4th Day of the 2nd Lunar Cycle ~ Luis/Rowan
"I'm one with the Goddess
and open to Her Wisdom."
4th Day of the 2nd Lunar Cycle
Ruled by Artemis
Lunar Tree Cycle ~ Luis/Rowan
Moon Phase: waxing New
Moon rises: 8:53AM EST
Moon sets: 9:14PM EST
Moon in the Mutable Water
Sign of Pisces
Blodeuwedd's Cycle of the Moon
The First Year of Branwen's Cycle
Lunar Meditation: The wonder of life
Sun in Aquarius
Sunrise: 7:32AM EST
Sunset: 5:33PM EST
Solar Question for the Day: "Which
fear is keeping you in prison?"
Samhain (Calan Gaeaf) Quarter
of the Year
January 29th, 2009
This is Thor's Day on the old Gregorian calendar and the 4th day of the Imbolgen lunar cycle ~ Days of Reclamation. There are minor magickal energies for networking.
There are so many who are losing everything now a days - jobs, their homes, and at time their lives at their own hands or by someone else who says they are doing this because they don't want them to suffer the economic turn down they are going through.... and there are those who are currently going through a severe loss of power and also heat in this frigid weather.... here is a Celtic Spirit essay to read and think about as it may apply to today's situations.
Sympathy, Empathy, and Compassion
"Can I see another's woe
And not in sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief,
And seek for kind relief?"
by William Blake, "Another's Sorrow"
How involved do we become when misfortune falls upon those around us? Our level of affection and acquaintance may determine our response, as well as our level of responsibility: this will obviously be higher in our immediate family than with our friends or with strangers.
The three main responses to misfortune are usually clustered around expressions of sympathy, empathy and compassion. We offer sympathy to those whom we do not know well and with whom we have little intention of becoming involved. Expressions of sympathy offer the minimum response that is socially acceptable when suffering arises, and they do little to assuage the suffering. Well-motivated empathy, on the other hand - distinguished from sympathy in that it regards the suffer more than the self - can ease pain and bring comfort.
Compassion, alone of these three, embraces the needy and acts to meet the need. Because of its impartiality, it is the most difficult of the three to experience and to maintain. It neither remains on the boundaries of suffering nor becomes emotionally entangled with it. Rather it encompasses suffering with a love that is universal, respecting the primal core of life and envisioning its relief with heartfelt action. Compassion takes a good deal of disinterested regard. For that reason, it may be easier to maintain compassion among strangers, those who by whom we are not known and with whom there are no initmate ties to emotionally cripple our actions.
"Consider your own responses to the suffering that is about you."
[From Caitlin Matthews' "The Celtic Spirit"]
and open to Her Wisdom."
4th Day of the 2nd Lunar Cycle
Ruled by Artemis
Lunar Tree Cycle ~ Luis/Rowan
Moon Phase: waxing New
Moon rises: 8:53AM EST
Moon sets: 9:14PM EST
Moon in the Mutable Water
Sign of Pisces
Blodeuwedd's Cycle of the Moon
The First Year of Branwen's Cycle
Lunar Meditation: The wonder of life
Sun in Aquarius
Sunrise: 7:32AM EST
Sunset: 5:33PM EST
Solar Question for the Day: "Which
fear is keeping you in prison?"
Samhain (Calan Gaeaf) Quarter
of the Year
January 29th, 2009
This is Thor's Day on the old Gregorian calendar and the 4th day of the Imbolgen lunar cycle ~ Days of Reclamation. There are minor magickal energies for networking.
There are so many who are losing everything now a days - jobs, their homes, and at time their lives at their own hands or by someone else who says they are doing this because they don't want them to suffer the economic turn down they are going through.... and there are those who are currently going through a severe loss of power and also heat in this frigid weather.... here is a Celtic Spirit essay to read and think about as it may apply to today's situations.
Sympathy, Empathy, and Compassion
"Can I see another's woe
And not in sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief,
And seek for kind relief?"
by William Blake, "Another's Sorrow"
How involved do we become when misfortune falls upon those around us? Our level of affection and acquaintance may determine our response, as well as our level of responsibility: this will obviously be higher in our immediate family than with our friends or with strangers.
The three main responses to misfortune are usually clustered around expressions of sympathy, empathy and compassion. We offer sympathy to those whom we do not know well and with whom we have little intention of becoming involved. Expressions of sympathy offer the minimum response that is socially acceptable when suffering arises, and they do little to assuage the suffering. Well-motivated empathy, on the other hand - distinguished from sympathy in that it regards the suffer more than the self - can ease pain and bring comfort.
Compassion, alone of these three, embraces the needy and acts to meet the need. Because of its impartiality, it is the most difficult of the three to experience and to maintain. It neither remains on the boundaries of suffering nor becomes emotionally entangled with it. Rather it encompasses suffering with a love that is universal, respecting the primal core of life and envisioning its relief with heartfelt action. Compassion takes a good deal of disinterested regard. For that reason, it may be easier to maintain compassion among strangers, those who by whom we are not known and with whom there are no initmate ties to emotionally cripple our actions.
"Consider your own responses to the suffering that is about you."
[From Caitlin Matthews' "The Celtic Spirit"]