Going without.
Through this trecena we are seeing the ways in which we can realistically "be spiritual". Creating for the future was yesterday's way; today, we get the lesson of doing without. This is where it all kind of went wrong; like anything, it can be taken without proper balance and an extreme version put in place: purism. In any body, any relation with, let's say a plant, a beverage or a substance, can be highly beneficial and even necessary if it's kept with balance. Keeping balance means that there are moments, days, when you do without that relation. This moment without is highly necessary and beneficial, it keeps the balance, it regulates the body and keeps the relationship healthy.
Within a context where everyone seemed hopelessly hooked to something, it is no wonder that spiritual teachings highlighted the need for this regulation, they attempted to explain that happiness and transcendence did not come from this unique relationship on its own, and that many times it distracted us or blocked us from having other relationships, like with a conscious cosmos. Words like fanatical or addictive were conjured to describe this unhealthy behavior.
Tooj as an entity dedicated to seeing for the reciprocity principles like Karma-dharma and purification processes, is happy to explain today in a balanced way how we've gone terribly wrong understanding the principle of purity. Tomorrow's nawal will join the teaching saying doing what is fair, being just, is not a moral competition. Morality is not about being "cleaner" than others. In the same way, being "more pure" or being able to live "with less" is not in this way, a prize or a gain celebrated by anyone except the ego. Despite this, the idea of energetic or moral superiority has become the foundational stone for many "spiritual" practices.
Today invites us to leave this "abstentionism" cult and enter a sacred balance of doing without. The point of an offering, of a ceremony, is also so that we can go without, so that we share some of what we have and keep balance on what we need, meaning, need less. If we can frame this correctly and enter a balanced understanding with what is truly sacred, honoring the body and the needs and every living entity, then all stigmas and negative projections onto beings, foods, entities, substances and spirits should dissolve. We have the power and responsibility for what we choose to allow to hurt us or do us good. The measure of something being good to us, is that it allows us to go without it too.
Going without.
Through this trecena we are seeing the ways in which we can realistically "be spiritual". Creating for the future was yesterday's way; today, we get the lesson of doing without. This is where it all kind of went wrong; like anything, it can be taken without proper balance and an extreme version put in place: purism. In any body, any relation with, let's say a plant, a beverage or a substance, can be highly beneficial and even necessary if it's kept with balance. Keeping balance means that there are moments, days, when you do without that relation. This moment without is highly necessary and beneficial, it keeps the balance, it regulates the body and keeps the relationship healthy.
Within a context where everyone seemed hopelessly hooked to something, it is no wonder that spiritual teachings highlighted the need for this regulation, they attempted to explain that happiness and transcendence did not come from this unique relationship on its own, and that many times it distracted us or blocked us from having other relationships, like with a conscious cosmos. Words like fanatical or addictive were conjured to describe this unhealthy behavior.
Tooj as an entity dedicated to seeing for the reciprocity principles like Karma-dharma and purification processes, is happy to explain today in a balanced way how we've gone terribly wrong understanding the principle of purity. Tomorrow's nawal will join the teaching saying doing what is fair, being just, is not a moral competition. Morality is not about being "cleaner" than others. In the same way, being "more pure" or being able to live "with less" is not in this way, a prize or a gain celebrated by anyone except the ego. Despite this, the idea of energetic or moral superiority has become the foundational stone for many "spiritual" practices.
Today invites us to leave this "abstentionism" cult and enter a sacred balance of doing without. The point of an offering, of a ceremony, is also so that we can go without, so that we share some of what we have and keep balance on what we need, meaning, need less. If we can frame this correctly and enter a balanced understanding with what is truly sacred, honoring the body and the needs and every living entity, then all stigmas and negative projections onto beings, foods, entities, substances and spirits should dissolve. We have the power and responsibility for what we choose to allow to hurt us or do us good. The measure of something being good to us, is that it allows us to go without it too.
