As part of working with a silent entity (it’s the closest I can get to permission to share his identity ). I’d like to share some of the benefits of listening.
Picture by Bruce Rolff
First. We’re busy, we’re noisy. Yes, I said we’re noisy, not the world, us. What do I mean. Well I’ll share a little of my daily routine.
I get up, I check my phone and clear off messages (noise).
I get ready to the sound of the radio (noise)
I drink my cuppa with the news, to checkup on the world. I put the news on (noise)
I light a candle to the gods (after all this noise)
I go to work. As I drive, the radios on (noise)
I come home, catch up on chores to the radio (noise)
I sit and relax, maybe read a book, but in the background is either the radio/tv (noise)
I then go to bed, exhausted!!!
I wake up exhausted, and I do it all over again.
Stop! What this spirit has been teaching, is what is silence. It’s not about going to a retreat to get silence, no, I’m in no position to do that. It’s about listening not hearing, but really learning to listen. The gods don’t shout (well most don’t, but Loki does, but can you blame him, how noisy is our world )
We need sustainability and endurance in this life, not a quick hit.
Lighting a candle, doing a ritual, catching up on our favourite witch channel, is a quick hit, it fills us, then it’s gone. How do we get sustainability and endurance in our spiritual life, well, we need to draw on the energy from the gods or nature, and we can only do that if we listen, and we can only listen if we turn off our noise.
So in the morning, don’t check the phone.
Don’t turn on the news/radio
Don’t light the candle
Don’t do that ritual
Don’t read that book
Make your cuppa, and sit and listen and you will receive a morning message from the gods (your god/deity/spirit).
And your day will feel different. Over time, that dissatisfied feeling will start to fade, you’ll start to feel content and at peace despite the chaos and noise. You’ll start to wake up refreshed. Yes we need to stay in tune with world events, but not every day.
It’s hard to do, because we’re being asked to change, perhaps a routine that we’ve done for years, but it’s worth it. And on your day off, don’t fill it with noise, try and do whatever you’re doing, in quiet - try taking one day, every month, and create your own retreat, absolute silence, and do, hear, read nothing, - you’ll hear the gods.
This new deity, is teaching me, that the gods don’t scream. They’re not in the storm, they’re not in the hustle of life, they whisper to us and that whisper breathes into our mind and body a gentle calming peaceful energy.
The message is easy, the world is noisy enough, do I need to add more?
My first message was, “What are you doing? You’re out there doing stuff for me but you’re not with me”
It’s nice to finally be able to share some of what I’m experiencing with this entity. I hope this is helpful, let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions on more ways we can do this.
Bless