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Thanks to the friends who responded to my previous entry. Your responses helped me refine my own thoughts about worship.
According to my own sense of things, "worship" has not been a regular part of my spiritual path for quite some time. I have a close relationship with Ereshkigal, serve Her, respect Her, even love Her -- but most of our interactions tend to be on the pragmatic level.
Except for the intimacy. . . Hmmm. . . Maybe that is a form of worship? I hadn't considered that.
After reading the comments on the earlier entry, I realized that when I think of "worship" I think of it almost as a love note to the Divine. It's not my daily practices. It's not prayer or journeying or the day-to-day living out of the relationship.
Worship is time set aside to adore, to praise, to be grateful. To be meaningful it must arise from authentic love, adoration, awe, and/or gratitude. It's a time to focus on Her rather than myself. It's not a time to do work. It's a time to feel, to be still and dwell in the Presence, to offer up/back the love and gifts that have been received, to appreciate and affirm.
And as I read back over this, and contemplate my reconciliation with Her today, I think that it's something I want and need to do more of.
As always, my thoughts are not intended to negate or "correct" anyone else's ideas or practices. These are just my thoughts about my own path and practice.
According to my own sense of things, "worship" has not been a regular part of my spiritual path for quite some time. I have a close relationship with Ereshkigal, serve Her, respect Her, even love Her -- but most of our interactions tend to be on the pragmatic level.
Except for the intimacy. . . Hmmm. . . Maybe that is a form of worship? I hadn't considered that.
After reading the comments on the earlier entry, I realized that when I think of "worship" I think of it almost as a love note to the Divine. It's not my daily practices. It's not prayer or journeying or the day-to-day living out of the relationship.
Worship is time set aside to adore, to praise, to be grateful. To be meaningful it must arise from authentic love, adoration, awe, and/or gratitude. It's a time to focus on Her rather than myself. It's not a time to do work. It's a time to feel, to be still and dwell in the Presence, to offer up/back the love and gifts that have been received, to appreciate and affirm.
And as I read back over this, and contemplate my reconciliation with Her today, I think that it's something I want and need to do more of.
As always, my thoughts are not intended to negate or "correct" anyone else's ideas or practices. These are just my thoughts about my own path and practice.
