rex Posted November 18, 2012 This essay entited It's a Mystery: Dysfunctional Behaviour & the Pagan Scene is germane to spiritual discusssion groups and as mentioned in the footnotes the shenanigans cited are evident in all traditions:  http://www.flyallnight.com/khaire/Itsamystery.htm  Apologies if this has already been posted. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
寒月 Hanyue Posted November 18, 2012 This essay entited It's a Mystery: Dysfunctional Behaviour & the Pagan Scene is germane to spiritual discusssion groups and as mentioned in the footnotes the shenanigans cited are evident in all traditions:  I really couldn't agree more.  Thank you, in an odd way, this made my day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ya Mu Posted November 18, 2012 "the shenanigans cited are evident in all traditions" Â "God is great, Beer is Good, and People are Crazy" 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) This essay entited It's a Mystery: Dysfunctional Behaviour & the Pagan Scene is germane to spiritual discusssion groups and as mentioned in the footnotes the shenanigans cited are evident in all traditions:  http://www.flyallnight.com/khaire/Itsamystery.htm  Apologies if this has already been posted. ........... An excellent piece, valid and deserving of a far wider audience beyond it's pagan context. Those attributes and warnings are relevant to anyone following a 'path'. Thank you for posting. Edited November 18, 2012 by GrandmasterP 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rex Posted November 19, 2012 'There's nowt so queer as folk'. Cheers guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Owledge Posted November 21, 2012 This essay entited It's a Mystery: Dysfunctional Behaviour & the Pagan Scene is germane to spiritual discusssion groups and as mentioned in the footnotes the shenanigans cited are evident in all traditions:  http://www.flyallnig...Itsamystery.htm  Apologies if this has already been posted. Those problems are (I'd say of course) not limited to Pagan communities. You can find them in many types of communities, especially ones that have less strict measures of selecting members. Just as one example from personal experience, MMO gaming is full of people that don't want to learn, but look for an escape from it. In one forum discussion one player even said to me something along the lines of "Man, if you think that games are for bettering ourselves, you have some serious problems!". That person is one of many who deviated from the natural path, for if you observe a less messed-up, more healthy nature, you can see how playing is a means of bettering ourselves, to hone our skills for real life, and it's the enjoyment of the process of bettering oneself that makes a healthy being. Today many people say that 'killing time' doing something that doesn't require any effort is fun, but it's not really fun, it's relief. Relief from the other side of the imbalance in their life. If you have a stressful job that you hate and you play games in your free time as a counterbalance, then you create a problem on both sides of that scale. The scales might be in balance, but they might eventually break down under the weight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rex Posted December 2, 2012 Found the second part of this series:  It's a Mystery (Part II): Healthy Pagan Groups and Individuals  This is of related interest too:  Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Dysfunctional Families and Group Energy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
