Holiday of the slowed down Sun.

by Rev. Doc Lowrey

Ok, the Sun likely has not slowed, just our perceptions of it.

We could blame the Earth, I suppose, or we could just be amazed that the planets can affect our attitudes and behavior as much as they do.

Regardless of what holiday you are celebrating this season, it is good to recognize the general mood of goodwill and hopefulness that the holidays engender.

Even if people disagree about what to celebrate or whether to celebrate at all, one thing is clear - at this time of year, people feel nicer and more concerned about their neighbors. I think that is a good thing and worth celebrating on it's own.

This is a time for change and renewal for the earth and all the things that live on it (even humans).

Perhaps we can take some time to reflect on our gratitude for what and who we do have in our lives and renew our determination to make life better for ourselves and our neighbors.

Love is the answer. Who and What do you love? How do you show it?

Water which is too pure has no fish.

People used to jokingly say "The Devil made me do it!". Though the saying has lost it's popularity the concept behind it lives on in most of American culture. In almost every church on every Sunday you hear someone preach about how weak humans are tempted by Satan and how they can avoid the consequences of going to Hell by giving their "sins" to Jesus. I suspect, the Sin and Repentance cycle is the main reason churches are still financially profitable. Sin is unavoidable. The main message of religion seems to be to avoid all experience. This is impossible, unless one is willing to still alone in a cave. Blaming someone else, especially some unseen supernatural being for your mess and then expecting another supernatural being to get you out of the consequences is foolish and spiritually dangerous. The cycle of making mistakes and then correcting or living with them is how people grow spiritually. Spiritually passing the buck is ...

Witches and Spells Rock!

Witches are a very powerful feminine archetype. A force to be dealt with and not a powerless victim. Witches are self actuated beings. Personally, I have found spells to be much more affective than prayer. Which in my opinion are almost the same thing. The difference being that with prayer you are relying on some greater being to grant your wish instead of using the "powers" god created within yourself. More often than not, with prayer, you are counting on god to reverse the results of your behavior, knowing you do not deserve it. It is this spiritual uncertainty that corrupts the spiritual energy you project when you are trying to receive a blessing. When the prayer is unanswered most people tell themselves it just isn't the time to receive the blessing or that it wasn't god's will for them. For instance a smoker who prays to be healed of lung cancer is actually asking for the consequences of their physical action to be reversed by their god for no real re...

The Kingdom Is Within You And It Is Outside You.

From the Gospel of Thomas: Saying 3 Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is within you and it is outside you. When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty." There is a second concept I would like to express today. It comes with a nice picture of Buddha, though I don't know who the actual author is.

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