Eclectic Witch

It’s Only the Good Friday!

What is it?: Only The Good Friday
When is it?: Every doggone Friday
What do you post?: Anything you want, as long as it’s “good”–meaning “not negative.”
How do I join? Write a post. Link back to Only the Good Friday at This Eclectic Life

Pick up a banner made by yours truly here, if you want!

What’s good at The Eclectic Witch today?

Well, what isn’t? Haha! As bitchy and snarky as I can be, Friday’s I grab that halo and toss it up there to tip on those horns! Really, a positive outlook can change the way we view things, can’t it?

Today Auntie Thorne wants to talk a bit about that quirky lil catchphrase that I toss around so often here at The Eclectic Witch-

As Above, So Below.

I believe this same concept is expressed by Christian folk as

Faith Without Works

and by Hindu’s as

Shakti

The basic concept is the same.  I interpret it to mean that if we want something to change, if we pray for it or cast a spell or chant or whatever it is we do to ask or entice the Gods to help us out, we can’t just sit on our asses and wait for them to rescue us or shower riches or blessings or happiness on our heads. Prayer and magickal action need to be backed up by action here on the material/physical plane.  Here on earth.  You can’t do a spell for prosperity and then not pick up the classifieds, or make something to sell or give something away.  You can’t cast a love spell and then hide in your house.  You get the point.

For today’s Only the Good Friday post I’d like to point out how this idea of Shelly’s, this good posting meme, epitomizes the concept of As Above, So Below.  In her description of the meme, Shelly says, “If we consciously try to look at the good in the world around us, it will become easier to see. But from where your Ol’ Auntie is standing, we’re doing magick.

By participating in this meme, we are forced to get our heads out of any negative place at least long enough to think of something good to write about.  This is true whether we choose to share a bit of personal good from our own lives, like Nana and Sheila and Betmo have done today,  or whether we write about people who are doing good like Shelly and I have (over at Thorne’s World), or about good ideas and good programs like Mo and Jaime have.

So we first think good, then we write good, then we read the good that others are putting out there.  All the while, we are perpetuating positive thought patterns, positive words, positive energy-magick and positive action.  And it just keeps going, this good.  It circles and cycles through the Universe, and the blogosphere and cyberspace, along ley lines and airwaves; phone cables and satellite connections, fios and cellular transmittors.

As Above, So Below!

That’s OtGF for Ol’ Auntie for today!

Peace, Out!

What’s good in your world? Remember:

Ol’ Auntie wants to know!!

So Shelly’s idea for this positive posting meme is:

Fear feeds upon itself. It’s like a contagious virus. I’m tired of adding to it. I want to start another kind of “virus.”

You see, I think that optimism can be contagious, too. If we consciously try to look at the good in the world around us, it will become easier to see.

Won’t you join us?? Help spread the good love for Only The Good Friday!

Share your good with me here or leave the link to your good in comments and I’ll repost it here! Thanks for participating!

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