Gettin' stuff done, feelin' groovy

[chronarchy]

I realize I haven't been around much. Sorry about that. I didn't look at LJ for . . . 6 or 7 days, I think. I was in Chicago last weekend, visiting family. It was a good visit. Extra bonus for getting to see a crazy religious cult that was able and willing to joke about their prayer house looking like a UFO! More on that in another post

Comments

[trogula]

I am still looking hard at it. I'm sure I'm Pagan (no question there), but I'm not so sure on the addictions.

As someone who's actively done this work, I suspect it's referring to addictions that are harmful to self and others. While Issac wrote this, he also wrote liturgy for "Caffeina, the Goddess of Awareness, as practiced by the Javacrucian Order" (Bonewits, Rites of Worship, 29). ;-)

I wouldn't be terribly concerned about this point. Those that actually have this problem, tend to be really obvious to everybody except themselves (Denial is not just a river in Egypt).

I don't learn by completing exit standards: I learn by helping others work through their exit standards

The best way to learn a subject is to teach it. The kindred that I am a member of does a monthly "Runes & Lore" teaching class open to the general public. I've taught subjects several times in that class, and each time, I left the class knowing much more than I did before I taught it. It's the interactions and sharing of ideas and experiences that color and liven up the work.

[chronarchy]

I'm not concerned about the addiction thing, personally. But I like the sort of self-examination that it's promoting as I look and think about it. It intrigues me quite a bit, and I really really like to question my own actions and motives (you know, in case you have been living under a rock and haven't noticed the general tone of my LJ). I like that when I saw it, it opened up a dialogue within myself where I could say, "Oh, would you look at that? Is what you're doing here *really* an aspect of healthy living?"

And yeah, I'm all about learning through teaching. It's my favourite method. :)