Rituals

I'm reading Eat Pray Love these days, which is a fabulous book. I didn't realize at all that I would learn so much from it. It's rejuvenated my understanding of meditation for instance, and has made me want to actively practice again. Her insights into her own struggles and how she's approached God (my Universe) and her own divinity have held such gems of truth in my own seemingly (at times) chaotic path.

One of the concepts she touches upon just briefly is ritual. Of course as a Green Witch ritual is a big part of my life. I find comfort in all sorts of rituals but this is something I had to grow into. It's interesting but a few years ago, I just wouldn't allow myself any time for ritual. SO even if I somehow managed to settle down for one - my mind was in such a flurry of thought and "busyness" that I couldn't fully be present for the ritual really at all.

How Elizabeth describe ritual is as an act that allows you to deal with and pass off to your soul things that you yourself can't quite understand or can't quite fix on your own. This is a loose paraphrase but that is the gist of what I understood her to say.

Thinking of ritual in this way gave me a flash of energy to continue my practice. It's interesting the way things happen with me lately. It seems like I'll feel the urge to do something, not quite being sure why. I'll begin it anyway and then a few weeks later will happen upon some gem of wisdom that unravels why this practice or activity has come into my life.

I'm liking this. It means to me that I'm listening to my inner voice and so on the path of least resistance, no matter how unsure it may seem in the moment:).

Here's Eat, Pray, Love's amazon link in case you want to see what other people thought as well. It's definitely at your library (one of my favorite places) and of course amazon is always glad to send you one:).