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Ancestors, I ask you for your guidance. Blessed Mother, come to me with the Gods’ desire for my future. Blessed Father, watch over my wife and my son with a ready sword. Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again. Ancestors, I honour you and will try to live with [...]
Kudos to Sannion for this post. Go and read.
And, as a bonus, entry #5(a) in my commonplace book (the (a) is because I tagged the Seneca quote as commonplace_book also, but didn’t announce it as such).
“My tormented psyche, my rules!” - Wonderella
Thanks to Sannion for reminding me of this quote from Seneca… I think it really captures the spirit of Shinto. (more…)
…just because it’s sacred, doesn’t mean we humans have any business inviting it in and letting it make our decisions for us without applying a moral test to our acts. Just because it’s a god doesn’t mean it’s right, or just, or kind… we are responsible for the gods we choose to worship. [emphasis mine] [...]
The true religion is not difficult to follow; the true religion is not hard to believe. You follow it, and you believe it, because it rings true in your soul like a great bell, and you can do nothing else. - Jeff Lilly
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. - Robert Green Ingersoll
A “commonplace book” is basically a collection of the bits of wisdom, inspiration, etc that one comes across in the course of living. Lots of bloggers have them; now I do too.
Today’s entry:I do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; I seek the things they sought. - Basho Matsuo
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