a wonderful daily devotional to set up pagans for the day

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Posted by sassy:

Pagan thought for the Day:

May I nuture my spirit/energy and wonder in the beauty of nature around me, from the colours in the stones to the patterns of a spider's web. When I am no more, my energy will join with the energy of the universe and I will be in the gentle wind and the flash of lightening and in this I am content.

Posted by sassy:

Universal Energy
Some day soon I'll return to thee.
I'll see the world with an eagle's eye
Or be in the sound of a seagull's cry
I'll dip in the flowers with butterfly wings
or be in the wonder the snowdrop brings.
I'll be on the breeze as it cools your brow
or in the storm as the wind does howl.
I'll be in the rivers, I'll be in the trees
and live again in your memories.
I'll melt with the spirit of those gone before
and we'll dance in the wild wood with joy evermore.
Universal Energy
Until that time comes, Blessed Be.

eddie wrote:Posted by sassy:

Universal Energy
Some day soon I'll return to thee.
I'll see the world with an eagle's eye
Or be in the sound of a seagull's cry
I'll dip in the flowers with butterfly wings
or be in the wonder the snowdrop brings.
I'll be on the breeze as it cools your brow
or in the storm as the wind does howl.
I'll be in the rivers, I'll be in the trees
and live again in your memories.
I'll melt with the spirit of those gone before
and we'll dance in the wild wood with joy evermore.
Universal Energy
Until that time comes, Blessed Be.

Beautiful! I like this.

Post some more :-)

eddie wrote:

eddie wrote:Posted by sassy:

Universal Energy
Some day soon I'll return to thee.
I'll see the world with an eagle's eye
Or be in the sound of a seagull's cry
I'll dip in the flowers with butterfly wings
or be in the wonder the snowdrop brings.
I'll be on the breeze as it cools your brow
or in the storm as the wind does howl.
I'll be in the rivers, I'll be in the trees
and live again in your memories.
I'll melt with the spirit of those gone before
and we'll dance in the wild wood with joy evermore.
Universal Energy
Until that time comes, Blessed Be.

Beautiful! I like this.

Post some more :-)

Thanks, I'll have to write some more.

Like that one Vic.

although not specifically a pagan writing


this aught to be in every pagans mind

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

© Max Ehrmann 1927

atheism still doesn't make the phrase "lost my faith" any easier to say. It sounds so negative. It sounds as if something that you value is no longer in your possession...I don't feel as if I have lost anything; instead it's just the opposite. I feel as if I have found something very valuable, indeed. I have found myself.

- Jerry DeWit

OBJECTION.......

go start your own thread you you ....athiest you.....

Was out in the garden today, watching the changes in the trees and the birds, been mulling over in my head (always dangerous lol)


Spring, and the roots of the oak dig deep in the earth
and the earth nourishes it
The nourishment courses through it's sap
it unfurls, it's leaves uncurling, it's branches reaching out.
The bark of the tree gives a home to insects
the branches of the trees give a home to birds and squirrels
the blossom of the tree feeds the butterflies
the leaves of the tree feeds the bugs.

Autumn, and the tree begins to rest
it's leaves slowly spiral to earth
and the children play in them
the acorns fall and the squirrels collect them
the leaves as they rot come alive with insects
and their nourishment feeds the earth.
The cycle of life, the transforming of energies
The wheel turns, all changes, all stays the same

We go on, at whatever stage of the cycle we have reached
We go on.

darknessss wrote:OBJECTION.......

go start your own thread you you ....athiest you.....

korban dallas wrote:

darknessss wrote:although not specifically a pagan writing


this aught to be in every pagans mind

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

© Max Ehrmann 1927

I don't have a religion as most of you know....but this I LOVE!
To be honest, I think the above is how I would describe "God's" words to all humans.

Going to nick this Vic x

1. Life is about making an impact, not making an income. –Kevin Kruse

2. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

3. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein

4. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.  –Robert Frost

5. I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightingale

6. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t t
ake. –Wayne Gretzky

7. I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan

8. The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

9. Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth

10. Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone

11. Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse

12. Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon

13. We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale

14.Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain

15.Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. –Charles Swindoll

16. The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker

17. The mind is everything. What you think you become.  –Buddha

18. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb

19. An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates

20. Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen


http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/05/28/inspirational-quotes/

darknessss wrote:OBJECTION.......

go start your own thread you you ....athiest you.....

Yeah, atheists don't really need any kind of daily devotion to set us up for the day. Knowing you're a member of the species closest to god-like that actually exists is kind of intoxicating on its own

darknessss wrote:

that's brilliant..

darknessss wrote:

I like this very much

Ben_Reilly wrote:

darknessss wrote:OBJECTION.......

go start your own thread you you ....athiest you.....

Yeah, atheists don't really need any kind of daily devotion to set us up for the day. Knowing you're a member of the species closest to god-like that actually exists is kind of intoxicating on its own

To late Korben has

Now I challenge thee non-believers

And Knowing that you are not even close to the closest to god like is even better

Meditation frees your mind and takes you to the deep quiet place within, where all your troubles are forgotten and your essence soars like an eagle in flight. I bless the day I started back in the 60s, for I would not have been able to bear the curved balls life has thrown at me without it.

And here’s one of my own creations:

A PRAYER FOR PAGANS

Blessed be our Earth mother
          Who gave us  life.

Blessed be the gods of the deep seas
          Who fostered us.

Blessed be the gods of the elements
          Who breathed feeling into us.

Blessed be the goddess of our passions
          Who breathed desire into us.

Blessed be the gods of the worlds between
          Who gave us the gift of seeing
          And knowing the way.

