Last Night, I sat with an ederly gentleman at the Local Denny's.
He apperently sits there everynight. He sets up a chess board. And sits, he will read, or doodle. But sometimes people sit down and play with him.
The waitress told me he usually has regular students from the local college show up to play him. And his son comes down ever sunday from Tulsa to play.
And some nights the servers play.
Some nights...no one plays.
But he is there, Every Single Night.
So I played him. From 8....
Till 2
We talked. we played. We...were.
Around 1, the talk went towards religion. He is Church of Christ. But, as most old guys are, he was pretty...philisophical on the point. Faith that is.
He asked me where I stood on god.
And I answered.
And he asked where I stood on heaven and hell...
And I answered.
He asked me about sin, and what I thought of it.
And I told him, all sin. EVERY bit of it. Comes from one thing.
Thinking of people, as things.
ALL of it, every sin, crime, slight, or anything. Stems from thinking of people, as things.
A little while later, he asked me what I would do if instead of having to take a leap of faith, I saw undeniable proof, with my own two eyes, that Jesus existed.
I thought on it, telling him full well that I needed to think a bit and to just continue playing.
I thought about who I am, How I treat my faith now. Which...as it stands is less a religion and a guideline of life. Which is WHY I am a witch.
And...I realized something. And I told him what it was.
If I ever saw Jesus, really saw him with my own two eyes, it would be like a fever in me.
If I thought there was an almighty Christ/Jesus/Lord who gave two fucks about people like the bible says. That Watched us like a father, loved us like a mother....
There would be no room for "Well, there are two sides to every aguement you know.." Or, "Well, we have to respect the other faiths."
You would not see me just...being NICE and telling myself it would all turn out ok, not with that flame burning inside me like an unforgiving Sword.
Christians dont sacrifice people. They dont burn people at the stake. Not any more.
But you see, THAT is what true faith is. Sacrificing yourself, one day at a time, over and over to the Flame.
Living it. Speaking it. Knowing it. Being it.
Breathing the Soul of it.
Because THAT is faith.
Everything else...is just being nice.
And when I saw evil, or sinful. There would be no standing around with my arms crossed saying "Well thats a tricky debate"
There would be no debate.
There is no debate.
Then I realized. I am that way. I am on fire. I am a Light of the Goddess, as her child. She is my Mother, my father, my love.
MY soul MY Blood.
This is my path, and I walk it. And it only works, because even though the Goddess does give two fucks.
And she does Watch like the Father, and love like the Mother.
She doesnt lay down laws, she doesnt restrict.
she says one thing. "Harm None, Do what thou Wilt"
Read that again.
Read it a third time.
Think on it a while.
Its not just what the words mean by themselves...its more.
And when you get that...you know WHY I am so on fire. WHY I will help ANYONE who asks.
And you will know why MY sword in MY heart is Ever sharp. and ever sheathed.
So Mote it Fucking Be...