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Our Scattered Self
In today’s era, it seems sincerity is in short supply, but why? Any thoughts? Which culture are we talking about? That’s true. It does differ, but not so much as to make any one culture stand out entirely as more sincere than others. Too much politeness? Yes, that contributes, but so does the aggrandizement of…
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Am I Sincere?
This is not a trick question, friends. Would you say I have spoken sincerely? Yes. Why would you say that? I always feel that you are sincere in the sense of being authentic. What you say is consistent. I guess we can relate to a lot of what you talk about, and you admit when…
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Sincerity of Darker Things
Many people feel they have to feel bad when someone dies. They are very insincere. I was happy that my Gran passed away. She was so sick for a long time. It was her right to have the relief. Sorry to hear about your grandmothers suffering. I genuinely am. In my experience, death is not…
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Key To True Strength
Sincerity is the key to true strength. There is application in this. We have, at our hearts, principles on which we live. The violation of which would lead us to believe we would lose our minds, and in fact, we very often do. Thus military veterans who would have been good fathers and husbands, but…
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Living Contiguously
Being authentic or being ourselves is different from being sincere? Actually, it’s different from being sincere as it’s publicly defined, yes, but it’s the only real sincerity possible. True sincerity is living contiguously with your authentic self, even if that doesn’t fit any codes set down by any other person or group of persons. Any…
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Are You Serious?
People often ask me, “Are you serious?” I guess, because my thinking and behaviour seem so strange to them, they doubt my sincerity. Or they think they hear sarcasm. Yes, when I am being completely up front. But to act other than how I do would be genuinely disingenuous. So, I will ask you friends.…
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Familiar Advocacy
Working with familiars isn’t just information gathering. Besides information gathering, you can ask your familiars to undertake “advocacy” for you. Your familiar is a part of the same field of consciousness that you are. Just as you can sense other peoples emotions and states of being, so can it. And just as they can senses…
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Working With Familiars: Automatic Writing
Ready for another technique to communicate with your familiar? This one is known as automatic writing. It’s more subtle, but is in some ways easier than the magick mirror which is more generally called scrying. With automatic writing, the set up is the same. Focusing your inner attention on the familiar, and working out your…
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Could our understanding of consciousness and soul evolution suggest that plants and trees are repositories of ancient wisdom? How might…