I have no parents:
I make the heavens and Earth my parents.
I have no home:
I make awareness my home.
I have no life or death:
I make the tides of breathing my life and death.
I have no divine power:
I make honesty my divine power.
I have no means:
I make understanding my means.
I have no magic secrets:
I make character my magic secret.
I have no body:
I make endurance my body.
I have no eyes:
I make the flash of lightning my eyes.
I have no ears:
I make sensibility my ears.
I have no limbs:
I make promptness my limbs.
I have no strategy:
I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy.
I have no design:
I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design.
I have no miracles:
I make right action my miracles.
I have no principles:
I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.
I have no tactics:
I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.
I have no talents:
I make ready wit my talent.
I have no friends:
I make my mind my friend.
I have no enemy:
I make carelessness my enemy.
I have no armor:
I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.
I have no castle:
I make immovable mind my castle.
I have no sword:
I make absence of mind my sword.
Anonymous Samurai, 14th century
Source
29 October 2011
Inanna's Prayer
You for whom the house of love
Has become the house of death –
I Who am the Goddess
Of love and death
Open My arms to embrace you.
You are My heras, My heroes,
My saints, My holy martyrs.
And whether you come to me joyfully,
Or recklessly, or accidentally,
I welcome you.
Come, enter My house, renew yourself.
Eat from My table,
Sleep in My bed,
Taste unimagined pleasures.
Do you think you paid too high a price
For pleasure?
I reward those who do not bargain
Who willingly or unwillingly
Give their all.
The worst is over.
Death is not so terrible,
It’s the getting there that hurts.
Now rest
Now take comfort, now take joy
In the exquisite love
That you have earned.
Source: The Pagan Book of Living and Dying by Starhawk and M. Macha NightMare
Has become the house of death –
I Who am the Goddess
Of love and death
Open My arms to embrace you.
You are My heras, My heroes,
My saints, My holy martyrs.
And whether you come to me joyfully,
Or recklessly, or accidentally,
I welcome you.
Come, enter My house, renew yourself.
Eat from My table,
Sleep in My bed,
Taste unimagined pleasures.
Do you think you paid too high a price
For pleasure?
I reward those who do not bargain
Who willingly or unwillingly
Give their all.
The worst is over.
Death is not so terrible,
It’s the getting there that hurts.
Now rest
Now take comfort, now take joy
In the exquisite love
That you have earned.
Source: The Pagan Book of Living and Dying by Starhawk and M. Macha NightMare
Declaration of Spirituality
As a child of the universe, I care for and respect the forces that give me life.
I am beholden to no gods, and neither was I born fallen, nor dirty, nor broken. I do not need to be saved from anything: I save myself with reason and discernment.
With the power of free will comes accountability for my actions. I am in control, compelled by no external forces: thus, I accept full responsibility for my choices.
I take no words—written or spoken—as literal truth. Words are human creations, and each contains a context, a bias unique to the thinker. I weigh everything according to my own perceptions and common sense.
The world is infinite possibility. We are all beings of action, weavers in the web of experience and history. Therefore, I prepare for any situation I might face, with the confidence that I can handle anything.
I am part of the energy that flows wherever there is life. I will always survive because I never truly die—I merely pass from one form to another. Ergo, the only thing that can hold me captive is myself.
Everything is a cycle, and everything is a process. We are never truly at the top or at the end: there is always more to come.
I seek harmony and balance with all things, but when I perceive a threat, I take steps to prevent harm and defend myself. I cannot be a victim if I am the one in control.
I am beholden to no gods, and neither was I born fallen, nor dirty, nor broken. I do not need to be saved from anything: I save myself with reason and discernment.
With the power of free will comes accountability for my actions. I am in control, compelled by no external forces: thus, I accept full responsibility for my choices.
I take no words—written or spoken—as literal truth. Words are human creations, and each contains a context, a bias unique to the thinker. I weigh everything according to my own perceptions and common sense.
The world is infinite possibility. We are all beings of action, weavers in the web of experience and history. Therefore, I prepare for any situation I might face, with the confidence that I can handle anything.
I am part of the energy that flows wherever there is life. I will always survive because I never truly die—I merely pass from one form to another. Ergo, the only thing that can hold me captive is myself.
Everything is a cycle, and everything is a process. We are never truly at the top or at the end: there is always more to come.
I seek harmony and balance with all things, but when I perceive a threat, I take steps to prevent harm and defend myself. I cannot be a victim if I am the one in control.
Rune of St. Patrick (Faedh Fiada)
At Tara to-day in this fateful hour
I place all Heaven with its power,
And the sun with its brightness,
And the snow with its whiteness,
And the fire with all the strength it hath,
And the lightning with its rapid wrath,
And the winds with their swiftness along their path,
And the sea with its deepness,
And the rocks with their steepness,
And the earth with its starkness
All these I place,
By God's almighty help and grace,
Between myself and the powers of darkness.
Source
I place all Heaven with its power,
And the sun with its brightness,
And the snow with its whiteness,
And the fire with all the strength it hath,
And the lightning with its rapid wrath,
And the winds with their swiftness along their path,
And the sea with its deepness,
And the rocks with their steepness,
And the earth with its starkness
All these I place,
By God's almighty help and grace,
Between myself and the powers of darkness.
Source
Pagan Prayer
From infinity came Oneness,
From the One came the many,
And now we are part of the eternal family.
Every morning when I awaken,
I feel the loving grace of the Lord and Lady
Fill me with joy and wonder.
Every evening when I sleep,
They bring me dreams
Of beauty and peace.
Fairies of the rings, of earth, fire, wind, and sea,
Please bring joy, happiness, and love to me.
Each and every day, I am strong and healthy.
I am at peace with myself and my world,
And I am empowered by my inner flame.
I am free of stress and filled with bliss.
I am worthy of giving and receiving love.
I let go of the past now, once and for all.
All negativity and ill energy
Be cleansed from all parts of my body.
Blessed be, the self I used to be.
Blessed be, the self that I set free.
From the One came the many,
And now we are part of the eternal family.
Every morning when I awaken,
I feel the loving grace of the Lord and Lady
Fill me with joy and wonder.
Every evening when I sleep,
They bring me dreams
Of beauty and peace.
Fairies of the rings, of earth, fire, wind, and sea,
Please bring joy, happiness, and love to me.
Each and every day, I am strong and healthy.
I am at peace with myself and my world,
And I am empowered by my inner flame.
I am free of stress and filled with bliss.
I am worthy of giving and receiving love.
I let go of the past now, once and for all.
All negativity and ill energy
Be cleansed from all parts of my body.
Blessed be, the self I used to be.
Blessed be, the self that I set free.
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