Today is one of my favorite days, purely because of all the superstition that surrounds it. I, honestly, haven't ever felt Friday the 13th to be any less lucky than any other day of my life. Overall, today was a good day, despite working late (yet again).
So, on to my Red Work update. Overall things are going well. Previously I had mentioned that RO's style of meditation was kicking my ass. It still is, but not as badly and I have been reaping benefit from it. I've noticed that the feelings of doubt in reference to the efficacy of my prayers have lessened. I think this is primarily because I turned that meditation and contemplation toward those feelings and realized that they aren't really coming from an internal source. If I had to guess(though this isn't a guess, this is something I am sure of), I would say that these feelings are brought on by my Evil Daimon in order to try and stop me from progressing to where I will bind him and lower the amount of power he has in my life. In other news, I've been integrating Fire for almost two weeks, and am getting ready to work with Air. It's been an interesting two weeks. I've been really energized and have had trouble falling asleep. I have found that when I am home I have been running around taking care of a lot of the little things I've put off before. At work it has been a similar story. I've had a couple people comment on the amount of work I have been getting done and how proactive I appear lately. I ended up being in charge of the PT program for my company for about a week now due to all of the aforementioned stuff. In that realm, I have been even more keyed up... Normally I find myself at least a little worn out after PT in the morning but for the last week and a half or so, I have actually felt more energized. I must say, I love it. Other than that, I've been gathering supplies for further Work.
I'm planning something similar to what Fr RO shows in lesson 5 for a daimon trap. I am changing it a little though. I am planning similar initial traps, but I am searching for a bronze urn that I could place all five of the traps into and then further seal it. Short of that, I have also been looking at bronzed jewelry boxes. I think I could make use of one for this purpose. In the course of it all, I am sure that I will change and further adapt until I decide on a final way to store the traps. Also, I finally got my bookshelves moved to the one empty bedroom and have been setting it up as my Working room. I've placed my main altar/table of manifestation, as well as two other, smaller, altars. One of those is dedicated to St Cyprian of Antioch, St Michael the Archangel and St Mary Queen of the Angels and Saints. The other is dedicated to Santa Muerte, The Honored Dead, and my Ancestors. Having set these up, I have noticed things are going smoother overall, and there has been a rise in the amount of spiritual activity around me. This is quite a heartening thing for me, it makes me feel much more confident in my choices to set these altars up.
On the more mundane side of life, my History of Western Civilization class has ended. I did manage to get everything turned in before the final deadline and I pulled a decent grade. The next class is probably going to end up being Theology 101, but that is only if I don't deploy. I don't want to sign up for a class and then deploy and be unable to complete it. Andrew B. Watt I would be quite pleased to have a chance for us to chat a bit on the content of this blog, on being a chaplain, and on just about anything else. In reference to keeping on the school work, it is far from boring. Even the things I have little interest in are not really boring to me. Despite the lack of time due to training, I thoroughly loved being in a class again and actively learning. And, I will be writing more often, as I get time and have something to write on. I will be looking forward to reading your comments, though due to sudden spam I will be making all commentary require my review before posting to the entry.
So, on to my Red Work update. Overall things are going well. Previously I had mentioned that RO's style of meditation was kicking my ass. It still is, but not as badly and I have been reaping benefit from it. I've noticed that the feelings of doubt in reference to the efficacy of my prayers have lessened. I think this is primarily because I turned that meditation and contemplation toward those feelings and realized that they aren't really coming from an internal source. If I had to guess(though this isn't a guess, this is something I am sure of), I would say that these feelings are brought on by my Evil Daimon in order to try and stop me from progressing to where I will bind him and lower the amount of power he has in my life. In other news, I've been integrating Fire for almost two weeks, and am getting ready to work with Air. It's been an interesting two weeks. I've been really energized and have had trouble falling asleep. I have found that when I am home I have been running around taking care of a lot of the little things I've put off before. At work it has been a similar story. I've had a couple people comment on the amount of work I have been getting done and how proactive I appear lately. I ended up being in charge of the PT program for my company for about a week now due to all of the aforementioned stuff. In that realm, I have been even more keyed up... Normally I find myself at least a little worn out after PT in the morning but for the last week and a half or so, I have actually felt more energized. I must say, I love it. Other than that, I've been gathering supplies for further Work.
I'm planning something similar to what Fr RO shows in lesson 5 for a daimon trap. I am changing it a little though. I am planning similar initial traps, but I am searching for a bronze urn that I could place all five of the traps into and then further seal it. Short of that, I have also been looking at bronzed jewelry boxes. I think I could make use of one for this purpose. In the course of it all, I am sure that I will change and further adapt until I decide on a final way to store the traps. Also, I finally got my bookshelves moved to the one empty bedroom and have been setting it up as my Working room. I've placed my main altar/table of manifestation, as well as two other, smaller, altars. One of those is dedicated to St Cyprian of Antioch, St Michael the Archangel and St Mary Queen of the Angels and Saints. The other is dedicated to Santa Muerte, The Honored Dead, and my Ancestors. Having set these up, I have noticed things are going smoother overall, and there has been a rise in the amount of spiritual activity around me. This is quite a heartening thing for me, it makes me feel much more confident in my choices to set these altars up.
On the more mundane side of life, my History of Western Civilization class has ended. I did manage to get everything turned in before the final deadline and I pulled a decent grade. The next class is probably going to end up being Theology 101, but that is only if I don't deploy. I don't want to sign up for a class and then deploy and be unable to complete it. Andrew B. Watt I would be quite pleased to have a chance for us to chat a bit on the content of this blog, on being a chaplain, and on just about anything else. In reference to keeping on the school work, it is far from boring. Even the things I have little interest in are not really boring to me. Despite the lack of time due to training, I thoroughly loved being in a class again and actively learning. And, I will be writing more often, as I get time and have something to write on. I will be looking forward to reading your comments, though due to sudden spam I will be making all commentary require my review before posting to the entry.
Very interesting! I look forward to reading more. Thank you for your service as well. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt is good to hear all of your hard work is paying off for you. Needed a break from my own exploding mind from all the school work piling up on the coffee table. I wanted to comment on your short rambling about friday the thirteenth. Experiance has taught me that if there is an important life changing event that day it tends to be very good even if at the time said event is a tragity. Exampe, my friend unfortunate car accident friday the 13th 2005. So sad having lost a friend at such a young age, but so many people's lives were changed and redirected the way they needed to go; those same people learned lessons that were truely life altering. Second, birth of my daughter, once again, friday the thirteenth. Life altering, and even if it was unexpected and so many hurdles to jump lessons were learned and good came from it. So in a horrible long winded way, gotta agree. Sorry, still can't spell at all.
ReplyDeleteSounds good. My Daimon traps seem to have been quite successful, and the small box stuffed out of the way in my ritual supplies basket in a closet seems to be quite successful. I'm thinking of sealing the box, with a printout of my diary entries about the work inside it, so that when someone finds it and pries open the box, they don't immediately go after the daimon traps to find goodies inside them. Although I recall that somewhere in the work, RO points out that often the work to bind the demons is enough... it may not matter if they later get 'freed'... the act of ritually confining them is sufficient. Of course, now I can't FIND That comment, but I recall it as being in there.
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