I am going through a difficult time in my life, which is not a new development, but over the past week, I have felt very out of touch and distant from my diety. Has anyone else ever felt like this? How would you go about feeling more connected? I have tried my usual meditations, but they haven't helped.
2006-11-13 06:11:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have a 1 to 1.5 hour commute to and from work every day. I use at least half of that time to sing praises to my deities. People in other cars probably think that I am just singing along with the radio--and that's okay. It is my way of letting my deities know every day how much they mean to me. I don't seek insight, the whole purpose is to do it for them without expecting anything in return. Still, I receive a sense of peace and a connection with them.
Besides prayer and meditation, other things that I do involve giving offerings and reading mythology. I learn about the history of the people who once worshiped them to help me understand them better. I have written letters to them and burnt them so that the smoke would carry my words to them. I have crafted gifts for them. For many years I have always used the same incense and oil, so that just the smell of it acts like a trigger and a connection to all past rituals.
Hope I've given you some ideas......
2006-11-14 00:34:04 · answer #1 · answered by Witchy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist, but I have my own little set of 'rituals' I do when I need to 'go inward' and 'go overthere'. One involves leather & pain ('nough said), the other involves firedance, where I build a huge fire and leap through it until I'm exhausted and overheated. Either way, the result's the same, I pass out and enter an altered mindstate and I find myself in the presence of Fenrir Wolf of Nordic Religion. I don't literally believe in him as existing or being a god, but the symbol is significant to me so I take what meaning I can from it.
2006-11-13 06:21:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have all felt this way. I normally cast a purification/protection spell. Try listening to upbeat music, singing even dancing while you meditate. A cleansing ritual or purification bath never hurts either. I will be sending positive energies to you to aid you.
Blessed Be
2006-11-13 06:15:53 · answer #3 · answered by Celestian Vega 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Meditation... I listen for that still small voice...
Also, study of science and nature works also, for the Deity can be found within It's creation...
2006-11-13 06:15:51 · answer #4 · answered by Byron A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do ritualistic stuff - use symbols and numbers, foods etc that mean things to you. Or philosophise about what your god/s mean to you, what you want to do to be in touch with them - sometimes I find thinking about what I actually believe gets me in touch with my spirituality!
Or - get stoned! (Don't worry, only joking... Only get stoned if that WORKS for you!)
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2006-11-13 06:33:38 · answer #5 · answered by lady_s_hazy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I meditate i use crystals candles and yogic breathing.
2006-11-13 06:18:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