Angel's Thoughts about Spirituality/Religion/Science/Healing

Observation Journal - From the Mystery of Truth.

The Three Mysteries are always present in our lives.  It may be argued that it is impossible to be alive without participating in them.  The purpose of this task is to become aware of the Mysteries as they naturally unfold in  your life.

Keep a journal for at least one month.  Each week, ask yourself these questions:

What have I done this week that was creative?

What have I learned this week?

What have I done this week that affected my relationships?

Answer these questions in your journal.  Each entry need not be long – a couple of sentences will suffice if need be, though you are welcome to write something longer.  At the end of the month, the journal should contain about 12 short entries.  This will serve as the submission report for this task.

A Gift - from the Mystery of Kinship

Make a gift to someone.  The recipient may be anyone, human or otherwise.  The point of this project is to be creative about what and how you give, to learn something about the recipient so that the gift is appropriate, and make the recipient feel good.  Describe the process of choosing the gift – especially the aspects of creativity and learning – and how you it affected your relationship with the recipient. The report should be no shorter than 200 words.

The Art is the deep order of the Mystery.  It is the currents of the Ocean, the rules according to which it moves, and according to which the waves arise on it’s surface.  It is also the impulse that sends the waves arising from the depths.

The Truth is what things Really are.  The Truth of a wave is it’s individual shape, as well as the water of which it is made.  If we assume that each wave has a purpose and a function, as some do, then the Truth also includes these things.  The Truth was so important to the ancient Druids, that simply to speak it with Power meant to bring it about.

The Kinship is the fundamental relationship between individual things in this World.  The waves upon the Ocean of Reality are connected by the very virtue of being upon, and of, the same Ocean.  They, are, by their nature, Kin.

In the simplest terms, the Art is how things are, the Truth is what things are, and the Kinship is how things relate to each other.

TDB Mysteries are meant to be a pathway for contemplation and meditation, as well as the focus of our liturgical Sacrament.

This is how we formally describe them in our Tradition:

The Art: Since times immemorial, the Ancients believed that the Cosmos comes into being according to the inner living and growing pattern that is the inspiration of creative genius. It is this pattern, and the process that creates it, that we call the Art.  From the primordial Chaos of potential, the Art brings forth the majesty of the Cosmos, growing and weaving like the living branches of the World Tree. The Art lives within each thing, as it does in the Cosmos entire. To honor the Art is to honor the Sacred beauty that is the One and the All.

The Truth: The Druids of Old had taught that it is by it’s Truth that each thing grows into fullness. It is Truth that is the seed, the root, and the flowering of virtue, and it is Truth that is the ultimate essence of the Art. It is by Truth that all good things come to be, and it is by Truth that all good things flourish.  It is by Truth that honorable power is gained and used - in beauty, in healing, and in magic. To honor Truth is to honor the Sacred meaning and purpose of each life.

The Kinship: The root and the branch of the Tree - by this Truth we are Kin. Blood and bone and spirit, we spring from the same Source as the greatest of stars and smallest of atoms. Nothing exists apart from this Kinship, and the ties of Kinship, in all it's guises, are Holy. All human beings exist as part of a family, a Whole - and it is by how they treat the ties, the relationships, and the mutual obligations inherent in being a part, as well as a whole, that they fulfill their Truth and their Art. To honor Kinship is to honor the Sacred ties, and the giving, and the taking, within the living Cosmos.