Lesson #2: Thinking Outside Your Daily Routine
This lesson has gone through 3 incarnations, a bout of writer's block, and a few pep talks from my friends. I was trying to write about something I thought I couldn't see. I was searching and searching for an idea that was looking right at me.
The idea came to me when I was reading through all the comments on the witch lesson blog. Everyone who posted seemed to have forgotten about the obvious. For Branny it was her stones, for Mab it was the mountains and the sun, for Tarna it was taking a new route home. On the nightstand next to my bed I have a rose quartz, a spine from a prickly pear, and stone from the Sekhmet temple. I was rushing around one morning trying to get ready for work and I turned and looked at the rose quartz. It made me smile because Bella gave it to me at the Wiccaning and it reminded me of a very happy time. I slowed down.
We see these things every day but we keep expecting some divine intervention to help us clear the fog instead of looking at the fog as the solution. The road I drive down to get work is beautiful in the summer and the fall. When the leaves fall it looks barren and cold. Today I saw the trees in a different light. They looked beautiful and full of life and I could see the birds in the trees. In the winter I like to go into my backyard in the morning when its foggy and feel the fog and welcome the day. I like the sun, too, but the fog has its own mysteries. Even if the rest of the day is shit, I have that one moment to remember to give me some happiness.
My assignment for you this time is go back to your list and look it over again. Is there anything on that list you've been ignoring? I want you to find one thing that makes you happy and is something you can do every day (weather permitting). It doesn't matter if it's picking up a stone and feeling the energies or greeting the morning sun. This doesn't have to take a half an hour. Give yourself 5 minutes. Try a few of the items if you have time. Write about how it makes you feel. The purpose is to get you to think outside of your daily routine and see the magick that's looking right at you.
The idea came to me when I was reading through all the comments on the witch lesson blog. Everyone who posted seemed to have forgotten about the obvious. For Branny it was her stones, for Mab it was the mountains and the sun, for Tarna it was taking a new route home. On the nightstand next to my bed I have a rose quartz, a spine from a prickly pear, and stone from the Sekhmet temple. I was rushing around one morning trying to get ready for work and I turned and looked at the rose quartz. It made me smile because Bella gave it to me at the Wiccaning and it reminded me of a very happy time. I slowed down.
We see these things every day but we keep expecting some divine intervention to help us clear the fog instead of looking at the fog as the solution. The road I drive down to get work is beautiful in the summer and the fall. When the leaves fall it looks barren and cold. Today I saw the trees in a different light. They looked beautiful and full of life and I could see the birds in the trees. In the winter I like to go into my backyard in the morning when its foggy and feel the fog and welcome the day. I like the sun, too, but the fog has its own mysteries. Even if the rest of the day is shit, I have that one moment to remember to give me some happiness.
My assignment for you this time is go back to your list and look it over again. Is there anything on that list you've been ignoring? I want you to find one thing that makes you happy and is something you can do every day (weather permitting). It doesn't matter if it's picking up a stone and feeling the energies or greeting the morning sun. This doesn't have to take a half an hour. Give yourself 5 minutes. Try a few of the items if you have time. Write about how it makes you feel. The purpose is to get you to think outside of your daily routine and see the magick that's looking right at you.
posted by Pixie at 4:18 PM
1 Comments:
I'm going to focus on moonlight and the moon. I'd like to learn how the moon works (scientifically), what her associations are (mythologically), but most importantly, I want to notice her everyday and meditate on her or at least acknowledge her.
Moonlight has always made me feel witchy and safe, so it'll touch that half-starved spiritual side; but learning about her too, and knowing her aspects at each given time, will also stop me feeling embarrassed when I don't know something so fundamental to being a witch.
yours
Mab
xxxxx
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