I think, particularly too, that it's a newbie thing, especially within paganism and magick (in all their flavors).
If so, I'm a perpetual newbie. I was perhaps insulated from this by lack of income in my earliest forays ~12-18 years ago (=junior high and high school), but as I said, I have been falling prey again and again as recently as last year, and I think only just now have i Got just exactly what was the problem in a way that will allow me to go "a-ha! I shouldn't do this, oh no!" at the outset rather than afterwards. ^_-
I still love toys but I am now conscious of my urges (I hope). I know it will not "help" spiritually, most likely. If I still want it because it's shiny, well, that's a different value set, and gives different expectations.
Incidentally, I've known people who swear up and down that the cycle repeats itself--after you've trimmed away the fat, you go through a stuff phase again, more carefully and slowly this time.Now that you put it this way, I think I can vouch for it. I had a serious stuff phase round about
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I have a tendency to collect sticks of various lengths that way. I've tried to narrow the collection down, but it keeps rebuilding itself. I don't even use most of them for anything. They just accumulate.
Cord: yes, a literal cord, although it has a spiritual/astral (in the sense of "stellar template") duplicate. I forget whether the end goal is to finally get rid of the physical cord or not. I've only read The Spirit Cord once and I haven't actually worked any of the material in it.
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If so, I'm a perpetual newbie. I was perhaps insulated from this by lack of income in my earliest forays ~12-18 years ago (=junior high and high school), but as I said, I have been falling prey again and again as recently as last year, and I think only just now have i Got just exactly what was the problem in a way that will allow me to go "a-ha! I shouldn't do this, oh no!" at the outset rather than afterwards. ^_-
I still love toys but I am now conscious of my urges (I hope). I know it will not "help" spiritually, most likely. If I still want it because it's shiny, well, that's a different value set, and gives different expectations.
Incidentally, I've known people who swear up and down that the cycle repeats itself--after you've trimmed away the fat, you go through a stuff phase again, more carefully and slowly this time.Now that you put it this way, I think I can vouch for it. I had a serious stuff phase round about ( ... )
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Cord: yes, a literal cord, although it has a spiritual/astral (in the sense of "stellar template") duplicate. I forget whether the end goal is to finally get rid of the physical cord or not. I've only read The Spirit Cord once and I haven't actually worked any of the material in it.
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