Spirituality for Living

The Norse saw there as not being one world, but nine. Perhaps corresponding to the chakras of eastern mysticism, and these nine worlds rested on ygrdassil the world tree not unlike the Jewish tree of life. Modern physics also have a theory of ten dimensions, but seen from our point of view it might seem like [...]

Buddhism isn’t what many perceive it to be. It is a very old “faith”, but doesn’t center on concepts of worship as most understand them today. It’s primarily concerned with a path of seeking, and a body of practices with a code of conduct. The code of conduct is referred to as the eight fold [...]

I have had trouble with peace in the world. My big problem was that my nature was rejected. I was told that I was weird, scary, strange, evil. We have to find peace in ourselves first, but I fought. I could see why they said what they said, and I fought like hell. My father [...]

Does superstition play a part in Bushido? In a sense, any tradition is a superstition. Does any belief survive? Because that is the literal meaning of superstition.
Does any form of Bushido persist in modern Japanese society, or is it all historical? Actually yes. It doesn’t exist unmodified, but it is how the “do” disciplines got [...]

I will discuss the metaphysical aspects of reincarnation. Even in the modern creed of science they state that energy can neither be created or destroyed. It can only change form. Every element in our bodies, as well as the energies that are at play in our being that we call consciousness, are never lost, but [...]

How did we choose our life? We were born from it. Sort of like the creation myths of world religions, we are literally the avatars or embodiments of those intents.
Our souls choose when they want to come back to physical existence? Yes, but there is a method we use while in spirit to select the [...]

I’m curious about the notion of having a past or future life in ‘animal’ form on earth? That’s a phenomenon linked to reincarnation known as the transmigration of souls. That everything that actualizes in any way, from a rock to your house plant, to your house pet to you, manifested in exactly the same way [...]

Why would it be so important to know about our past lives as ‘now’ matters? In that you are connected to the world. When you see how connected you are it opens potentials, and you can relax your attachment to whatever you think you currently are. Become more in the ‘now’.
But now is the sum [...]

Druidism both is, and isn’t, a religion. It originated in a culture that didn’t originally have the Roman Catholic view of religion. It‘s perhaps more accurate to say it’s a wisdom tradition, sort of like a western Taoism.
Shamanistic? Yes, in a sense, but not as strictly grounded as that. They had a long standing, and [...]

It’s hard to say much that’s absolute about Druid creed, because as part of their creed they were not absolutist thinkers. The culture the Druids would be most like is the Magi, and they would often later be called Magi in Latin records of them. They were rationalists, but not materialists.
Before the advent of empirical [...]

Is there really a force that tells you when you can die, or is it the person that makes that call? It’s a mix of things. Most people think of life and the “other side”, but that division doesn’t really exist. Essentially it’s like looking at the world through a one way mirror.  God can’t, and [...]

People think that what kills goes away when you die. It doesn’t. It stays, but when you die what kills is revealed and made manifest. This applies even to those who “go to heaven”. There is a rhythmic marker on people, and is why suicides fair so poorly.
Rhythmic? Yes. A temporal signature. Linear time doesn’t [...]

There is a lot of debate in spiritual and metaphysical circles about whether identification with the body is appropriate, and strong arguments are made for both sides. Where do you stand, friends? Are we our bodies or are we not?

Well, our bodies are here. Ignoring it won’t make it go away, and sometimes they cause [...]

Are dragons an entity akin to angels in the metaphysical world or a species of angel? They are not angels, but not beneath angels. In the beliefs that deal with dragons, there was always a path to meeting with dragons, and it was always seen as intense, challenging, dangerous, because it always involved confronting the [...]