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Taken from a website What Is Stoicism? A Definition & 9 Stoic Exercises To Get You Started For those of us who live our lives in the real world, there is one branch of philosophy created just for us: Stoicism. Get Your Free DAILY STOIC Starter Pack Get ItIncludes an introduction to Stoicism, best books to start with, Stoic exercises and much more! A brief synopsis and definition on this particular school of Hellenistic philosophy: Stoicism was founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC, but was famously practiced by the likes of Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius. The philosophy asserts that virtue (such as wisdom) is happiness and judgment should be based on behavior, rather than words. That we don’t control and cannot rely on external events, only ourselves and our responses. Stoicism has just a few central teachings. It sets out to remind us of how unpredictable the world can be. How brief our moment of life is. How to be steadfast, and strong, and in control of yourself. And finally, that the source of our dissatisfaction lies in our impulsive dependency on our reflexive senses rather than logic. Stoicism doesn’t concern itself with complicated theories about the world, but with helping us overcome destructive emotions and act on what can be acted upon. It’s built for action, not endless debate. It had three principal leaders. Marcus Aurelius, the emperor of the Roman Empire, the most powerful man on earth, sat down each day to write himself notesabout restraint, compassion and humility. Epictetus endured the horrors of slavery to found his own school where he taught many of Rome’s greatest minds. Seneca, when Nero turned on him and demanded his suicide, could think only of comforting his wife and friends. But it is not only those three—Stoicism has been practiced by kings, presidents, artists, writers and entrepreneurs. Both historical and modern men illustrate Stoicism as a way of life. Prussian King, Frederick the Great, was said to ride with the works of the Stoics in his saddlebags because they could, in his words, “sustain you in misfortune”. Meanwhile, Montaigne, the politician and essayist, had a line from Epictetus carved into the beam above the study in which he spent most of his time. The founding fathers were also inspired by the philosophy. George Washington was introduced to Stoicism by his neighbors at age seventeen, and afterwards, put on a play about Cato to inspire his men in that dark winter at Valley Forge. Whereas Thomas Jefferson had a copy of Seneca on his nightstand when he died. The economist Adam Smith’s theories on the interconnectedness of the world—capitalism—were significantly influenced by the Stoicism that he studied as a schoolboy, under a teacher who had translated Marcus Aurelius’ works. The political thinker, John Stuart Mill, wrote of Marcus Aurelius and Stoicism in his famous treatise On Liberty, calling it “the highest ethical product of the ancient mind.” Stoicism differs from most existing schools in one important sense: its purpose is practical application. It is not a purely intellectual enterprise. It’s a tool that we can use to become better in our craft, better friends and better people. It’s easy to gloss over the fact that Marcus Aurelius was the Roman Emperor without truly absorbing the gravity of that position. Emperors were Deities, ordinary men with direct access to unlimited wealth and adulation. Before you jump to the conclusion that the Stoics were dour and sad men, ask yourself, if you were a dictator, what would your diary look like? Stoic writing is much closer to a yoga session or a pre-game warm up than to a book of philosophy a university professor might write. It’s preparation for the philosophic life where the right state of mind is the most critical part. Stoics practiced what are known as “spiritual exercises” and drew upon them for strength. Let’s look at nine of the most important such exercises. Get Your Free DAILY STOIC Starter Pack Get ItIncludes an introduction to Stoicism, best books to start with, Stoic exercises and much more! 1.Practice Misfortune “It is in times of security that the spirit should be preparing itself for difficult times; while fortune is bestowing favors on it is then is the time for it to be strengthened against her rebuffs.” -Seneca Seneca, who enjoyed great wealth as the adviser of Nero, suggested that we ought to set aside a certain number of days each month to practice poverty. Take a little food, wear your worst clothes, get away from the comfort of your home and bed. Put yourself face to face with want, he said, you’ll ask yourself “Is this what I used to dread?” It’s important to remember that this is an exercise and not a rhetorical device. He doesn’t mean “think about” misfortune, he means live it. Comfort is the worst kind of slavery because you’re always afraid that something or someone will take it away. But if you can not just anticipate but practice misfortune, then chance loses its ability to disrupt your life. Montaigne was fond of an ancient drinking game where the members took turns holding up a painting of a corpse inside a coffin and cheered “Drink and be merry for when you’re dead you will look like this.” Emotions like anxiety and fear have their roots in uncertainty and rarely in experience. Anyone who has made a big bet on themselves knows how much energy both states can consume. The solution is to do something about that ignorance. Make yourself familiar with the things, the worst-case scenarios, that you’re afraid of. Practice what you fear, whether a simulation in your mind or in real life. The downside is almost always reversible or transient. 2.Train Perception to Avoid Good and Bad “Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.” -Marcus Aurelius The Stoics had an exercise called Turning the Obstacle Upside Down. What they meant to do was make it impossible to not practice the art of philosophy. Because if you can properly turn a problem upside down, every “bad” becomes a new source of good. Suppose for a second that you are trying to help someone and they respond by being surly or unwilling to cooperate. Instead of making your life more difficult, the exercise says, they’re actually directing you towards new virtues; for example, patience or understanding. Or, the death of someone close to you; a chance to show fortitude. Marcus Aurelius described it like this: “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” It should sound familiar because it is the same thinking behind Obama’s “teachable moments.” Right before the election, Joe Klein asked Obama how he’d made his decision to respond to the Reverend Wright scandal. He said something like‘when the story broke I realized the best thing to do wasn’t damage control, it was to speak to Americans like adults.’ And what he ended up doing was turning a negative situation into the perfect platform for his landmark speech about race. The common refrain about entrepreneurs is that they take advantage of, even create, opportunities. To the Stoic, everything is opportunity. The Reverend Wright scandal, a frustrating case where your help goes unappreciated, the death of a loved one, none of those are “opportunities” in the normal sense of the word. In fact, they are the opposite. They are obstacles. What a Stoic does is turn every obstacle into an opportunity. There is no good or bad to the practicing Stoic. There is only perception. You control perception. You can choose to extrapolate past your first impression (‘X happened.’ –> ‘X happened and now my life is over.’). If you tie your first response to dispassion, you’ll find that everything is simply an opportunity. Note: This exercise served as the inspiration behind The Obstacle Is The Way. 3.Remember—It’s All Ephemeral “Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both.” -Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius wrote to himself a simple and effective reminder to help him regain perspective and stay balanced: “Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: Where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend…or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we want so passionately are.” It is important to note that ‘passion’ here isn’t the modern usage we’re familiar with as in enthusiasm or caring about something. As Don Robertson explains in his book, when the Stoics discuss overcoming ‘passions’, which they called patheiai, they refer to the irrational, unhealthy and excessive desires and emotions. Anger would be a good example. What is important to remember, and this is the crucial bit, they seek to replace them with eupatheiai, such as joy instead of excessive pleasure. Returning to the point of the exercise, it’s simple: remember how small you are. For that matter, remember how small most everything is. Remember that achievements can be ephemeral, and that your possession of them is for just an instant. If everything is ephemeral, what does matter? Right now matters. Being a good person and doing the right thing right now, that’s what matters and that’s what was important to the Stoics. Take Alexander the Great who conquered the known world and had cities named in his honor. This is common knowledge. The Stoics would also point out that, once while drunk, Alexander got into a fight with his dearest friend, Cleitus, and accidentally killed him. Afterward, he was so despondent that he couldn’t eat or drink for