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Food for thought...
Posted by alura on 2010-09-05 08:47:17 |
| So how far do we go in our paths when it comes to "an ye harm none, do what ye will?" Do we only apply it to magic and ritual? How do you apply it? Let's take this example. You are in a store eyeing a gorgeous amythest point. Only $10 for a small piece of mother earth. It would go great on your altar. You decide why not, plunk down a 10 spot and hurry home with your beauty. But did you take the time to consider where this came from. Was this beauty graciously taken in a honoring way from the mother or was it torn from her by a pick axe or bull dozer? Was it harvested with love by a caring adult and polished to perfection? Or was it fought over by 2 small Brazilian kids that were mining in the same spot...where they get about $2 a day for a basket full of crystals. Was it bought from fair trade or was it the "loot" of a pirate who makes 99% profit while the children who did all the work get a mere pittance? Where do your stones and crystals come from? Do you ask the mother before helping yourself? Do you practice any inkling of mindfulness? I'd LOVE to hear more than 2 responses! Blessed be and be Blessed Alura |
| Posted by Raito9 on 2010-09-05 10:31:50 |
| Good one! I don't think we will ever know though. The US is a major importer. Hardly anything we make comes form here. Our stuff comes from all over the world. The clothes were wear, the food we eat, the very computer on which you use to post here. It would be impossible for people to live their daily lives without using something foreign. So, knowing this, would you cut yourself off of every crystal you come upon or every peice of jewelry? It could have come from either place, a good one or a bad one. We don't know, so we don't tend to think about it. |
| Posted by LunaSelene on 2010-09-05 11:38:59 |
| "Harm None" to me is something I try to accomplish in my life everyday. But that's not something that can always happen. In the craft I do not do manipulative magick such as love spells as I find they're taking away free will. As to crystals, the same could go to any object. From wands to tarot cards. We don't know. The companies don't have or want the ability to tell the customer each and everything that goes on with that item. So when it comes to those things, I just make sure the item has a good energy to it and try and give it the best home I can. Free from any bad energy it encountered on its journey. |
| Posted by alura on 2010-09-05 11:45:25 |
| I agree. It is probably impossible to apply harm none to every aspect of life. Although when thinking with mindfulness, those kinds of thoughts cross your mind. Even something as harmless as sitting on the computer is causing some harm to the enviroment even in its smallest measure. I definitely can apply it to spells and ritual work. The hard part is figuring where else it should be applied. We have some sort of morals we are raised with. I go as far as to grow my own veggies and herbs where we till the earth for food, not profit. But I also honor the mother and talk to her as I rake her skin. I definitely do not buy rocks or crystals. Now if I'm walking along and happen to see a pretty rock, I may take and ask permission, but I always leave a coin on the ground in return... |
| Posted by drift on 2010-09-05 12:56:50 |
| A very good point indeed. I hold the contension that if the materials you use are native to where you practice, the circle remains unbroken, and I get to accept the gift appropriately. For the reason you state, I seldom, if ever, purchase anything from outside. I even poured my own iron cauldron with the help of a sculptor friend of mine. |
| Posted by aleta on 2010-09-05 17:24:23 |
| I like what you all wrote, I also try to live by the rule harm none and when I work in my flower garden, I always talk to the goddess and admire the beauty we have all around us. Agree it's rather difficult to get any product not made in the US, unless your are really looking for it and willing to pay a higher price. Regarding gems, same there, I see them as a gift and just to hold them and to admire them and to be thankful to have them I think will make up a little bit for the taking from the Earth. Sorry sounds cheesy but not sure how to say it right. LOL |
| Posted by enchantedsb on 2010-09-05 19:54:27 |
| I try to think about everything in this way. As long as you do your best to live by "Harm none", It is all you can do. I try to grow as much food as I can for my family, and those around me. I do it organically, as to have less impact on the natural world. I try to buy only natural or recycled materials...etc. I find that the people who think they are doing everything right are usually the ones who have the most room for improvement. We can only do what we can do...We are human after all, and there is always going to be an angry word for a neighbor, or a skirt unknowingly bough from a sweat shop, or a snail snacking on the lettuces in the back yard that gets fed to the chickens out of anger...(Yep, I have been guilty of all of those.) |
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