I've been thinking a lot lately about how our surroundings affect everything from our moods when we are in them to things deeper, like our ability to get along with others while in that space. I truly believe that while every witch should have a space set aside for magical workings, I also believe the home itself should be "sacred". The Goddess dwells in this space with us, along with some of her greatest blessings: our families, and yes, our selves.
If how you treat your space can affect you sp deeply, then it stands to reason that how we treat our bodies must affect us on an incredibly deeper level. After all, where do we live more completely and entirely than in our bodies? Where do we spend literally every single moment of our entire lives? Our bodies of course. And if what we put into our space can affect us, what about what we put into our truly personal and sacred space? If a negative object affects our home, what about junk food...how might that affect our bodies?
Let's take that a step further even...if what we put into our bodies actually affects our most sacred of all spaces, how might "junk" affect our bodies when it's mental? Are you putting too much junk into your body via means other than food, such as negaitve TV shows, engaging in "downer" type thoughts, or exposing yourself to unhealthy people and stressful situations?
I've been re-thinking my ways of doing things lately, and I've decided that I can make our home healthy and harmonious, but my family would truly benefit (as would I) if I turned the majority of that attention onto my first true sacred space. If I paid attention to every bite that went into my mouth and to every movie I put into my mind as much as I paid attention to every color I painted a wall or how well I've purified a peice of used furniture. The sacred space of the body is just as important as the sacred spaces outside of the body. It is important that we treat ourselves as the sacred beings that we are.
I have decided to make a serious attempt as watching the junk I eat and to give myself time to release the stresses I cannot help exposing myself to each day. I belive doing so honors our creator and our path as much as anything else we could do...sacred space I feel is so much more than a place. It can be a state of being as well.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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