Always Wondering
Similia said:Just how is Thelema different to other religions whose doctrine is to give control of your life over to some higher power?
I have to admit your use of the word religion pushed a button and stirred me up a bit. I have been doing some goggling, "Is Thelema a religion?," and got, yes, no, maybe, if you want it to be, as in Do what thou wilt.
I have been a dabbler in such matters for a long time. I have turned the other check, let go and let God, honored my mother and father, turned my life over to a power greater than myself, stood in wait (for years), held conferences with sub personalities, followed spirit guides to the corners of the earth, done the bunny hop with all the cards of the tarot up the misty mountain, and on and on and on It's no wonder I am religion shy. I have so many messages swirling around in my head that I've had to start a list in my journal just to be aware of them, much less live up to them.
Do what thou wilt. Both a huge relief and an awesome responsibility. But one single focus, law, command, the only one I have found in my forty eight years, that I have any hope of living up to, in all practicality.
I have yet to understand all that this entails. But I have found an acceptance of myself and a effectiveness in life that has eluded me on other paths.
Religion or not, this makes all the difference to me.
AW