Ritual
allows us to pause on the path of everyday life, to look at world
around us, see its potential and confirm that we are traveling in
the right direction. Ritual leads us to know that life is sacred,
and that we can step out of the ordinary into different realms.
Ritual
helps us affirm what we believe, to step back and check in with
self. It’s a time and place to focus without distraction.
Ritual
is a tool for balance. It directs us to the essence of our spirit’s
purpose and helps us to attune to the world around us as well as
balance our inner and outer worlds. Ritual
helps us connect in a deeper way to our selves and to find the creative
energy of life.
It
is both a tool for transformation and a way to honor change: be
it a change of season or change of self. From the conscious focus
of ritual we take our sacred views back to our everyday world where
this energy continues to flow through us clearly and strongly giving
meaning to everything we do.
Excerpted
from
A Year of Ritual
© Llewellyn
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