{"id":7182,"date":"2012-11-01T01:10:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T06:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=7414"},"modified":"2012-10-20T16:37:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T21:37:58","slug":"musings-of-a-massachusetts-witch-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2012\/11\/01\/musings-of-a-massachusetts-witch-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings of a Massachusetts Witch"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Am A Hypocrite. I Am Love. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The word hypocrite is defined by Merriam Webster as a person who puts on a false appearance of morality and virtue or who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings. <\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I was called a hypocrite yesterday. And I must admit that I was surprised. Perhaps I shouldn\u2019t be, but I was. Granted it was second hand information, as the person who informed me of this wasn\u2019t the one who allegedly labeled me a hypocrite \u2013 they were just the messenger. Nonetheless it was unsettling to me. It isn\u2019t because I haven\u2019t been called unsavory names before. Hell, I\u2019ve been called a lot of things: arrogant, self-righteous, cold hearted, unfeeling, cruel, a bitch …\u00a0 Oh! And you can\u2019t forget the best one of all – Satanist. But none of them are true. Well, at least not to me. Not from my perspective which is the only perspective that is relevant to me in my life experience. When I questioned the messenger they had no further details about why the original \u2018labeler\u2019 viewed me as a hypocrite (or perhaps they did but didn\u2019t want to share it with me) but really the reason behind it is immaterial. It is that individual\u2019s perspective when looking at me. To them it is truth. They, see a hypocrite.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Today I am grateful that this information was relayed to me (regardless of the motive behind the \u2018labeler\u2019 as well as the messenger) because it has given me a moment of reflection. And I would agree with you, that if I was more confident in my own Authentic Self and True Will, I wouldn\u2019t need these moments of reflection but, because I am continually moving towards enlightenment and working to integrate my fragmented Souls and releasing my Shadows, times like this are vital and required on my journey. God Herself has guided me towards this moment so that I might take this opportunity and use it for my Highest Good.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Please don\u2019t misunderstand what I am saying here. Hearing that someone perceived me as a hypocrite and then shared this opinion with at least one other person, wasn\u2019t easy to hear nor was it easy to accept. It stung. It hurt. But I have discovered that as I forge my own path through the jungle of life, the times when I learn the most about myself and am able to do the most internal work is when things aren\u2019t so easy.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cTo learn you must suffer,\u201d is a common theme within Wicca. The words, \u201cTo learn you must suffer, to live you must be born, to be born you must die,\u201d are recited during The Great Rite within Ritual. When the scourge is presented to the postulant at Initiation she or he is asked if they are \u2018willing to suffer to learn\u2019 and the answer is expected to be an unwavering \u2018yes\u2019. I understand and resonate with this concept. I\u2019ve embraced it. But there are times that I don\u2019t recognize these opportunities as they reveal themselves, because I am caught up in the feelings of that moment. Feelings of disappointment, frustration, anger and hurt bubble within me like a poisoned brew threatening to overflow. My ego is immersed in identifying with the accusations and finding ways to justify my deeds and words instead of viewing that flicker in time as the opportunity that it is: a chance for reflection, evaluation and a time to realign my soul vibration with my True Will and Authentic Self.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Today I stopped identifying and released. I reflected, evaluated and realigned my soul vibration. I am perceived as a hypocrite. So be it.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I am who I am. I am love. This is my perspective. This is my perception. No one else has to believe it. It is real to me. It is – who I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I Am A Hypocrite. I Am Love.   The word hypocrite is defined by Merriam Webster as a person who puts on a false appearance of morality and virtue or who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings.   I was called a hypocrite yesterday. And I must admit that I was surprised. Perhaps I shouldn\u2019t be, but I was. Granted it was second hand information, as the person who informed me of this wasn\u2019t the one who allegedly labeled me a hypocrite \u2013 they were just the messenger. Nonetheless it was unsettling to me. It isn\u2019t because I haven\u2019t been called unsavory names before. Hell, I\u2019ve been called a lot of things: arrogant, self-righteous, cold hearted, unfeeling, cruel, a bitch …\u00a0 Oh! And you can\u2019t forget the best one of all – Satanist. But none of them are true. Well, at least not to me. Not from my perspective which is the only perspective that is relevant to me in my life experience. When I questioned the messenger they had no further details about why the original \u2018labeler\u2019 viewed me as a hypocrite (or perhaps they did but didn\u2019t want to share it with me) but really the reason behind it is immaterial. It is that individual\u2019s perspective when looking at me. To them it is truth. They, see a hypocrite.   Today I am grateful that this information was relayed to me (regardless of the motive behind the \u2018labeler\u2019 as well as the messenger) because it has given me a moment of reflection. And I would agree with you, that if I was more confident in my own Authentic Self and True Will, I wouldn\u2019t need these moments of reflection but, because I am continually moving towards enlightenment and working to integrate my fragmented Souls and releasing my Shadows, times like this are vital and required on my journey. God Herself has guided me towards this moment so that I might take this opportunity and use it for my Highest Good.   Please don\u2019t misunderstand what I am saying here. Hearing that someone perceived me as a hypocrite and then shared this opinion with at least one other person, wasn\u2019t easy to hear nor was it easy to accept. It stung. It hurt. But I have discovered that as I forge my own path through the jungle of life, the times when I learn the most about myself and am able to do the most internal work is when things aren\u2019t so easy.   \u201cTo learn you must suffer,\u201d is a common theme within Wicca. The words, \u201cTo learn you must suffer, to live you must be born, to be born you must die,\u201d are recited during The Great Rite within Ritual. When the scourge is presented to the postulant at Initiation she or he is asked if they are \u2018willing to suffer to learn\u2019 and the answer is expected to be an unwavering \u2018yes\u2019. I understand and resonate with this concept. I\u2019ve embraced it. But there are times that I don\u2019t recognize these opportunities as they reveal themselves, because I am caught up in the feelings of that moment. Feelings of disappointment, frustration, anger and hurt bubble within me like a poisoned brew threatening to overflow. My ego is immersed in identifying with the accusations and finding ways to justify my deeds and words instead of viewing that flicker in time as the opportunity that it is: a chance for reflection, evaluation and a time to realign my soul vibration with my True Will and Authentic Self.   Today I stopped identifying and released. I reflected, evaluated and realigned my soul vibration. I am perceived as a hypocrite. So be it.   I am who I am. I am love. This is my perspective. This is my perception. No one else has to believe it. It is real to me. It is – who I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6976,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions\/6976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}