Spiritual SkepticismsWritten by Judi Singleton
As we traverse this spiritual journey there are several skills that we must incorporate into our repatare of spiritual beliefs if we are to grow on spiritual path. I think that most important is balance we have between esoteric and "real" world. This balance is often called "Being Grounded." What does that really mean? I think it is being involved in physical world and taking teachings one learns from esoteric into physical world and manifesting them. How does one do this? I think starting with putting spiritual knowledge to work in our families, then our work, physical exercise, eating healthy foods, and just plain laughter and fun. If one spends time each day in prayer and mediation one will find that balance. This balance is really important as other wise we may fall under egos wants, or our wishes and desires, or our fears. Many people who first traverse spiritual path get lost in these things. They loss perspective of reasons they are going each day to spiritual plane is to better live on physical plane. When we are in this balance or being grounded we are less likely to fall prey to flights of fantasy. When embarking on a spiritual journey people need some just plain good
| | Origins and uses for Indian Dream CatchersWritten by Johann Erickson
Dream catchers are a part of tradition and culture of many of native people of North America. The stories of dream catcher’s origin and use are as different as tribes who used them, but most common story goes like this:
Long ago Spider Woman (whose name and description varies by tribe) showed her people how to weave a web to catch their dreams. She took a hoop and began weaving from outside until she reached center. At center she left a hole. She told her people that web would catch their dreams. The dream catcher should be hung above sleeping area, where it would be hit with first morning light. While her people slept, dream catcher would catch their dreams. The good and useful dreams would easily make their way through web and fall through hole to dreamer below. The bad and useless dreams would be caught in web and evaporate in morning light.
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