three days. Sophists were called from all over Greece to see what they could do about his grief, to no avail. Is this the mark of a successful life? From a personal standpoint, it matters little if your name is emblazoned on a map if you lose perspective and hurt those around you. Learn from Alexander’s mistake. Be humble and honest and aware. That is something you can have every single day of your life. You’ll never have to fear someone taking it from you or, worse still, it taking over you. 4.Take The View From Above “How beautifully Plato put it. Whenever you want to talk about people, it’s best to take a bird’s- eye view and see everything all at once— of gatherings, armies, farms, weddings and divorces, births and deaths, noisy courtrooms or silent spaces, every foreign people, holidays, memorials, markets— all blended together and arranged in a pairing of opposites.” Marcus Aurelius Marcus would often practice an exercise that is referred to as “taking the view from above” or “Plato’s view.” It invites us to take a step back, zoom out and see life from a higher vantage point than our own. This exercise—envisioning all the millions and millions of people, all the “armies, farms, weddings and divorces, births and deaths”—prompts us to take perspective and just like the previous exercise, remind us how small we are. It reorients us, and as Stoic scholar Pierre Hadot put it, “The view from above changes our value judgments on things: luxury, power, war…and the worries of everyday life become ridiculous.” Seeing how small we are in the grand scheme of things is only one portion of this exercise. The second, more subtle point, is to tap into what the Stoics call sympatheia, or a mutual interdependence with the whole of humanity. As the astronaut Edgar Mitchell, one of the first people to actually experience a real ‘view from above’ put it, “In outer space you develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.” Take a step back from your own concerns and remind yourself of your duty to others. Take Plato’s view. 5. MEMENTO MORI: MEDITATE ON YOUR MORTALITY “Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. … The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” Seneca The quote from Seneca above takes part of Memento Mori—the ancient practice of reflection on mortality that goes back to Socrates, who said that the proper practice of philosophy is “about nothing else but dying and being dead.” In his Meditations, Marcus Aurelius wrote that “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” That was a personal reminder to continue living a life of virtue now, and not wait. Meditating on your mortality is only depressing if you miss the point. The Stoics find this thought invigorating and humbling. It is not surprising that one of Seneca’s biographies is titled Dying Every Day. After all, it is Seneca who urged us to tell ourselves “You may not wake up tomorrow,” when going to bed and “You may not sleep again,” when waking up as reminders of our mortality. Or as another Stoic, Epictetus, urged his students: “Keep death and exile before your eyes each day, along with everything that seems terrible— by doing so, you’ll never have a base thought nor will you have excessive desire.” Use those reminders and meditate on them daily—let them be the building blocks of living your life to the fullest and not wasting a second. 6. “Is This Within My Control” “The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own . . .” Epictetus The single most important practice in Stoic philosophy is differentiating between what we can change and what we can’t. What we have influence over and what we do not. A flight is delayed because of weather— no amount of yelling at an airline representative will end a storm. No amount of wishing will make you taller or shorter or born in a different country. No matter how hard you try, you can’t make someone like you. And on top of that, time spent hurling yourself at these immovable objects is time not spent on the things we can change. Return to this question daily—in each and every trying situation. Journal and reflect on it constantly. If you can focus on making clear what parts of your day are within your control and what parts are not, you will not only be happier, you will have a distinct advantage over other people who fail to realize they are fighting an unwinnable battle. 7. Journal Epictetus the slave. Marcus Aurelius the emperor. Seneca the power broker and playwright. These three radically different men led radically different lives. But they seemed to have one habit in common: Journaling. In one form or another, each of them did it. It would be Epictetus who would admonish his students that philosophy was something they should “write down day by day,” that this writing was how they “should exercise themselves.” Seneca’s favorite time to journal was in the evenings. When darkness had fallen and his wife had gone asleep, he explained to a friend, “I examine my entire day and go back over what I’ve done and said, hiding nothing from myself, passing nothing by.” Then he would go to bed, finding that “the sleep which follows this self-examination” was particularly sweet. And Marcus, he was the most prodigious of journalers, and we are lucky enough that his writings survive to us, appropriately titled, Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, Ta eis heauton, or “to himself.” in Stoicism the art of journaling is more than some simple diary. This daily practice is the philosophy. Preparing for the day ahead. Reflecting on the day that has passed. Reminding oneself of the wisdom we have learned from our teachers, from our reading, from our own experiences. It’s not enough to simply hear these lessons once, instead, one practices them over and over again, turns them over in their mind, and most importantly, writes them down and feels them flowing through their fingers in doing so. In this way, journaling is Stoicism. It’s almost impossible to have one without the other. 8. PRACTICE NEGATIVE VISUALIZATION The premeditatio malorum (“the pre-meditation of evils”) is a Stoic exercise of imagining things that could go wrong or be taken away from us. It helps us prepare for life’s inevitable setbacks. We don’t always get what is rightfully ours, even if we’ve earned it. Not everything is as clean and straightforward as we think they may be. Psychologically, we must prepare ourselves for this to happen. It is one of the most powerful exercise in the Stoics’ toolkit to build resilience and strength. Seneca, for instance, would begin by reviewing or rehearsing his plans, say, to take a trip. And then, in his head (or in journaling as we said above), he would go over the things that could go wrong or prevent it from happening—a storm could arise, the captain could fall ill, the ship could be attacked by pirates. “Nothing happens to the wise man against his expectation,” he wrote to a friend. “. . . nor do all things turn out for him as he wished but as he reckoned—and above all he reckoned that something could block his plans.” By doing this exercise, Seneca was always prepared for disruption and always working that disruption into his plans. He was fitted for defeat or victory. 9. AMOR FATI: LOVE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS The great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche would describe his formula for human greatness as amor fati—a love of fate. “That one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backwards, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it….but love it.” The Stoics were not only familiar with this attitude but they embraced it. Two thousand years ago, writing in his own personal journal which would become known as Meditations, Emperor Marcus Aurelius would say: “A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.” Another Stoic, Epictetus, who as a crippled slave has faced adversity after adversity, echoed the same: “Do not seek for things to happen the way you want them to; rather, wish that what happens happen the way it happens: then you will be happy.” It is why amor fati is the Stoic exercise and mindset that you take on for making the best out of anything that happens: Treating each and every moment—no matter how challenging—as something to be embraced, not avoided. To not only be okay with it, but love it and be better for it. So that like oxygen to a fire, obstacles and adversity become fuel for your potential. Stoicism is Ideal for the Real World The Stoics were writing honestly, often self-critically, about how they could become better people, be happier, and deal with the problems they faced. You can see how practicing misfortune makes you stronger in the face of adversity; how flipping an obstacle upside down turns problems into opportunities; and how remembering how small you are keeps your ego manageable and in perspective. Ultimately, that’s what Stoicism is about. It’s not some systematic discussion of why or how the world exists. It is a series of reminders, tips and aids for living a good life. Stoicism, as Marcus reminds himself, is not some grand Instructor but a balm, a soothing ointment to an injury wherever we might have one. Epictetus was right when he said that “life is hard, brutal, punishing, narrow, and confining, a deadly business.” We should take whatever help we can get, and it just happens that that help can come from ourselves. P.S. Want more? 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Reflection on brail energy.