Blessed be our guides and mentors,
         We pray you will be with us
         Night and day.

stardesk wrote:And here’s one of my own creations:

A PRAYER FOR PAGANS

Blessed be our Earth mother
          Who gave us  life.

Blessed be the gods of the deep seas
          Who fostered us.

Blessed be the gods of the elements
          Who breathed feeling into us.

Blessed be the goddess of our passions
          Who breathed desire into us.

Blessed be the gods of the worlds between
          Who gave us the gift of seeing
          And knowing the way.

Blessed be our guides and mentors,
         We pray you will be with us
         Night and day.

That is lovely Stardesk.

Thank you Nems. I've been writing poetry for years. I love our language, there is so much you can do with it.

Wrote this quick one when it was cold Stardesk:

Cold and ice
rather nice
curled in the warmth of the fire
Lack of sun
Not much fun
When a roof is all you desire.



Enjoyed the Prayer for Pagans

Mother Moon is in the sky tonight
Might be that her silver light's for me
Could it be that she paves the way for me?

Mother Moon do you know my fate?
Tell me, where should I wait..oh oh
Send your chariot I won't be late oh no


Little lyric I wrote when I was about twelve. I had a little piano melody to go with it Hahahahaha
Funny how I can still remember the tune and the lyrics after all these years :-)

The only one I remember is "The Ballard of Eskimo Nell"

The wind is stirring the leaves
and they whisper to me
I am life.
The sun is warming the flowers
and they whisper to me
I am life
The circle continues
The energy grows
I am life
I am life
I am life

stardesk wrote:Thank you Nems. I've been writing poetry for years. I love our language, there is so much you can do with it.

It is a beautiful language Stardesk, hope you will share some more with us

eddie wrote:Mother Moon is in the sky tonight
Might be that her silver light's for me
Could it be that she paves the way for me?

Mother Moon do you know my fate?
Tell me, where should I wait..oh oh
Send your chariot I won't be late oh no


Little lyric I wrote when I was about twelve. I had a little piano melody to go with it Hahahahaha
Funny how I can still remember the tune and the lyrics after all these years :-)

Aww thats lovely Edds, imagine remembering it after all these years!

veya_victaous wrote:

i love that picture , but not the message underneath

how very odd that pagans are cool but christians aren't

they are after all different branches of the same tree.

ummmm....no

ok christians never did human sacrifice. do you still do that or is it frowned on these days

well its kinda frowned on these days for some reason....

however unlike christians,(and in general the abrahamic followers), pagans in general havnt been known for starting wars of anhillation over "whos god has a bigger dick"

we dont (unlike christians ) go round telling everyone else how to live (and especially we dont go round telling people OUR deities are minutely interested in your sex life)

oh ,,,and if we LIKE "your" god we will happily give him/her a nod too

did you know

pagan groups (like wiccans) were the first religious groups to fully accept gay marriage...even bfore it was made law gay pagans could have their union blessed by a priest or priestess

the same when "civil unions" were permitted

the rest (and law) has just caught up ....almost)

Here you go, another one:

SONG TO NATURE

Mother of Pan, Nature,
hail to your opulent
kin of omnipotent
rainbowed rapture,
bent on incontinent
desires not indecent
like mortal rupture.

Lady of life, Flora,
accept this joyous praise
for the fragrant aura
your children raise.

For worlds revealed
to the Poet's eye,
shining bravely in congealed
societies that stupify.

darknessss wrote:well its kinda frowned on these days for some reason....

however unlike christians,(and in general the abrahamic followers), pagans in general havnt been known for starting wars of anhillation over "whos god has a bigger dick"

we dont (unlike christians ) go round telling everyone else how to live (and especially we dont go round telling people OUR deities are minutely interested in your sex life)

oh ,,,and if we LIKE "your" god   we will happily give him/her a nod too

well apart from a certain member here.
but aren't pagans just hippies with a hood these days

hardly they are now recognised within law as a religion

the numbers are incresing

dont judge pagans by what you see on TV etc...

90% of pagans belong to groups that SEEK no publicity etc

there are many many different pagan groups

Oh and MOST of thhose fruit loops prancing round stonehenges on solstice nights havnt a clue.....

but hey ...they are harmless.....

Each morning I sing the sun awake,

Each night I greet the moon's soft light.

The trees are the pillars of my church.

The stones my pews and pious altar.

I live as one with all the realms:

May the earth always support my body.

May the sky ever stretch above my head.

May the waters ever surround my spirit.

May I know the shape of the cosmos,

until my dying day,

And may I join it joyfully,

When that day has come.

the above was more "wiccan" than druid

here is "the" druid prayer

akin to the lords prayer as used by our christian fellows

an alternative version

darknessss wrote:Each morning I sing the sun awake,

Each night I greet the moon's soft light.

The trees are the pillars of my church.

The stones my pews and pious altar.

I live as one with all the realms:

May the earth always support my body.

May the sky ever stretch above my head.

May the waters ever surround my spirit.

May I know the shape of the cosmos,

until my dying day,

And may I join it joyfully,

When that day has come.

Says everything, may we always live that way, till we blend with the energy of the universe and become the things we love.

Nems wrote:

eddie wrote:Mother Moon is in the sky tonight
Might be that her silver light's for me
Could it be that she paves the way for me?

Mother Moon do you know my fate?
Tell me, where should I wait..oh oh
Send your chariot I won't be late oh no


Little lyric I wrote when I was about twelve. I had a little piano melody to go with it Hahahahaha
Funny how I can still remember the tune and the lyrics after all these years :-)

Aww thats lovely Edds, imagine remembering it after all these years!

I know it's kind of odd sometimes how I remember things like that and yet forget what I went into my bedroom for

for eddie