Work Structure - Dark Flame

[FierFlye]

Back in the SMF SIG we began putting together an optional work structure for FlameKeeping. You can read the whole thread here: http://www.ecauldron.net/forum/index.php?topic=16679.0 We hashed out the introduction part fairly well, so now I'd like to move onto the Dark Flame Arc.

Here's what I threw together before:

Arc 2 - Flame Work

Read through and complete a journal of Book 2
Optional: discover what deities might help you with each Flame. (Deities for the Dark, deities for the Bright.)
A. Dark Flame work.
*Decide what particular dark flame work you need to do.
*Set up an altar for this work. (optional - mostly just intended as a place to organize your tools, work, and thoughts.)
*Work through it, keeping a journal along the way.
*Health: Make 3 changes in your life that improve your health
*Becoming more: Try new things, or revist things you haven't tried in a while.
Examples: Exercise/Sports, Art/Crafts, Music/Poetry

So, basically, I've got nothing so far!

To start, how does one go about deciding what Dark Flame work they need to do?

[HeartShadow]

Back in the SMF SIG we began putting together an optional work structure for FlameKeeping. You can read the whole thread here: http://www.ecauldron.net/forum/index.php?topic=16679.0 We hashed out the introduction part fairly well, so now I'd like to move onto the Dark Flame Arc.

Here's what I threw together before:


So, basically, I've got nothing so far!

To start, how does one go about deciding what Dark Flame work they need to do?

I think for Dark Flame there needs to be internal and external *things* going on. I'd do more one physical, one emotional, and one intellectual goal. babystep for each.

Like "wash my hair regularly, stop saying nasty things about my weight, read that book about Greece that I've had on my nightstand forever"

Something that's concrete, that you can keep track of, and that covers a spectrum of the self.

[Devo]

I think for Dark Flame there needs to be internal and external *things* going on. I'd do more one physical, one emotional, and one intellectual goal. babystep for each.

Like "wash my hair regularly, stop saying nasty things about my weight, read that book about Greece that I've had on my nightstand forever"

Something that's concrete, that you can keep track of, and that covers a spectrum of the self.

Not that it matters... but I like the emotional aspect. I think many people say an think many a bad thing about themselves, which seems to undermine the whole idea/concept, IMO.

-Devo

[FierFlye]

I'd do more one physical, one emotional, and one intellectual goal. babystep for each.

I think I'd add a spiritual goal to that list.

[veggiewolf]

I think I'd add a spiritual goal to that list.

I think so too, with the spiritual bit focusing on being part of the Universe.

*thinking out loud here*

[HeartShadow]

I think I'd add a spiritual goal to that list.

I'm having a hard time coming up with a specifically-spiritual goal - as I saw it, the other three all had a spiritual *component* to them.

I treat my body better, because it is of the Divine - I treat my mind better, because it is of the Divine .. that sort of thing.

[Vermillion]

I think I'd add a spiritual goal to that list.

I think I will do this same thing. Do you guys think that yoga, meditation or chakra work qualifies as spiritual, though?

[HeartShadow]

I think I will do this same thing. Do you guys think that yoga, meditation or chakra work qualifies as spiritual, though?

First rule of FlameKeeping - if it works, it's good! :D

Though again, this is where spiritual overlaps - yoga is spiritual AND physical - that sort of thing.

[Vermillion]

First rule of FlameKeeping - if it works, it's good! :D

Though again, this is where spiritual overlaps - yoga is spiritual AND physical - that sort of thing.

I could do yoga as physical, then chakra as a spiritual. Then reverse them like....the next month.

[FierFlye]

I'm having a hard time coming up with a specifically-spiritual goal - as I saw it, the other three all had a spiritual *component* to them.

I'm thinking along the lines of connecting with or deepening a relation with a deity, or trying to connect to the divine thread inside of us, or meditation.

It's still a half-formed thought.