#divine will

[theweightofdivinity]

[theinwardlight]

Quakers believe all people can have a relationship with God, that the Spirit, or voice of God, may be accessed from within. That voice informs the individual about how to live one’s life in unity with the Spirit. When we are centered in our faith, when we are walking in the Light of God, our actions will be directed less by our egos and more by our experience of the nature of God. We attempt to live God’s will. Quakers do that by listening for the still small voice within, the Inner Light as it is called, to guide our daily comings and goings. It is a gentle listening for something far larger than the individual, something beyond, yet found within the heart and mind. Quakerism is an experiential faith.

From Callie Marsh, A Lively Faith: Reflections on Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative)

[urlovelover]

[kiwiwatermelongrapejuice]

Divine Will I Kiwiwatermelongrapejuice I 44k I E

Olympus is in shambles. The gods are too horny to rule properly, the mortals are starting to notice, and the sky—once a loyal backdrop—is acting suspiciously dramatic.

All signs point to an ancient prophecy, long misunderstood: “When the God of Want and the God of Rebellion fall to each other, Olympus shall rise or fall. From lips kissed in defiance, The fate of the heavens will be rewritten. One shall burn. One shall kneel. The Titans shall stir. The sky shall choose.”

And wouldn’t you know it—Harry and Louis have just done exactly that.

Now, with time unraveling and the Titans beginning to stir, the gods must untangle the truth hidden beneath centuries of fear, defiance, and desire. The fate of the heavens might rest not on war… but on love.

And possibly a massive afterparty.

Read on AO3 in full now

[the-bhakti-way]

[myremnantarmy]

"𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭."

[themirrorofsienna]

Transmutation and the Lot of Spirit

The Lot of Spirit is seen as a place of fire, a secret measure traced between Sun and Moon, where the intelligence of light crosses into the vessel of the soul. It is not the same as the Lot of Fortune, one that speaks of chance, body, and survival. Spirit points toward intent, command, and the act of aligning oneself with the Divine purpose – the Hermetic correspondence per se. When the ancients spoke of action in accord with the stars, they meant that the Spirit had been acknowledged and allowed to speak through the human form. It shows the place where Divine harmony demands action through conscious will. Spirit is the locus of telos, where the individual is called to rise beyond the necessities of the flesh and answer to vocation.

Spirit was never given without resistance. Planets that rule it, planets that aspect it, and the houses it touches, they all become points that require labour. The fire of the alchemist is the metaphor of this same process. Only through the burning of imperfections does the hidden gold shine forth. One can live passively within Fortune, carried by events and compelled by circumstance. But Spirit calls for transmutation. Without that, the daimon remains silent, and the human becomes only a body carried along by the river of fate.

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