Lately..

Yesterday I made my first YouTube video in a month! (actually I made 2, lol) Geez, I hadn't realized it had been so long! Since I'm off of work today as well, I'm trying to figure out how best to spend my morning because I already have plans for the afternoon. Some watercolour painting sounds nice... Maybe some sewing? I don't know.

I've been on a hat making kick as of late and I've been crocheting all sorts of hats. It's fun and meditative and if I can finish with xmas stuff soon, I'm going to put a bunch up for sale on Etsy, so keep an eye out for that if interested.

I can't believe 2009 is drawing to a close so very soon. It really flew by for me and so much has happened since I left Lubbock. I haven't even thought of what I'm going to do to bring in the new year! Ahhh! Well that's partly because I considered Samhain the beginning of the new year. I have a lot planned for 2010 and I'm very excited about life in general. Tis beautiful! <3 This picture I took while on a walk a couple of weeks ago. No significance other than it's beauty.

NAMASTE

The Law of One

It was brought to my attention that a group of people channeled an entity or should I say a collective that identified itself as "Ra" in the years 1981 through 1984. I have been learning about that session and thought I should share.

An introduction as to what exactly is what they call "The Ra Material" can be found at this link.

The transcribed material can be found here.

I also found a collection of videos on youtube that give an audio and transcription of the channeling sessions, found here.

I think it is quite interesting. I may blog more about it as I go through it all. I hope that as you read this you are happy and well. Namaste.

The Alchemist's Prayer

Oh most singular and unspeakable Presence, first and last in the universe, heighten the fury of my fire and burn away the dross of my being.
Cleanse my soiled soil.
Bathe me in your awesome Light.
Set me free from my past: cut me loose from my boundaries.
Unite me with the One Thing hidden in my life, wherein is my only strength.
Fill me with your Presence.
Allow me to see through your Eye; grant me entry to your Mind; let me resonate wit your Sacred Will.
Make me transparent to your flame, and fashion me into a lens for your Light only.
Transmute me into an incorruptible stone in your eternal service, like the golden Light that surrounds you.

Handmade Hat Drawing

This is my first drawing and I have never had a more difficult time trying to make a video. I used my webcam because I thought it was the safer choice seeing as my normal camera has very low audio but I was wrong.. I think the webcam is dying too.

Samhain Nears

So my favorite holiday and the beginning of the new year for witches approaches. That would be Samhain... And I was thinking today about resolutions and goals and how every year, much like most people, they go unfulfilled or taper off. Sometimes they start off well but ultimately I'm never as dedicated as I'd like. I thought about what I want to do and accomplish in the upcoming months and how I usually approach these goals. I realized that I always put them in the future and not in the now. There is only now and I shouldn't wait until the beginning of a new month to start a journal or working on any given project. I've been sort of unmotivated lately and I don't know why but I'm tired of how things are and I am determined to make some changes. With the falling of leaves, so I shed my inhibitions and reservations. To start a new and begin fresh. Oh Happy Day. (n_n) Bright Blessings to you.

About Me And My Beliefs

As a person experiencing a finite life, one tends to look for the meaning of life and a higher power. People or at least I have personally, try to find reason, some purpose for being here. Often we look up and outside ourselves. I think this is the problem, we should be looking inward, finding and creating our own purpose and happiness. We are inextricably connected to everything and everyone we make contact with. I believe that the universe is holographic. Everything is a holon, meaning both a whole and a part simultaneously. For example, as a person we are a collection of cells, organs and systems that make up a single amazing body. At the same time we are like a cog in a larger society, a student in a school, a member of a club, a citizen of a city, state, country, etc. Everything in existence deserves respect for it is the same. We are all connected and part of the whole. Ichi no zen, zen no ichi. One is All, All is One. As above, so bellow. This idea of the relationship of microcosm and the macrocosm has been expressed and study through the ages by mystics and scholars alike. Magick, to me extends beyond spellwork and rituals, it is seeing and recognizing the connectivity of all life and energy, respecting and honoring it all. Spellwork then is to harness these energies and then focus them to consciously produce desired results. In my craft I do not like to focus too much on dividing the One power into the male and feminine aspects, the God and Goddess, like some traditions do. This is because they really are just aspects of the One and are equal and complimentary. How I keep them balanced is by never worshiping one Deity alone but as an aspect of the One. Universal Consciousness has many expressions and I love them all. There can not be the Goddess without the God and vice versa. Everything is energy whether in physical form or not.

I try to live by the words: An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will. And this is in every way shape and form, mentally and physically. We are all entitled to free will and I do not have to agree with the choices of others to love and respect them. All life is sacred and I only hope for others to realize that and act accordingly. There may be aspects of religions or beliefs that I do not agree with but I do not assume that all following a certain path is defined by those aspects. And if they do, so be it as long as they do not harm or impose on others. When we learn to let go of fears and judgement we can learn more about ourselves and be open to love. My practice is personal and it draws from personal experience, various traditions and a love and reverence for life and all of Nature. I do what resonates with me and what intuitively and logically works for me. I find some merit in all religions or belief systems and try not to discriminate against those that in opposition to my own.