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"The highest tides, called spring tides, are formed when the earth, sun and moon are lined up in a row. This happens every two weeks during a new moon or full moon." ~Tides | Coasts | Earth processes | OneGeology Kids | eXtra | OneGeology (Basic facts of the Moon)
The earth, sun, and moon are lined up in a row and the orientation of the moon affects us (gravity) as it pulls the water unto it's highest tides. Since we came from the water, this is a great mark in celebrating our lives--our births, living, aging, and dying. This is a time for giving water offerings as we in East Coast (Virginia here) are seeing water turn into snow and ice.
What will you do on this full moon occasion?
While I am not a modern pagan, I do find significance in paying respect to other religions (which is not just a "pagan" practice). We don't need to take ideas from them and mix them with our own beliefs. We can look as an student and observant and take in new information about others and how others identify themselves.
Abrahamic followers, what would you do today outside your comfort zone? Without incorporating other beliefs into yours, are their beliefs pagan (non Abrahamic) in nature to which you can learn more about an accept them for their authenticity within itself? Can you identify with some things that are not your personal beliefs?
Non-eclectic modern pagans (witches, Wiccans, druids, and the like), while you respect other faiths, today, as a Norse believer can you identify with those who believe in God yet not in the way you are accustomed to? Wiccans, can you imagine a life without a Goddess or a God by identifying with an atheist will good morals without depending on supernatural means to define their morals?
Those who believe in a variety of Eastern faiths, how would you see life in the eyes of a Abrahamic monothestic light? (Not through the bias of how people define their faith rather than the faith itself). Can you imagine a life without Oneness where diversity is seen as a hierarchy rather than a differing beliefs combined in One whole? What about our Buddha-nature, is it possible you can identify with someone who needs someone to save them from their sinful nature? Or possibly someone who does not have illusions but are suffering from the external causes of supernatural forces such as the devil?
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I was thinking about my own comfort zone. Can I live without my ancestors? What if I were an atheist and did not believe in prayer, how would my life be? I think if I were an atheist, I'd still keep the morals that I'm trying to build good relations with my family. Instead of prayer and offerings, I'd just pay my respects at my family's graves and talk about the good times with living family members.
What I'd admire about being a Muslim, as with Catholicism, they have a high regards to devotion with God. I'd mirror that devotion and structure in prayer and if I believed in God and how they practice, I'd probably be Muslim myself.
As we learn from each other in Religious Forums, hopefully we can respect each other. As we respect each other we start to accept the authenticity of each other's beliefs while, at the same time, not calling them our own.
What will you do to celebrate life and these morals, such as respect, that comes with living?
The earth, sun, and moon are lined up in a row and the orientation of the moon affects us (gravity) as it pulls the water unto it's highest tides. Since we came from the water, this is a great mark in celebrating our lives--our births, living, aging, and dying. This is a time for giving water offerings as we in East Coast (Virginia here) are seeing water turn into snow and ice.
What will you do on this full moon occasion?
"Explore Religious Diversity. One of the great things about modern Witchcraft is the way we gather what is good and useful from many cultures and experiences and pull them all together into something that works for us as Pagans. But it is easy to get stuck in a rut. If you normally tend towards one particular pantheon or culture (Celtic, for instance, or Greek), why not make the effort to explore something further out of your comfort zone? Find out something about Yemaya, for instance (African) or the Norse gods (like Thor). Offer to share some of your Pagan beliefs with yours; you'd be surprised how many people have no idea what it is we believe in, and would be interested in learning about it."
~Llewellyn's 2014 (Magical Almanac) Practical Magic for Everyday Living
While I am not a modern pagan, I do find significance in paying respect to other religions (which is not just a "pagan" practice). We don't need to take ideas from them and mix them with our own beliefs. We can look as an student and observant and take in new information about others and how others identify themselves.
Abrahamic followers, what would you do today outside your comfort zone? Without incorporating other beliefs into yours, are their beliefs pagan (non Abrahamic) in nature to which you can learn more about an accept them for their authenticity within itself? Can you identify with some things that are not your personal beliefs?
Non-eclectic modern pagans (witches, Wiccans, druids, and the like), while you respect other faiths, today, as a Norse believer can you identify with those who believe in God yet not in the way you are accustomed to? Wiccans, can you imagine a life without a Goddess or a God by identifying with an atheist will good morals without depending on supernatural means to define their morals?
Those who believe in a variety of Eastern faiths, how would you see life in the eyes of a Abrahamic monothestic light? (Not through the bias of how people define their faith rather than the faith itself). Can you imagine a life without Oneness where diversity is seen as a hierarchy rather than a differing beliefs combined in One whole? What about our Buddha-nature, is it possible you can identify with someone who needs someone to save them from their sinful nature? Or possibly someone who does not have illusions but are suffering from the external causes of supernatural forces such as the devil?
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I was thinking about my own comfort zone. Can I live without my ancestors? What if I were an atheist and did not believe in prayer, how would my life be? I think if I were an atheist, I'd still keep the morals that I'm trying to build good relations with my family. Instead of prayer and offerings, I'd just pay my respects at my family's graves and talk about the good times with living family members.
What I'd admire about being a Muslim, as with Catholicism, they have a high regards to devotion with God. I'd mirror that devotion and structure in prayer and if I believed in God and how they practice, I'd probably be Muslim myself.
As we learn from each other in Religious Forums, hopefully we can respect each other. As we respect each other we start to accept the authenticity of each other's beliefs while, at the same time, not calling them our own.
What will you do to celebrate life and these morals, such as respect, that comes with living?
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