Simpler, dangit. Simpler!

The more I absorb different writings and ideas about the Great Mother Dao, the more I want to cut through a lot of the excess that seems to exist in it. My current Priestess teacher said something powerful in our last one-on-one, about how at the end, it’s being a Goddess/Spirit worshipper… and the practices are generally the same things people have been doing for thousands of years to attend to that worship.

I also recently heard a quote about how rituals turn habits into something beautiful… and beauty is important to me. Rituals can change perception, sometimes for a lifetime. So I certainly see the value in them. Ceremony, without the labels. Without the hard requirements that just ego-fulfilling show and pretense.

In thinking about the kind of servant I want to be, I keep in mind that beautifying and honoring sacred space is going to be a part of that for me. At this point, I want to think about what everyday rituals beautify and add the sacred to my life, while keeping things simple. Someone once said that the Amish would approach a new technology with a querying attitude akin to: “Does this help us grow as a community?” And if not, it was discarded. This is so much simpler than some ceremonial types admonish.

There has to be space for the spontaneity of the Dao. Dao, noted at times as a way we decrease every day, instead of adding to ourselves. It’s all food for thought…