This is a very easy concept. Relatively easier than others but still complex.. Once you practice the moment of awareness, the next step is to just sit still and think about the inner brail. What do you think will pacify it. Do you think your choices in life are being beneficial to the brail or toxic to it. Example. Case in point. Let's say you have a friend. They were nice to you up until now. But something seems amiss. And you decided to break away. You were stern and you were rude and angry and you dismiss that person publicly. But other people do not agree with you and consider you to be rude and narcissistic. Now the entire group that you are a part of turns against you. There are more people getting added to the group. There's more drama and more fights and agreements and disagreements. You try to block whoever is against you. This in turn creates more enemies. Now this is the thing. You cannot really please everyone at the same time. It's impossible. If someone is offended and they are trying to smear you, they are just being annoying and harmful. You can do nothing to change it. How would you handle such a situation. I think the best solution is to reach out to your brail. That means think about whats good for it. Do that. Abandon anything that's toxic it no matter what anyone thinks. So you need to cut off specific people from the circle and who are toxic to you. You could be criticized for your actions or behavior so leave it be. It may appear unethical to you. Let's say you have to fire those specific people from their jobs and you get a downgrade for doing so. Even then, you have to do what is best for your brail. It may be an unethical practice to fire those people but if they are toxic then they need to be out even though you might appear rude, bossy, narcissistic, domineering or controlling for doing it. Let people say anything about you. You cannot let the negativity in and ruin your mental health just because you have to be in people's good books. This means you will have to sometimes forgo empathy and be shrewd about how you carry yourself at the expense of criticism and hate.. This seems to be contradictory to the point of cultivating empathy, love and being a loving caring person. Yes it does. But at the same time it makes sense. Being a good person should not mean allowing others to take advantage. And whatever is unhealthy or toxic is eventually only going to bring more harm. The purpose of being good should not be damage to self. Nor should it be a by product of good behavior. That means you gotta be shrewd or stern when you need to draw the boundaries, rude or not rude. This means you have to do the right thing, ethical or unethical. You have to compromise on certain values or principles in order to keep things in order. Does this mean you are selfish? Absolutely not. It only means that you are doing what's right for your mental peace. There's nothing selfish about avoiding what's bad for you. You are selfish only when you do something specifically to achieve a certain objective or goal like using someone for financial gain. This concept further narrows down the path of spirituality and makes it even more specific.. Earlier it was all about being a good person and cultivating spiritual values but now it is also about taking wisdom into account. It's like this. Do what is good. But also do what is right (even though it might not appear good) This is easy. When you contemplate every day, you need to think about what decisions will be helpful in keeping your brail energy calm and stable and what actions or choices are affecting it. Anything that is toxic to it will need to be avoided. All you have to do is focus on it. Think about how you feel. Do you feel at peace inside. Is it creating discomfort Our senses are usually strong and can easily tell us if we are comfortable inside or not. Do what gives you a sense of inner comfort. Avoid anything that erodes your comfort or makes you feel chaotic.

