QUOTE(Freebird @ Jun 13 2008, 08:38 AM)
Excuse me ladies.....Topic? Stick to it?
i'm not saying anything! Laughed, choked, coughed, got half-chewed nougat all over me LCD screen and keyboard. Instant karma.
Which said, sticking to topic, Sithis, you should listen to them (not the bit where they are conjuring some poor sod into their presence, the bit where they advise you). Even I listen to these women, at my peril if I don't.
It is easy to say, 'listen to nature' and so on when your
own nature is telling you to hex the balls off some dickhead gave you a hard time once - you must listen to taht in yourself but think further - the wisdom behind it is deep. Animals and creatures hardly ever have the time or inclination for revenge, they just survive and go on to grow, breed, teach etc. That is part of the lesson, live now, live it well and learn and you will become such that few, even the jealous will bother you. That is natural too.
It isn't the muscles or the power to hex that works, although I have used both at times
when apt and required and immediate. What works is being yourself to the point that the slights and even injustices are remote from you. 'One with magick' is the goal and being of a witch if such you want to be. And that often brings purpose beyond yourself. Never easy and hardly ever rewarding the ego, the reward is knowledge and participation in the extraordinary.
Don't think you are being foolish posting or we are being patronising if we older and confident residents always seem to instruct you in higher purpose! It isn't just our wish to show off. Most of us are bearing physical and emotional scars we got from not having the benefit of forums, peer groups and elders in our time and although some hands on experience and even mistakes can be very important in learning, no reason why you shouldn't gain and benefit from ours eh?