Yes, I certainly do. :) On my path, I believe the Goddess and God speak to me and guide me, through my intuition, which I think is the word I use for my "inner voice." They also guide me through insight, my tools of wisdom cards and stones, meditation practice, etc. I believed that my God/s spoke to me in this manner, even before I converted to Wicca many years ago now. Even when I was a Christian and later, a practicing Zen Buddhist. Wisdom *can* come from without, through books and other people, *but* -- and that's a big *BUT* -- information coming from outside must "sit well" within me. It has to make sense. I don't blindly accept anything from a book (even written by a Wiccan or other Pagan!) or another person, without first evaluating it within myself. I used to be more easily influenced, or allowed myself to be, by others, and not trusting my own inner instincts and insights. I have learned to be stronger in my years of spiritual seeking and practice, so I am not pulled one way or another, just by outside spiritual/religious information coming to me through people or books or other venues.
Blessings,
Gypsy
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"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset.
- Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator
Blessed Be!
Mika Dog
"All things share the same breath;
the beast, the tree, the man.
The Air shares its spirit with
all the life it supports."
--Chief Seattle
"If there are no dogs in Heaven,
then when I die I want to go where they went."
~Will Rogers
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress
can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
~~Mahatma Gandhi
