I have been spending the last couple of weeks organizing my spiritual practices. I feel like have tried so many things, but it keeps coming back to the same kind of things. I feel like I need to unite everything into a simple, but layered set of practices that I can actually put into a plan. The biggest problem I have found so far is that the spiritual depth of the writing for things I like are really superficial. I really think I have gotten to the point in my own spiritual maturity that I have exceeded what is commonly passed off as spiritual.
The old pagan faiths are still of the mythical variety. Concepts of what it means to be good get embodied in fictional characters, and then sent on moral adventures to be tested. This simple mechanism is useful as long as everyone understands that the lessons are the important part. Alas, idiots mistake the elements used to convey the lesson for reality, and then they create fan-fiction to build more universe.
There must be a way to re-cast the fundamental teachings in order to understand the old ways as the mystical experiences they were meant to be. It should not discredit or undermine them, but it should expand and layer on deeper levels of understanding.
Exasperated sigh
I have turned my attention to my body for now. I must lose this weight and rebuild some muscle to get my energy and well-being restored. I have started keeping a food journal again to monitor my weight and what I eat again, but I have not done much to review and plan ahead. That will be the key to putting the journal to work.
I also had a good idea on how to do an electronic planner that accommodates tasks that come up along the day and need to be recorded. The top section is stuff that needs to be done. There is a line in the center for tasks that need to get logged. Then below the empty line is a record of the last tasks completed. As to-do items are acknowledged, they fall down into the completed tasks with the timestamp of completion. Maybe I can use my Rocketbook Index Cards for this function, and then make entries into my big journal as a reflection practice. Hmm.
Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice, and I have resolved to initiate a period of development for reflective and internal spiritual practices. I will be working on correspondences, finding literary readings, and composing short stanzas and other writings that I will use for a basic format of contemplation and practice. I will also be working out ways to fold all of these practices into a regimen that I can follow and develop into a stronger framework. Maybe I will start something of a Witchcraft 2.0.