I came up with a different concept right now. And this seems to be revolutionary to me. And I will call it ethereal energy. Which means do anything to preserve it. It's supposed to be your core spiritual energy. I will call it brail. Which means inner ethereal energy or brail energy. This energy is mutable it flows in directions and increases or decreases in intensity on how you grow and nurture it and direct it. But this is not an energy you reflect like chi. It's an energy which you maintain in a stable state. Imagine you have a vessel with water. Constant loud sounds around causes the water to form ripples. Now if you do not want those ripples then you will need to calm down the sounds causing those ripples. You will have to see that the water remains stable and calm and all sorts of disturbances will need to be removed. When certain conditions are met, brail will be calm and show positive growth. And when those conditions are not met, brail will be unstable, out of order and even low in intensity or strength. So to maintain a stable brail, you will have to set things in proper order to keep it calm and flowing in a fixed direction. Everything wrong or right will be dependent on the brail. Anything that irritates the brail needs to be avoided. Chi is outward like a vibe whereas brail is inward. It's similar to the term "inner sanctum". Example. A toxic relationship can affect the mind. It can drain the mental energy. The brail is sensitive to this. Anything affects it and it starts to flow erratically and reduce in intensity causing chaos and stress.

I'm trying to move on with my life. It's difficult but I will do it. My spiritual journey will help me.

Also I forgot to add prayers and mantras. Specific mantras help calm the mind. Practices - Swan manual, meditation, contemplation,invocation (invoking a specific wish, emotion, intention), incantation, Restfulness exercise, fortress exercise, fountain potion exercise. Emotional growth, Mantras, prayers. Spells and incantation, focus on ethereal components, Chakra healing, tarot cards, reiki and rune crystals.

April 15, Monday. Chapter 251 Final freedom

Emotions are a part of a spiritual experience. They shouldn't be discredited or removed or dissolved or ignored or suppressed or repressed. They should be allowed to be experienced felt, released, and grow and strengthen.

Chapter 250 I feel inspired by the Bible.. I feel like there is so much to learn from it One thing is where it's written that we should worship God and not the creation. Trying to understand this. In my opinion it means that we should worship Ether rather than mass. Because Ether is the quality and is permanent whereas mass is the physical nature of things. So mass can always change but not ether. This is beautiful because Ether does not change whereas mass is subject to the environment. For example a woman so obsessed with the idea of having a child that she cannot bear the thought that she does not have a child. She sees another pregnant woman and makes a plan to snatch her baby. This is because the woman has been plagued by social illisons. She does not realize that a child will never bring happiness because she is worshipping the idea of having a child but not focused on love itself. Once she has it, the novelty will wear off at some point. She is worshipping a very physical thing. We need to worship not the creation but the creator. People, objects, status, money, romance, relationships never bring lasting happiness. Because objects and people when we don't get them, create an intense craving and when we have them the novelty wears off. This is human nature. It also reflects the fickle nature of things and how things cannot make us happy. But ether represents quality and quality never gets old. Quality only builds stronger over time. So in the first example if the woman stopped focusing on acquiring a child but focused on loving a child or loving someone who needs love she is focusing on a quality and not an object. This quality can grow but the object will grow stale or stagnant. This shows that mass is limited and finite and vincible whereas ether is invincible, unlimited or infinite.. And ever growing. This is what the Bible meant. Worship the quality or the ether component. It did not mean worship a person. It means worshipping a quality. It means worshipping godliness and not God himself. Because that would be egotistical. It's like worshiping love rather than worshipping a person who you admire. Because anything, whether it's an object or a person it's all objects. So when you worship an object you become materialistic. When you worship a person it's idol worship. The Bible warns against idol worship. Because God wants us to worship the quality of God, the godliness, the love and the spirit and the innocence and the goodness. To be overly attached to an object or idea in the world is crazy and dysfunctional and destructive for the human mind. It's a worthless adventure. It is a trick played by the social construct that everything that you do not own is very important. Like the Bible says the gifts or rewards of this world are nothing. They are not significant, we make them look important. In reality it's nothing. It's not even worth fighting for or pitying oneself over. It's not like you are missing on something great. So when you are obsessed with something you do not have like money or a degree or a house or any idea like the idea of having a family or being a star is all just rubbish. It's all nothing great. Your obsession with it is just toxic to your mental health. Because to be truly happy you need nothing. You are trapped by your own obsessions. To be free from those obsessions will be so liberating. But at present you are trapped by social constructs and illusions that tell you that this this is what you need or your life is incomplete. Your spiritual and mental state is more important than anything else in the world. And all the social constructs screw your mental State. So when you leave these obsessions and cravings behind and stop fretting over them, you will experience not only peace but also begin to truly appreciate whatever you already have. You will be at peace with yourself and you will realize that your fretting is just in vain because the stuff that you crave so much is not even worth fighting for or crying for. All of that which you want is just fickle and transient. Even relationships. Because they do not last. You get emotionally worked up over relationships when these relationships are more work than happiness. Also these relationships do not last. They are fickle as a penny. The rewards of the kingdom of earth are not significant. The rewards of the kingdom of eternity are permanent and beautiful. And they are worth having. Because they bring peace and lasting joy and remove tension. They remove agitation and bring lasting fulfillment. Eat not what is satisfying. Eat that what is fulfilling. This life is no more important than how important we have made it out to be. The other thing is that this life is a cycle of samsara. The cycle of samsara is the cycle of eternal conflict that never stops. And you do not realize that you are trapped in this conflict. Imagine a circle in which you go round and round vertically and when you reach the top you fall within the circle due to gravity. And every time you think that you need to be back on the circle and hold it tight so that you won't fall again, you go back on it and once again you reach the top and fall again. This circle is just an illusion that tricks your mind into believing that you will not fall if you hold strong. But it's false. You will always fall because the circle is Designed for you to fall. The only time you will not fall is when you are outside the circle. The Bible mentions two kingdoms. It is nothing but 2 cycles. The cycle of samsara or life or eternal conflict. And the cycle of eternity. To be attached to this cycle or kingdom is foolishness. To work towards the rewards of the other cycle is really worth pursuing. Because this is the cycle of conflict. And that is the cycle of pure lasting fulfillment where conflict ceases. This is the cycle of instant gratification and that is the cycle of eternal gratification. When you have eternal gratification, it means you won't feel thirsty again. It is done. It is fulfilled. What God wants you to know is that you should not work hard for instant gratification because not only will it be a failure, but also a constant source of torment. It will only leave you constantly trapped in agitation. God wants you to honor, worship and pine for or work hard for eternal rewards which bring eternal gratification or fulfillment. This way your suffering ceases. Now you might wonder why to even live life if the only goal is eternity. There is a good reason. You would not appreciate light until you have been in the dark. You would not appreciate love if you haven't faced hate. You would never appreciate the good things without experiencing the bad things. You have to go through hell in order to find heaven and appreciate heaven. If you always lived in eternity then you might want to be back in an earthly existence and crave for it. But when you have an earthly existence beforehand or firsthand only then you begin to appreciate the gifts of eternity. You see the difference for yourself. What can you do to escape samsara. You cannot die. Because you have to live your whole life span in this earthly existence and at the same time this whole life is an opportunity to cultivate the gifts of eternity. Every moment is precious and every moment lost is a loss of the opportunity to cultivate those gifts. How to escape the traps of samsara. One way is to stop worshipping superficial things like money, beauty, relationships, etc etc all aspects of the material world And to be not anymore obsessed with these things. Or even be dejected when you don't get these things or don't have or when you lose them after having them. Stop being upset about not having them. Then you are free from the trap of samsara. Worship the qualities of eternity and godliness. Worship the Ether and the mass. Worship the ethereal [Ether like] aspects of everything. Like instead of craving for food, think about how you are already fulfilled by it. Worship not a relationship but the love that you have to give in the relationship. Focus on that. Instead of focusing on what you don't get in this relationship, focus on spending that moment with your partner happily. Often you are obsessed with things in a relationship, like, " you are always lazy". "you are always busy", "you don't give sex". "you are always falling sick", "you are not always funny", "we don't have enough money", "we don't enjoy like other couples" "we aren't active like other couples", "we don't have kids", "you didn't call me", "you didn't send me a gift on Valentines day", "you are not good enough"... So much bickering over things which are not going to change. Yet so little focus on being and creating happiness in this little moment that you get to spend with your partner which will never come back. But so much focus on what don't get out of the relationship, what you don't have, so much focus on what the person didn't do, on what is going to be the future of the relationship, what is lacking, so much focus on all the negative aspects of the relationship, yet so little appreciation for what that person already did and how much happiness this one moment can create. This is because you are only focused on the physical aspects of reality and not focused on the ethereal aspects of everything. Once you start focusing on the ethereal aspects of everything you Wil find true happiness and you will be happy, not overjoyed but just at peace and not agitated anymore.. The rewards of eternity are peace, love, happiness, joy, kindness, grace, acceptance, courage, truth, fairness, justice, intelligence, growth, goodness, empathy, compassion, respect, humility, perseverance, knowledge, aesthetics, godliness. When you start worshipping these qualities or ether like aspects, you start seeking them in your life and at the same time you abandon all physical things or physical rewards. This way you are free from the trap and more at peace. And you find lasting fulfillment. Focus on the means not the end. Do not focus on acquiring a plant but rather on growing a plant. Do not focus on acquiring a relationship but rather on creating happiness in the relationship. Do not focus on getting a bigger house but rather on how can you make this little room you have into a beautiful haven of peace. Do not focus on beauty or plastic surgery but on how to create beauty. Exercise, relax, get good sleep, eat healthy, you will automatically look beautiful. Instead of focusing on the objective focus on the positive means of getting this objective, on the ethereal aspects that lead to this objective Example One mother is very fond of her intelligent son. In the future when he grows up into an adult, he doesn't do well in his college. She begins to hate him. She hates him so much that she won't talk to him because he has not fulfilled her objective of becoming a successful person. He feels depressed because of her lack of love and he feels deprived. Eventually he gives into addiction and loses whatever abilities he had. Another mother gives birth to a child with learning disabilities. But she showers the child with attention and love and nurtures him. The child learns important survival skills and gradually begins to make progress and by the time that he is older he has made enough progress and he can now a healthy confident successful life. She prepared him for life. Because the second mother focused on the ethereal aspects like nurturing and Growth rather than selfishly focusing on the final objective of success as the first mother. As a result the second mother created growth and balance and the first mother created destruction and degradation. Fairness Love Peace, growth, grace, care, love, attention, focus, nourishment, nurturing, empathy, compassion, intelligence, humor, laughter, simplicity, justice, balance, happiness, kindness, embrace, comfort, relaxation, fortitude, dedication, devotion, gentleness, maturity, beauty, equilibrium, equality, benevolence, trust, hope, faith, loyalty, perseverance, hard work,

