Spirituality Guide

Wow, it seems like it has been ages since I was last able to write here. Due to problems with the 451press servers and such, many blogs on the network have been unavailable for a while. Thankfully, all the blogs that were down seem to be up now.

I will echo the sentiments of many other bloggers in apologizing for the down time and thank you all for your patience. This has been quite a frustrating time for all of us.

I will not be posting to cover the days that were missed due to the technical difficulties, but I will be getting right back into the swing of things.

As always, if you have any questions or comments for me that you would rather not have posted on the site, you can contact me with the ‘contact me’ button under the site description on the right.

I have plans for a few changes as to some of the content on this site in the future, so be sure to come back often and see what I am talking about. I would love to have some excellent discussions here on site. You can always feel free to speak your mind here (unless your comments are derogatory, malicious, etc).

Thank you all again for waiting for so long and for coming back after such a long absence. I am looking forward to getting back to what I love best – writing.

I hope you all have a wonderful day full of laughter and happiness.

While I don’t often participate in the things that float around the internet here like tags and ‘do this or that’ days, I think this day is a good idea. I would like to take time away from what we have been talking about – Western astrology – so I can talk about reader appreciation.

I am a big fan of gratitude and I think it is something many of us don’t have enough of and a state of being many of us don’t spend enough time in. It is truly amazing how much gratitude, even in the simple gesture of saying ‘thank you’, can make another person’s day that much better.

And yet, how often do you get thanked when you do things for other people? How often do you say thank you to others who do things for you?

Thank you cards after a wedding, birthday or other celebration might be a bit of a pain to do, but letting people know you appreciate them in even that little way can go a long way to your friendship. You may feel like the thank you was ignored or just tossed aside, but the lack of it would have had a much bigger (and negative) reaction.

Though I know there are few and they are very quiet, I would like to say thank you to the people who are readers here. Whether you comment or not, whether you agree or disagree with what I have to say, I do appreciate you for coming here – even if only for one time – and reading a bit about what I have to say.

While it may be strange coming across the internet like this, I truly do appreciate each and every person who comes here.

Be well and at peace,

Aura

I have spent quite a bit of time wondering exactly how I should introduce myself and my plans for this site. In the end, it is easiest to introduce myself briefly and focus on an even mix of what this site will be and won’t be.

I am a woman who has been writing in one form or another for most of her life. I am married with no children. I do not have any degrees in psychology, religion, or history.

I am not a self-professed guru or leader of any sort. I am not here to persuade you to convert to a different religion, to make you feel guilty if you don’t have a religion or know about spirituality.

I am, like many people, on a path of self exploration.

This site is not going to be what it once was. Older posts will remain in a folder called ‘Previous Authors’ but I will not continue to write in the same way.

It is my feeling that this site should be what it is titled – a guide in spirituality.

Spirituality and religion are two different things. You can have either one or both. I will touch on them both on this site, but I feel that is unavoidable. What I will try to encourage you to do is look critically at both – at everything I present – so you can hopefully recognize things that ring true for you.

I’m not here to judge. I have opinions and feeling about things, but I don’t feel this site should be all about those things. And so, I have an open door to everyone, no matter their background. I hope you’ll extend the same courtesy to me.

Be well. I’m looking forward to the journey.