Yesterday Morning's Thought

[qos]

A significant portion of my spiritual practice involves shamanism, which means that on a fairly regular basis I have meaningful conversations with beings who most people don't believe exist.


This has been true for quite some time, of course, but it was a particularly intense awareness yesterday. People would ask about my weekend and I wanted to reply, "I have a white cobra coming out of the top of my head."

But even I, who try to be 'out' about my spirituality as often as possible, am not quite willing to say that to most of the people at work. Especially not in the context of what is supposed to be innocuous water cooler chat.

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[professor-mom.livejournal.com]

If I'm at work, I won't normally talk about my spiritual life. One time though, when I was working in a toxic work situation, I whispered loudly, "Goddess, please help me." And a coworker heard me. She didn't say anything though. Just looked at me oddly.

[qos.livejournal.com]

Sometimes people ask about the book I'm reading, or about a necklace or other jewelry I'm wearing, and I will answer honestly -- although perhaps not with the full truth, depending on my relationship with that person.

I've worked here for almost three years now, and I figure that people have already formulated their opinions about me.