Chapter 249 Signs of a distinct mental illness Seeking attention for every little thing Competing for attention Victim playing They say that they are going to withdraw from a particular action or interaction but you find later that they do it again. They claim to inspire others. They have an excess need for others/everyone to care for them and they make it known through statements like, "hey I'm okay," "I'm doing good", "so glad people stand by me" although you don't see much signs of anyone reaching out to them. It's a trick of showing that they have support to get uninterested people to support them. They get preachy about morality and claim to be victim of bullying when no visible signs of them getting bullied were seen. They write very long exaggerated passages of how the world can be a better place only if the other person (the perceived perpetrator is no longer alive) how this person needs to be removed or subjected to mass scrutiny and possibly removal from the platform /neighborhood etc. Unless this happens they would not rest in peace. When such a perpetrator is removed, they go back to expressing guilt that they actually never meant to hurt, all they were trying to do was get rid of negativity but they meant no harm or vendetta and now they are glad that such a person is gone. Because they have benefited others in such a big way They constantly make exaggerated claims of how moral and "nice" they are by statements like "I've not been raised this way." "I do not participate in any negativity" "I want people to be safe" "I will continue on the journey of inspiring people" "whatever is going on is disturbing and negative" "let us all be reminded that life is short and how happiness can be destroyed but I won't let that happen. I swear not to be the victim" all the while playing the victim. They make a mountain out of a molehill. They drum up support against this perceived perpetrator with a missionary zeal to get rid of them at the same time trying to appear sweet and kind but going on with their victim playing Seeking people to give them attention and sympathy. They write little notes here and there on morality and behaviour. Their histrionics keep popping up randomly here and there and the final goal is that the "perceived perpetrator" gets secluded, ostracized, demonized and finally removed. Their claims of being hurt and damaged by another make you wonder if the end of the world is nearby. They always seek to be a part of a discussion about a vague topic and somehow steer all the attention from the subject of discussion directly to themselves. Their statements always begin with "I ...... I.... I..... I" because all that exists in the world is them and only them. Most of their elaborate stories of victimhood actually check out to be false or of a little significance in comparison to the storm they have raised. They never appear angry or in rage although they always carry a solemn expression of discontent and grumpiness like someone around them just died. They never appear content and the moment they see someone laughing and having fun, they feel greatly distressed since attention was taken away from their miserable existence. They can never see others being joyful and content. They appear while stating how victimized they feel. When attacked openly and asked for evidence of the so called attack, they back off claiming nobody is going to believe them. They engage in silly smear campaigns against this person by telling anyone who cares to listen how terribly they have suffered and how so and so person is a danger to society. They start arguments out of thin air. Once the person has been removed, they shift their attention to the next perceived perpetrator target. And the whole cycle of victimhood and crusader of justice starts again.

