Sunday Dinner with Family

Sunday evening L's and I took the Daughter up to southernselkie's house. My daughter and her stepdaughter went off to play and the grown-ups (her, me, my men, her husband) sat around for several hours, ate pizza, and talked about spirituality and energy work. It was the first time that uncrowned_king had formally met my brother-in-law, and it was nice to finally get that relationship established. I gave them both the details about the powerful and unprecedented-in-my-experience events which have been happening with me in the spiritual-energetic area, and we all shared the kinds of experiences that don't usually get talked about in normal conversation. It was especially neat to hear my BIL share that way, since I'd never heard any of his stories.

We left when my daughter came downstairs a little after eight to remind me that it was a school night and she needed to go home and get to bed.

I'm tired this morning, still a bit foggy-brained. I need to drink more water today than I did yesterday, and make sure to ground better than I did after yesterday's meditation class. a_belletrist helped a lot, but I suspect that I didn't finish off her work as I should have, since I had to rush off to an appointment.

Better get to work. . .

Another Interview

The ever-delightful jillwheezul asked me these questions. . .

1. What sort of experience did you have that indicated to you that you should follow a spiritual path in this life?

It wasn't a single experience, it was looking back along the path of my life and realizing that my spiritual life has always been one of my highest priorities and central concerns. Even during my period of atheism, after my existential crisis, I spent hours and hours journaling about what it meant to my existence if I didn't believe in God, and what that did to my ethics, and etc.

2. What was the bravest thing you have ever seen?
In person? Nothing comes to mind. Which is kind of sad. . .


3. It seems that writing comes easily to you. Is there some muse that helps you craft your thoughts into words?
No, there's not. There are people and spirits and themes which inspire me and sometimes demand that I write about them, but I don't get any help with the actual writing.


4. Have you found, in the last five years, any traits you see more clearly in both your mother and yourself?
I'd like to think that I am more generous than I used to be, and more like my mother in that way. I see more clearly my mother's patience, and I try to emulate that too.

5. Five words simply describing your goals for the next month...
Find new residence, walk lots

Happiness Is. . .

. . . listening to my lover and my daughter laughing uproariously together.