have decided to incorporate some of this into my worship. I have always felt, at least in the last 8 or so years that I needed a ritual of sorts to worship, only because otherwise I get lazy and not do anything at all, which is what I have been doing for the past couple of years.
I have done some thought on God and on scripture and thought on why some people choose to call God Goddess. I came to the realization that God is both or neither and is just on some plane that we cannot comprehend and we make God both to feel closer to the spirit as humans. Why else would he/she make both man and woman in "his" image. So instead of just calling God God, I think I will in the least write it down as God/dess. Does that make sense? I think it does. It won't look right to a lot of Christians but the more I think on it, the more it make's sense. It also makes sense to me how the bible over the years has gotten very male dominated. I know that this is got to be bias and the church over the years (bias). I think it's time to stop thinking this way and try to uncover what the bible was truly saying so many years ago. Under the layer of hundreds of years and Catholic B.S.
I have always had a beef with the Catholic church and it's influence over the ages. I'm sure that in some ways they have had good influence but there is a lot of crap there also. Not to say that Christians haven't' had their share of B.S. as well. But lets face it, the world knows Christianity through catechism. The biggest difference between the two being that Mary is used as an intecessor.
But I digress, I have decided since I am not dirt poor anymore, just living almost paycheck to paycheck that I would go into my aromatherapy full time. I realized that the oils that I bought at candlescents are only frangrance oils and would do me no good, which means I have to spend bocoup dollars for real oils. Which actually aren't as expensive as I had originally thought, but some oils are very pricey, i.e. chamomile and rose.
I've also made a God/dess altar of sorts. Just little pieces strewn about with parts of creation on it. It's not all put together yet. Underneath the cloth is where I store my oils.
I have also in the past week started meditating. I think this combined with prayer has been the best thing for my soul. My heart has gotten extremely hateful in the past year add that to the stress I allow myself to get into and I realized that if I don't stop this now I'm going to die from stress. If I'm going to die it's not going to be over stress. I'm going to die for a purpose or by some other means.
I have already noticed a difference in my behaviour. Just by taking some time out. Spiritual time. It's very nice.