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Chapter 248 Tarot card titles. Dream Nightmare Healing Rejuvenation Reproduction Escape Music Entertainment Restfulness Peace Science Laws Medicine Herbs Technology Innocence Bravery Strength Honor Perseverance Hard work Determination Kindness Equality Compassion Narcissism Stupidity Joker Wastefulness Optimization Coordination Sequence Instructions Empathy Order Respect Responsibility Resources Stamina Stress Duty Fortitude Courage Journey Crisis Disaster Melancholy Self pity Will power Wishfulness Soulmate Romance Comrade Companion Leader Maturity Perversion Fear Obsession Sabotage Provocateur Enemy Care Jealousy Envy Malice Greed Selfish Sin Monster Aversion Conspirator Benevolent Malevolent Pride Shallow Endurance Sympathy Love Influence Will Perception Fight Barrier Problem Solution.

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Chapter 247 Narcissism in short Constant one upmanship Trying to score brownie points Constant preaching attitude Condescending behavior Only words no action Constant attacking of another person's character Constant drama Jealousy and rivalry Persecution Delusional.... Blubber personality Fake. Phony Take on a martyr, crusader or warrior savior role Others are not deserving Slander Drum up support They will support causes and people High affinity with children and victims They want to be acknowledged for even the slightest good that they do. They are motivated by fame or title. They try to make a monster out of you. Any kindness they show to you should be a favor Narcissistic abuse. Often this form of abuse is never recognized and it almost dehumanizes another person's identity and character. Narcissists love to attack someone's self worth or self esteem to make themselves feel better and look better.

April 12 Chapter 246 To understand the meaning of life, you shouldn't take it for granted. And for that you need to work really hard. The spiritual purpose of life is to live in love, live in light, live in God, reflect God through life, becoming like God, spreading the good and fighting evil, reducing suffering, and contributing to bigger causes that help people and the ecosystem survive and flourish, and to contribute to branches of science to make lives better and to understand the material world better, to create beauty and peace and set order for peace, to create love, and to fight toxicity, and fortifying the ecosystem against future trouble and to live happily ever after ie in eternity and to ensure that every life has lived to its fullest potential before the last breath, that every moment of life/existence (the story of his life versus his body is alive, lives that perished how many lives we're taken) (as long as the life is alive or existing ) or breath, that is every moment of an organism's life, every living moment, every living moment of an organism's life is lived in love, peace, happiness and fulfillment so they continue unhurt through eternity and meet with the maker or God. Therefore this life is a junction or a challenge to the liver to make it safely through and come over to eternity ready and prepared for its next journey. And so every moment of your life as long as you are breathing, has to be lived in peace, love, freedom, happiness and love and not suffering. It comes down to 7 spiritual entities. The soul, the spirit, and the life force and the heart and the mind and chi or energy. And the ego. The spirit resident in the heart. The spirit being the disposition. The soul is the carrier of the spirit. The soul is like an identity. The soul takes on the qualities of the person and attributes of the person. Life force is a generic term that puts life into a body. The heart being the center of emotions. The heart being attached to the soul. The mind and the energy. The soul leaves the body and turns to spirit. The body decomposes and turns to remains. The life force is gone. The chi accompanies the spirit. The spirit lingers into eternity. The mind dissociates and accompanies the spirit. The heart (ethereal) accompanies the spirit. The soul/spirit is surrounded by chi, heart and mind. These accompany the soul/spirit in the afterlife. The soul takes on attributes of the person. But when reincarnation happens, the soul is rejuvenated within another person but still carries attributes of the older identity, memories and incidents and trauma. And continues with another identity and attributes. However the spirit is like character of the person. It's like the quality of the soul. This spirit will determine the nature of the future person. The soul will gradually shed its old identity and take on aspects of the new ego but spirit will prevail. So there are 2 fundamental aspects here. Mass and ether. Mass being physical. Ether being ethereal or the spirit part. Every mass has a corresponding Ether. The Ether of brain is mind, the Ether of soul is the spirit. The Ether of the body is chi or energy. And the ether of heart is emotion and electromagnetic field. The ether of breath is life force. When the ether is in balance, there is metamorphosis of the mass. The mass varies with the quality of the ether. The ether of the spirit or soul is the conscience. Ether of God is awareness, love and justice. The hourglass is the perfect example. As above so below. The sand in the upper part of the hourglass gradually falls into the lower part. So whatever is below just made up of what was above. The Ether influences the physical aspect of what the Ether is associated with or attached to. Practices - Swan manual, meditation, contemplation,invocation (invoking a specific wish, emotion, intention), incantation, Restfulness exercise, fortress exercise, fountain potion exercise. Mantras, prayers. Spells and incantation, Chakra healing, tarot cards, reiki and rune crystals. Also I forgot to add prayers and mantras. Specific mantras help calm the mind. Also cleansing or spiritual cleansing practice. And working on Ether or ethereal aspects like chi, emotion, thoughts, words, spells, mind or thought and conscience and awareness.

