This is very much where I'm finding myself. There's a massive falling away of all the things that should not be. Everything that keeps me from bringing through the fullness of my expression. I have been praying from the heart, and something that came out the other day was:
"Help me to redeem the time
That I have lost and squandered
And with it Divine Purpose made whole and complete
Ah! Humility married to responsibility! Two words that could not be a stronger antigen hitting our collective systems at this point heh. Great stuff as always, G
A friend asked me an excellent question about how I practice discernment around my desires (in a magical context) and I struggled to provide a worthy answer to him. Thank you for doing this work for me. 🙏
This makes me think of an Instagram reel I saw the other day that illustrates basically this exact metaphor. The video was of fitting rocks in a jar, where first you put the largest chunks, then the medium chunks fill in the gaps, then pack sand into the smallest gaps. If you fill the jar with sand first, there's no room for the bigger chunks of rock. Mapping these levels (god/self, neighbors/relations, all of creation) onto the types of rocks is really helpful for me, really gets the point across.
Damn this is good, feeling so enlivened having come across your work. Thank you!
This is very much where I'm finding myself. There's a massive falling away of all the things that should not be. Everything that keeps me from bringing through the fullness of my expression. I have been praying from the heart, and something that came out the other day was:
"Help me to redeem the time
That I have lost and squandered
And with it Divine Purpose made whole and complete
That is mine to do
I take this work upon myself now
And ask to be made worthy of it"
Thank you. Powerful stuff as always Gordon.
I bet he had a cheat sheet for that prayer
Oh holy cheat sheet, thank you Christ for the cliff notes.
😊
lol
Ah! Humility married to responsibility! Two words that could not be a stronger antigen hitting our collective systems at this point heh. Great stuff as always, G
Wonderful post! Thank You.
Delighted!!!
We direct our thought to that power
which is the Ultimate Reality
and ask that our vision be uplifted
to conceive that which is unknowable to us now.
May our bodies open to admit eternity.
May our minds and hearts become part of that great dust.
Let our beings long for the blessed, distant star.
Let us salute that in each other which is divine.
Oh light of that distant star,
illuminate the path before us,
and bring to our lips
the songs of the Great Voyage.
–Gilbert J. Barretto
https://theaterofiam.org/
This was just what I needed to read right now. Inspiration and guidance for the time that is left.
Bloody perfect order is -- many thanks Gordon for reminding me that prayer is practical for creating that mystical/magical divine order in our lives.
If god is man then man is god.
What then is woman?
Half the humans on the planet are women, yet we continue to address god as he?
Why?
Call them whatever pleases. I do. She always answers, except when he, it or they do. Oh Holy Diversity!!!
A friend asked me an excellent question about how I practice discernment around my desires (in a magical context) and I struggled to provide a worthy answer to him. Thank you for doing this work for me. 🙏
My prayer is the answer you give - a really short version ❤️
This makes me think of an Instagram reel I saw the other day that illustrates basically this exact metaphor. The video was of fitting rocks in a jar, where first you put the largest chunks, then the medium chunks fill in the gaps, then pack sand into the smallest gaps. If you fill the jar with sand first, there's no room for the bigger chunks of rock. Mapping these levels (god/self, neighbors/relations, all of creation) onto the types of rocks is really helpful for me, really gets the point across.