Adara's New Age Entry Contest

    As I was looking around writing.com, I came across a contest sponsored by Adara, with a very intriguing theme:  "How did you find your New Age Spiritual Path in life?"  I thought Wow, this is a great chance to explain my path in life and hopefully have people understand where I am coming from.  So I wrote around 4 pages of my life with record speed and proudly looked back at what I accomplished.  LOL, after reading what I wrote though,  I totally threw away everything about my life, and decided to completely start over with this contest.  My simple life was not so simple and now realize that every word I write has to be written carefully to avoid the ever dreaded "out of context" fear most people have when writing about sensitive subjects.  When you find out about my path, hopefully you will understand my concerns so let's begin with the easy stuff first, and move on from there.

    I was a pure loving Christian soul (believe it or not, I'm still a loving Christian, maybe just not so pure anymore, LOL) all the way up to the ripe young age of 41.  I love God and all his Glory and I love talking to people, so naturally you would always see me in Christian theme chat rooms talking away with people, finding out who they were, and why life was so special to them.  Well one day I came across this Christian lady that had the pen name of Fuggles.  After chatting with her, I found out that she was publishing a book about a priest that discovered a coven of witches were in his congregation and asked if I was interested in reading her book.  (do you see where my story might be leading to  ha ha?)  I was very grateful to be given the opportunity to read something that she worked so hard on with her efforts.  It actually was a well written entertaining book, explaining just how evil and demonic witches were, and how they tried to hurt as many Christians as they could! 

    Looking back at that faithful time what was I thinking?  Did I honestly believe that a Christian would write a book portraying witches as hereos?  Believe it or not I actually did!  In my mind I was thinking that when the priest discovered the witches, they would take him under their wing and break the stereotypes most people have about the craft, ha ha!  Well the book was nothing like the fantasy I had in my mind and stuck to the original stereotypical path most books take on this subject, so right then and there I decided to take a stand and write a book of my own!

    In answer to your contest question, the turning point of sharing my path with New Age Religion, (specifically Witchcraft) came the minute I started writing my book titled "THE BOOK OF LIFE" to provide an alternate storyline to break the stereotypes, most uninformed authors have about the craft.  The book drew me in and allowed me to embrace the very thing I suppressed for so long in my life by portraying the 3 main witches in my story as loving, caring, wise, strong characters that knew who they were and how to help those in need!  Supernatural magick aside, these witches represented the spirit of what Wicca truly is:  A self discovery process, in line and connected to the physical, as well as the spiritual, world around us, and a chance to share the incredible love that was given to us in the spiritual world we live.

    I live my life in complete ecstasy now, and practice my spirituality every waking moment of my life with complete joy!  I found the inner peace, the Shangri La, I searched for all my life and now know what my purpose is here for.  To enjoy every succulent breath life has to offer, to find peace, love happiness in the ones I come into contact with and help them in any way I can.  My mission in life, is to help you find yourself, and live your life without fear, guilt, doubt, or confusion in the path you seek.  Find out what is in your heart and follow it without fail!  The worst thing a person could do is to try to change or be something that they are not to please others.  That is called being a hypocrite and is the worst form of punishment you can do to yourself.

    So what is my path in life?  I am a Christian Witch, I have the best of both worlds and love Celebrating God and the Sacred Mother Earth that he created for us to live in.  So many people from both sides of the religion have trouble with this concept and publicly stated to me in the many chatrooms I frequent.  Privately though I have had so many people approach me with problems or concerns and it was an honor to help them out.  Surprisingly enough, even some of the most vocal opponents would privately chat with me and say they have a relative that follows Wicca, paganism, or witchcraft, and we would end up having some of the most positive and helpful conversations in the end, but that is what this religion is all about:  Helping yourself to help others find the inner peace and spiritual bliss we all seek in life!

    So how did I find my faith? I didn't find it, the faith found me and so glad I came to terms with who I was after all these years!  Psychic phenomenon, supernatural occurrences, Rituals, were always part of my life, but my guilt and shame of being what I was supposed to be, was keeping me from living my life, the way it was meant to be lived, but all that changed when I finally embraced and accepted my destiny in life!

    I am no longer spiritually dead, my life is complete!  I found my way to live the life I needed to live for so long and the only thing I need to do now is to catch up on so many things I have missed up to now.  I fully embrace the supernatural side of my life and understand that in order to fully appreciate life, I have to enjoy the physical as well as the spiritual world that surrounds all around me, as well as within me. 

    This life is just too much fun, I just wish everyone could see the spiritual sacred world I see, and how it surrounds us all with incredible love and beauty!  Supernatural phenomenon is a natural feeling for me and I totally feel at home in either world I am in, be it physical or spiritual.  This is my life and how I live it, enjoying every precious drop life has to offer, but when it is my time to cross over, I can't wait to continue the journey towards the Peace, Love, and Joy that awaits me!  This is how my way of life has changed me for the better!

    I would like to end this article with a question of my own:  Have you discovered your true self yet?  Regardless of where your road in life leads you I truly wish you the love and light you seek.  Always be true to yourself, listen to your heart and never lose faith in your beliefs and how they protect you with perfect love and perfect trust!  Accept the fact that there is a tremendous diversity when it comes to religious differences and embrace those differences with an open mind and open heart.  Let the diversity be an inspiration to strengthen and not weaken your faith, for if you fear opposing opinions then how strong is your faith in the first place?  don't allow fear or guilt rule your life, find out who you are and embrace the special unique sacred being that you truly are!  Thanks for being the special person you are and giving me this opportunity to be graced by your presence!