Chapter 245 Quoted. The Hidden Traps of Wicca By Catherine Sanders Pinterest 0 Email Part of the Wicca and the OccultSeries Why Teens Are Attracted to Wicca and the Occult The Hidden Traps of Wicca Series About: Ages 13-18 SV-Art/iStock/Thinkstock Before 16-year-old Rebecca lights candles on the small altar in her bedroom each night, she says her prayers: "Hail, fair Moon, ruler of the night, guard me and mine until the light. Hail fair Sun, ruler of the day, make the morn to light my way." On her altar are four porcelain chalices representing the elements — air, water, fire and earth. Each contains rose petals, semi-precious stones, melted candle wax and dried leaves. They rest on the corners of a five-pointed star. A frog symbolizing "spirit" and "life" sits on point five of the pentagram. Here, in front of her altar, Rebecca performs rituals and casts spells. Rebecca is one of the growing number of teenage girls who practice Wicca. For the past half-century, this religion has been growing by leaps and bounds in Europe and North America. Drive to the mall and you'll see cars with bumper stickers declaring, "The goddess is alive. Magic is afoot!" Flip on the tube or go to the movies and you'll find witches portrayed as young, powerful and glamorous. From TV shows to movies, something is definitely "afoot" in American culture. Wicca Goes Mainstream For many reasons, including the positive attention they're getting in entertainment, paganism, goddess worship and witchcraft have a new crop of devoted followers. The book Teen Witch: Wicca for a New Generation has sold more copies for occult publisher Llewellyn than any other in its 95-year history. Also, the Christian-based Spiritual Counterfeits Project hotline in Berkeley, California, reports receiving more inquiries about Wicca in recent years than any other religion. The callers are nearly all teenage girls. It's hard to deny that Wicca and other similar practices are exploding in popularity. Possibly you've experimented with these religions yourself. Or maybe you have friends who call themselves Wiccans. Whatever the reason for your curiosity, this article will help you discover the truth about Wicca, what its followers believe, why it's so appealing and how it's at odds with God's Word. What Is Wicca? Wicca is a complex religion that is often associated with witchcraft, occultism and neo-paganism. The way these words overlap can get confusing, so let's dive into the dictionary. Wicca: From the Anglo-Saxon word wicce. It means to bend or shape nature to your service. Witchcraft: The practice of magic or sorcery by anyone outside the religious mainstream of a society. This term is used in different ways in different times and places.1 Occultism: Belief in practices such as astrology, alchemy, divination and magic that are based on "hidden knowledge" about the universe and its mysterious forces. Occultists try to tap into this unseen knowledge to bring about whatever effects they desire.2 Neo-Paganism: The recent revival of ancient polytheistic European and Middle-Eastern religions. Neo-paganism is a loosely defined system of worshiping nature and the gods of nature. These terms may seem as clear as mud. Since different people use them to mean different things, it can be hard to keep them straight. What's important to notice are the common themes of worshiping nature and using spiritual forces to get results. Most anyone who calls himself or herself a Wiccan, goddess worshiper or witch practices these things. Another important thing to remember is that Wicca is not the same as Satanism. In fact, most witches don't believe in Satan at all. In addition, Wiccans live by one central rule called The Rede, which says, "Harm no one, do what you will." In other words, witches are free to do whatever seems right to them as long as they avoid harming others. A closely related rule is the Threefold Law, which instructs that "anything you do will come back to you three times over." Other Wiccan Beliefs Wiccans worship "the mother goddess" and her companion "the horned god." They say both of these deities manifest themselves in nature. For instance, Rebecca's prayer acknowledged the sun as the female goddess and the moon as the god. You may also have heard the goddess referred to as Mother Nature. Wiccans believe that the goddess is in everything — in rocks and in trees, the earth and the sky. Sometimes, the goddess is represented by specific female deities such as the ancient Greek goddesses Artemis (the goddess of the wilderness) or Gaia (the goddess of the Earth), who was celebrated in the film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Some Wiccans even claim that the goddess is Mary, the mother of Jesus. The horned god is often represented by the lusty Greek god Pan or the Egyptian god of the dead, Osiris. Most Wiccans celebrate eight holidays or "sabbats" centered on the solar cycles and "esbats" centered on the lunar cycles. These celebrations are supposedly times of heightened interaction between the natural and supernatural worlds.3 Magic and spell-casting are an integral part of Wicca. Wiccans say that spells are symbolic acts performed in an altered state of consciousness in order to cause a desired change. There are spells to overcome loneliness, to attract money, to bring inner power and to bind an enemy, among others. Witches acknowledge that spells can be used to do good or harm. Wicca has no central book (like the Bible) that spells out its beliefs, so witches practice their religion in different ways. Some witches meet in groups called covens or circles, while others practice alone.4 Bewitched Teens Why are movies, television and magazines so obsessed with Wicca and witchcraft? And why are teens, especially girls, so enthusiastic about picking up the trend? Here are a few factors that might help explain this phenomenon: Girl Power: According to its own myths, Wicca began more than 35,000 years ago within earth's very first civilization. In this culture, women ruled. Life was peaceful and prosperous, and people worshiped nature and the goddess. The serene existence was supposedly shattered when male warriors invaded the nurturing female-led communities.5 Wiccans say that throughout history, they have been fighting to overcome the oppression of a male-ruled society. Today, Wiccans claim there is a goddess revival. They say women are reclaiming their power after living under male domination for too long. They call for women to usher in a new era of peace by throwing off the "shackles" of "male-dominated monotheistic religions" such as Christianity and follow the goddess again in all her forms. It's easy to see why this myth has huge feminist appeal. Just Plain Power: The thought of being able to control spiritual forces sounds pretty good to many teens who otherwise might feel powerless. Wiccans boast that their religion gives even young witches a great deal of control. Also, the secrecy of rituals may provide a sense of power.6 Saving the Earth: Teens who have grown up hearing news about the rapid destruction of the environment are likely to feel compelled to do something to help stop it. Wicca seems to provide an opportunity to treat nature with great care and reverence. Having It My Way: Wicca has no set rules or absolute standards. Think back to The Rede, which tells followers to "do what you will." In Wicca, each individual gets to decide on his or her own rules. As one Wiccan high priestess notes, "Within the circle there are no absolutes — no rights and wrongs."7 Since most teens don't believe in truth or absolute moral standards, Wicca can appear to be the perfect mix 'n' match religion. Unfortunately, though these things may sound good, they're deceptions that lead followers down a path to destruction. In Over My Head: A Former Wiccan Tells Her Story Kathy was raised in the church but rejected its teaching in her teens. She lived in Salem, Mass., a place with a history of witchcraft and many practicing Wiccans. "I was always kind of artsy, different and non-conformist," she says, "Wicca attracted my interest because it appealed to those facets of my personality. It was certainly non-conformist, and I liked the mystery surrounding it." So Kathy found a Wiccan high priestess who took her under her wing and taught her how to be a witch. "She told me it was all white magic, and that's all I was interested in." But after a few years, things turned sour. "The more I learned, the more things started to spiral downward, deeper and deeper into darkness and black magic. I became very good at what I was being taught. My