Who Am I?

I am...creative, fun, clever, sarcastic, smart, occasionally ignorant and blissfully unaware. I am a person of strong resolve and weak personal bubble. I love to speak my mind, and listen with all my being. I absorb most everything, and feel that everything is information.

I know, I feel, I hear, I listen, I sense, I understand, not everything, and not all at the same time.

Writer by trade, and Counselor by nature. I am attentive, and intuitive, both a gift and curse. I can be right, and hate to be wrong. I am the teddy bear, that will hold our secrets, and the blanket that will protect from fear.

I want change for the better, and always look for places to plant that seed. Most importantly and the bitter-sweet truth...I am Human...don't hold against me...just go with it.

Monday, March 21, 2011

A New Path

I've been Christian, technically, all my life. More or less, however, only the past six years. However there has always felt like something was quiet right, don't get me wrong I love me some Jesus and God. Yet there is a seemingly large disconnect to the earth and the and our ability to help people. Yes, We are charged to feed, clothe and help them in any way we can. Also the charge is given that we should love our neighbor. Thats what I do. Yet there is still something missing.

The missing part came in the form of a greener world, and not greener in a renew and reuse kinda way. Greener in a Green Thumb kinda way. I have a pagan friend and we spend a lot of time comparing and contrasting our religions. More comparison than contrasting really. But, thats not the point here, its one of the things that the bible mentions subtly and its left out of the Christian Faith. There are so many parallels between Pagan and Christian faiths, that it seems silly not to explore what we can use, combine, and take away from each other to better our purposes in this life.

Pagans often burn incense, combine herbs to help heal naturally, and offer oils for the use of anointing with a fragrance and intent of pleasing the Deity. This sounds very much like magic, or Witch craft, that should "have no place in Christian world." I would contest this statement, and I offer my evidence to contrary.

First, Oils and Ointments are a part of the Christian History and the culture from which Jesus was born. When he was born the honored him with gifts of Frakincence and Myrrh. Also As Jesus did his thing, he came across Mary, who anointed and cleaned his feet with expensive oils. There are MANY references to herbs and tinctures in the bible, so why do we ignore them in our faith?

My journey from this point on, will include this "Green Magic", herbalism, herbology, or natural remedies. I think that the connection of the earth offering ways to cure that which has been spawned from natural causes, fits nicely with the Golden Rule. As long as we take care of our piece of land, our piece of land will take care of us.

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