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The Faery Gate
Pagan Moon's answer to "Dear Abby". Here we welcome
questions for advice that anyone may come upon on their
spiritual quest. Lady True will answer, to the best
of her ability, based on her training as a priestess
for the past two years, education in psychology and
at least seven years experience working in human services.
The information is solely the opinion of Lady True and
does not involve legal or medical advice. While research
is done to inform the questioner, it should not replace
the information of a licensed practioner.
Please email Lady True at True@dreamseeker.org
with your questions.
Welcome to my column. I want to thank those that submitted
questions and hope that they will stimulate more questions
for future issues.
Dear Lady True,
In recent years I have come to see the world, and
the universe beyond, as a source of beauty in and of
itself, but also a random thing, without rhyme or reason.
Still, another part of me has always noticed what I
take to be omens of good things in the future. I would
like to believe that there is some pattern, some great
design, but the skeptic in me always comes to the conclusion
that things happen, affecting a future as yet unwritten.
I find that unknown future kind of exciting, but a part
of me wants to believe that things happen for a reason,
even the deaths of close friends and relatives and other
personal tragedies. I guess it's the old fate/free will
conundrum. Perhaps this is not a question per se, or
one that would take volumes to answer, but are we more
than just actors in a totally ad libbed universe? Do
things really happen for a reason?
Chris
Greetings Chris,
As you stated, this comes down to fate or free will.
I submit to you that rather than looking at this as
an "either or" situation one must realize
that fate and free will are both connected.
In some respects I understand how you can see us as
actors in a huge play, because of how our genetic make-up
and our environment influences us. However, ultimately,
I feel, we do have the power to overcome many things
and thus get the most from life.
Some people believe their future is written and perhaps
on some level it is. However, who wrote that future
is up for debate. It could be one's Higher Power, another
being altogether or even oneself. The point is that
the future can be altered by the will of the person.
How a person lives their life strengthens which future
they are heading towards but that does not mean another
future is not a possibility.
In answer to your second question, about things happening
for a reason, I first must say that I do not believe
in coincidences. Things that appear to be happening
for a reason usually are. Again the question comes back
to who is creating that action. Whose energy has made
it come about? As I stated above, it could come from
one's Higher Power, another being or oneself. Basically
what I believe is that there is both fate and free will.
How much of either, in any one person's life, depends
greatly on their religious, spiritual and personal beliefs.
For me, free will allows me to create my own fate.
To wrap this up (finally), I do not believe we are
just actors playing out a pre-written script, however,
I do believe that all things happen for a reason. Whose
reason or agenda is usually that which eludes us. But
more likely than not it is we who have created our past,
present and future.
"No fate but what we make" (Sarah Connor, Terminator
2…unusual reference but still pertinent), Lady True
Dear Lady True,
If you were conducting an activity, and there were
those around that did not believe . . . in your opinion,
would their combined thoughts of disbelief cancel out
any metaphysical activity that you were trying to achieve?
In that same train of thought: if you had a group
of believers, and a group of non-believers (say, in
magic), would the believers be able to achieve any of
the results that they believed in, or would the cloud
of disbelief be so strong as to banish any intent given
towards such goals?
Bright be thy day in the sun,
Wintershard
Greetings Wintershard,
My opinion, in this situation, depends on whether or
not the non-believer (s) are aware of the metaphysical
(magical) activity. For the non-believer they simply
do not believe. However, in my opinion, their non-belief
creates something akin to a shield, subconsciously,
which can counteract a magical working. The non-believer
is not aware of this shield occurring because it is
not something that they believe in. The non-believer
never has to believe in magic to cancel the working
out because the believer will hit the "shield" and unless
they are strong enough or can work through the "shield",
the working will fail.
If the non-believers are not aware of any possible
magical workings it is not as likely that their non-belief
will cancel an activity out. If they do not believe
and they are not aware that others, who do believe,
are doing a working, then they are not considering the
option of anyone working anything on them, against them
or around them. Essentially meaning their subconscious
is not re-enforcing their non-belief hence making them
more vulnerable to the strength of a believer's will.
When someone becomes aware then the strength of their
will (the strength of their non-belief in this particular
situation) could be stronger then the will of the person
or people performing the magical act and in essence
block, shield or cancel out the action at least from
the perspective of the believer. For the non-believer
nothing ever happened. It is not so much about belief
or non-belief in magic or the working but rather the
strength of those beliefs (i.e. will).
In closing I would like to include a reading that speaks
to me and reminds me to be open to all things and to
listen always:
The Hitch-Hiker
His presence along the road brought
me joy
Someone new, something new
Deeply, I listened-
The words came on and on.
Words with quite the sound
Words without a thread
There seems to be a wealth of knowledge,
The words keep coming on
Fantasy
Wisdom, not knowledge
Truth, not words.
I go.
{antar pushkara, 21st
century}
Many Blessings,
Lady True
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