teacher never acknowledged Satan but did say there was something called 'the abyss' that we should avoid." For Kathy, however, that proved to be difficult. "One hot summer night I was lying awake in my bedroom when all of a sudden the room became very cold. I started to shiver and broke out into a cold sweat, although it was the height of summer. A cold wind blew in through my windows, startling me. Now I was terrified. I hugged my knees to my chest and gasped as a legion of what can only be described as black demons encircled my head, all laughing at me. I started screaming out my Wiccan spells to rebuke them, hoping they would disappear. That only made things worse. The laughter escalated with each spell I tried. "Then all of a sudden I remembered my days in Sunday school as a child and the teachings of Jesus. I hadn't thought about that in a long time. In a loud voice I called upon Jesus Christ to rid the room of this dark presence. Instantly they were gone, and my bedroom was once again calm and warm. My life was never the same after that." The next day on the way to school Kathy told herself, You have some serious personal inventory to do. She walked into a church that afternoon and has never looked back. Kathy is a Christian now and warns women who think Wicca is harmless. "A lot of women think that by practicing Wicca, worshiping this so-called goddess, that they are celebrating their womanhood. I am here to tell them there is a lot more to it than that. Lots of them haven't had the experiences I have. But they can and will if they stick with it. It's like the warning on a pack of cigarettes: 'Wicca is dangerous and could be hazardous to your health.'" What Does God Think About Witchcraft? Since you're reading this article, you're probably curious about how Wicca measures up to the Bible. Can you be a Christian and dabble in Wicca? What does God have to say about magic and the supernatural world? Keep reading! The spiritual world is real, and so is Satan. One thing Wiccans have right is that there is a supernatural world that interacts constantly with the world we see, touch and smell. Unfortunately, they believe it's okay for humans to interact with spirits and spiritual forces any way we choose. To the contrary, the apostle Paul writes that the spiritual realm is potentially dangerous. Therefore, we need to treat it the way God tells us to and be prepared for spiritual battles of good versus evil. The Bible says: For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. (Ephesians 6:12-13) Many Wiccans say that Wicca is harmless and nature-loving — that it has nothing to do with evil, Satanism and dark forces. But that is exactly what Satan wants them to believe! Intent on deceit, "Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light," says Paul. "It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness." Paul says that if they don't turn toward God and repent, "their end will be what their actions deserve" (2 Corinthians 11:14-15). We should worship God, not His creation. Wiccans are also right to care for and appreciate nature. But they go too far when they start worshiping it. Jesus tells His followers in the Gospel of Luke, "Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only" (Luke 4:8). Creation is merely a reflection of His glory and is not to be worshiped. The Bible says: For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.… They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator — who is forever praised. Amen. (Romans 1:21-23, 25) Don't try to contact or control supernatural forces. Magic and spells depend on what Wiccans call a psychic link. Psychic development can involve training in divination — the attempt to obtain information about the past, present or future by occult means or one's own psychic abilities.8 The Bible is very clear that divination and any other form of supernatural contact (other than prayer, of course!) is forbidden, since it relies on a supernatural power apart from God. In other words, there is no such thing as "white magic." The Bible says: Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you." (Deuteronomy 18:10-12) Do not practice divination or sorcery. (Leviticus 19:26) Jesus is the Source of real girl power. Many Wiccans are critical of the church's view of women. They claim that Christianity does not empower women, whereas Wicca does. While it's true that some Christians have distorted God's Word and not honored women, the Bible says that men and women are equally important in the eyes of God. Don’t be a slave to your crush Crushed is a must-have for your pre-teen or teen daughter. This insightful book offers girl talk that explains the truth behind how girls feel about guys. It explains how God wants us to view ourselves and our relationships and shares how we can avoid getting crushed. rel="noopener noreferrer" Buy your copy today! The Bible says: So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (Genesis 1:27) Because God places a high value on women as bearers of His image, Christianity honors women in a way that's unique. That's why women were often with Jesus during His ministry. And in John 4 we see Jesus treating a Samaritan woman with utmost respect, even though men weren't supposed to talk to women, and Samaritans were considered outcasts in Jewish society. We don't need to make up our own rules. In Wicca, each follower is told to do as she wills. Their only standard is that no one should do harm. In other words, there is no absolute truth. But this presents several problems. First, how can one be sure that no harm is being done? Is there any way to know all the consequences of an action? No! And aren't personal feelings a wishy-washy method of determining right and wrong? After all, Alex Sanders, a well-known Wiccan who died in the 1980s, wrote, "A thing is good for me until I feel it is not right for me." Another witch named Stewart Farrar elaborated, "The witch's own conscience must be the final arbiter."9 What if a witch one day feels that incest or murder is the right thing to do? Is there anything to stop him? Even though most Wiccans would say that these things are wrong, they have no firm basis for saying so. Christianity, on the other hand, provides a powerful authority for denouncing racism, crime or any other moral wrong: God's holy character and His Word, the Bible. The Bible says: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) Wiccans do not believe in sin as Christians do. They see sin as an outdated, constraining concept. Therefore, they see no need for God. Wiccan high priestess Starhawk says, "We can now open new eyes and see there is nothing to be saved from, no struggle of life against the universe, no God outside the world, to be feared and obeyed."10 Through spiritual self-improvement, Wiccans hope to reach their equivalent of heaven, called the Summerland or the Land of Eternal Youth. On the other hand, the Bible tells us that no amount of good work can earn us eternal life. Through Christ alone we are saved. The Bible says: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." ( Jesus in John 14:6) It's Your Choice God has made it clear that Wicca is dangerous and incompatible with Christianity. He made His creation for us to enjoy as a reflection of His character, but not to be worshiped instead of Him. Wicca may seem attractive, magical and different, but it does not give eternal life and a relationship with the God of the universe. If you choose Wicca, you cannot choose God as well, because He will not tolerate worship of anything but Himself. He is perfect and holy. Study God's Word and you will find that a life centered on the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who gave His life for us on the Cross is better than anything we could ever find here on earth. Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations in this publication are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® NIV Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. All Rights Reserved.

Spell cards.

To my bf - I don't need to live by your judgement. Your demeaning of me is more than enough. I'm smart, wise, intelligent and a wonderful person. So I don't have to live by your judgement. I live by my wisdom.

Beautiful altar cards..

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My second card. This is about temperance. Chapter 241 Now this is Jesus food. Lmao??

This is my first virtue tarot card.

I love these tarot cards and I'm going to use for all kinds of situations. There should be a tarot card for everything. I will call them virtue cards.