How do you know it's for you?

[anubisa]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

It feels right. I don't feel like I have to worship a particular deity. I feel like I am at home with the particular path I am on and that the deities that I worship are like a mother and father to me instead of a far away deity like the previous religion I was with.

[Katie Fae]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

Seeing all the little (and big) changes in nature around me daily, weekly and monthly, the moon phases and seasonal cycles. It's those constant changes and how what's out there mirrors what's inside me that lets me know I'm on the right path for me.

[monsno_leedra]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

I'd have to say the base reason is that it fulfills all my needs and motivations for my life. Motivations both from an aspect of encouraging and motivating me to do things as well as giving me a sense of reward or fulfillment towards things I pursue. it evolves as my needs, desires and expectations evolve to move it from what I suppose could be simple fantasy to a complex structure with boundaries, procedures and expectations of both reward and failure.

[Briton]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

It makes sense to me without requiring me to invent theological or cosmological nonsense which rests on assumptions. It gives me a framework to understand and, so far, has not been a barrier to understanding the natural world. It compliments it without mental gymnastics.

That's the one thing my path gives me, I'd say, because it gives me peace of mind and allows me to challenge myself intellectually.

[habbalah]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

Because it's helping to better me as a person.

[eightofcups]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

That my health has been steadily improving. I genuinely feel like my depression and anxiety are having less and less of a hold on me. This is a huge deal to me because my illness pretty much destroyed my life; I had lost everything, I dropped out of school, I was too sick to work, my agoraphobia was so severe I couldn't even leave my apartment, because of my depression all of my hobbies and interests felt meaningless to me. It was a miserable existence.
Now, I am recovering. And I can really feel it. I can enjoy things again, I can go outside now and each month that has gone by panic attacks get rarer.

[noface0711]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

There is always more, and more, and more to learn! I like it

[Briton]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

There is nobody to tell me I'm doing it wrong and "corrupting the faith".

Many a truth said in jest, genuinely this fact is relieving.

Largely, it's allowed me to express and explore what I have long believed. It has also caused me to be a lot more humble in my belief. I used to be preachy, now I avoid talking about my faith in person, because it's all "new". There is no baggage of orthodoxy and sectarianism and previous doctrines. Sure, there are some things I think are ridiculous, and I used to think were ridiculous before I even set off on this path and haven't changed, but I've never been more willing to say "If you want to believe that, that's fine, let's not argue over it.", whilst also not slipping in anything passive aggressive like "I can't understand why you would believe that, but I guess if you want...".

[faye_cat]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

Because I feel comfortable and relaxed. I'm learning and exploring without anxiety, my depression has lessened to a point and for a longer time frame than it ever has before, I'm able to relax and hear my intuition for the first time in forever, I am slowly becoming more productive and happier overall, and lessening the self hate.

[Thorbjorn]

[Rae'ya]

Re: How do you know it's for you?

There is always more, and more, and more to learn! I like it

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