Thought for the Day

[haptalaon]

Structure, not milestones: how to get the benefits of a roadmap (energy, organisation, motivation) without mistaking the map for the work (i.e. staying alert and awake to your experiences with the infinite, instead of to the mortal grades and initiations you are acquiring). Tricky!

Comments

[goatgodschild]

Thank you for pointing this out! I think you could call this the "skill tree" problem, with people wanting to say they hold all these ranks without much spiritual significance of any of them. There's things to talk about with that, but it's a separate issue.

[annofowlshire]

I've been thinking about this a lot recently. I dabble in two different organizations that have progression paths, and I'm always torn because if I'm not doing the "homework" and chasing Pagan Merit Badges I feel like I'm failing at being a pagan, but what I really want is just to live pagan? Does that make any sense?

In any case, spending time on the Fencraft site and the 3 Practices always helps ground me and I appreciate the work you've put into them.