Assignment 8

Core beliefs of your practice

This is a little assignment I thought all would benefit from. For this you will need to write your beliefs that you feel that you would teach, say your own child, or could use to explain your personal beliefs to others.


Here's my Example

Core Beliefs of Lady Silvervixen

1.) Harm none, unless in self defense and ONLY as a last resort.

2.) Always walk to the beat of your own drum (be yourself)

3.) Honor Nature and the Divine, keep them close to heart always

4.) Keep things simple, over complicating things that are simple, just makes things more frustrating and confusing.

5.) Always show respect even when it's not returned.

6.) Choose your battles wisely, sometimes it's best to just keep silence

7.) Help others When you can, but don't put yourself out in the process

8.) Always trust your instincts and follow your heart

9.) Never trespass on sacred ground, always seek permission

10.) Always try to find time to look within and seek answers there before looking at an outside source

11.) Research something new whenever possible, knowledge is power

12.) Always be kind and caring, showing love to those who you see as enemies is better than wasting energy on hating them

13.) If you don't know something, Ask.

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1. I believe in the rede "Harm None, Do as you will" and the 3 fold law "what ever you do comes back to you 3 times".
2. I believe in the Goddess, Nyx and her Consort Erebus
3. I believe in the Children of the Night are the children of Nyx
4. I believe in protecting nature and all living things.
5. I believe in peace with all living things.
6. I believe in love that brings all living things close together.
7. I believe in the energy that connects all living beings.

Core Beliefs of OpalRaven

1 ~ Always treat another person the way you would want to be treated.

2 ~ If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.

3 ~ Never start a fight only retaliate in self defense if there is no other way to resolve the situation.

4 ~ Don't always believe what you read.

5 ~ Never take someone elses truth as your truth.

6 ~ Never judge a book by it's cover.

7 ~ Treat the planet with respect.

8 ~ Forgive yourself when you make a mistake and learn from it.

9 ~ Allow yourself to be creative in whatever way you feel will benefit your spirit, Music, Art, Dancing ect..

10 ~ Stay true to yourself and your own beliefs even when others dont agree.

11 ~ Don't let hate for people that do you wrong eat away at you, Dislike them if you wish, forgive and move on.

1: always believe in what you think is right

2: stick up for others

3: what goes around comes around

4: (what I learned from my coven) The only stupid question is the question that isn't asked.

5: express yourself

1:never give up hope
2:you can't have happiness and love without the pain that comes with it
3:fight for your belives
4:learn all you can weather you like the topic or not it helps later in life
5:never fight a pointless fight
6:never harm our animal botheren
7:freaks (like myself) aren't bad just true to themselfs
8:follow and respect others rules and stuff when at their house

Fantastic everyone who's posted so far, are you all seeing the overlap of personal beliefs too? It's amazing how deep you all can be when it comes to personal beliefs.

CORE BELIEFS

-God/dess is an Immanent Force that resides in All Things.

-The Universe is the Body of Divinity and we are part of that Divine Whole, as Gods ourselves.

-Love is a Power that Transcends even the Gods and overcomes all oppression, torment, and slavery.

-The Universe is abundant enough to give you all that you could ever want or need if you have faith.

-Sexuality and the Erotic are Holy and should not be supressed or diminished in value or feared, but celebrated freely.

-The Ego is a vital aspect of the human being and as such, should not be obliterated, only tamed.

-All "Evil" is borne from personal disconnection to Divinity.

-We have the right to be as big and bold and beautiful as we need be, that there is room for all.

-There is no static form of perfection, for change is the only constant of existance.

-The Goddess is whole and complete in Hirself, her male being translated through her female. She needs no other to complete her.

And finally

-It was Desire that formed the worlds into being, and it is our Desire that shall set us free.