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Welcome to traveling THE PATH home sister!

Every single student goes through these periods, so first of all relax, take a deep breath and realise that you are NOT blocked, but rather simply treading water for a while.

There can be many many reasons for why students often encounter resistence along their journey. Broadly speaking the causes fall into two broad categories.

Procrastination from within or resistence coming from without.

Common forces from within can be fear of success, or fear of failure, fear of letting go of a life that is undertood to step into a new spiral of existence which may be less understood. Often laziness is a cloak worn by fear. For we all know that every action will have a reaction. Any spiritual work always finally leads towards the necessity of looking truthfully at ones self - and that can be a very scary, even terrifying concept.

Wicca is not really about herbs, circle casting and dressing in robes - these are simply methods not goals in themselves. Wicca is about self knowledge and self empowerment for the good of all. This can frighten the living stuffing out of most people when they realise what it really means.

Common forces from without may be purely physical, your energy and time are being sapped by other duties, but it may also be that the Entities that love and guide you from the Higher Spheres want you to understand something or change something in your life right now before progressing further.

My advice is to take a sensible and scientific approach.

* First forgive yourself. Say it out loud as an affirmation regularly for a couple of days.

* Before retiring for the night and when you first wake up in the morning repeat a statement like "I use ALL the powers of my mind to bring about a spiritual change and a spiritual advancement within myself at a pace and at an intensity that brings no harm to either myself or any other life form in the Universe" - feel free to alter the words to something more to your own liking.

* Don't put any rules or rigid demands on yourself that you might not be able to live up to. If you have the belief that a spiritual Wiccan should be circle casting each day and you fail to perform- then you will only program negative self beliefs into your subconscious. Be Kind to yourself. DO set yourself a program but keep it flexible and simple. Just performing a simple prayer or meditation each day is a wonderful achievement and you should be proud of yourself.

* Exaime what is going on in your life RIGHT NOW like a super sleuth detective. For what LIFE is presenting to you at this point in time and space is what you need to work on to move forward. What is the Universe directing your attention to? Spirituality is not about fancy initiations and secret words of power but about conquering our fears and limitations and overcoming the obstacles before us with grace and posivity (and sometimes hard work)

* Spend at least some time each day just connecting with the Divine for sheer PLEASURE. Day dream, fantasise about being the most beautiful spiritual person you can possibly imagine. Then each day make the vision grander and more brilliant.

* Know that this 3-D world often tricks us into believeing that we are alone - WE ARE NOT. You are loved beyond your comphrension of the word.

* Don't beat yourself up. There is Night and Day, High Tide and Low Tide, the Sun and the Moon - we all oscilliate. It's a natural part of life on this planet.

Forgive yourself, celebrate what you doing and take things lightly

In Love and Light

David