Iteration 3 of the Interview Meme!
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perkyshai:
1. Is forgiveness for you or others?
There is no forgiveness. To truly forgive means to forget, to erase the deed from time. It requires more mojo than even a god can handle. There is merely acceptance, and a mutual agreement to go on despite the hurt. People who believe in the illusion of forgiveness invariably manage to hurt themselves with it. I believe it takes more strength of character to recognize that someone hurt you, and that you accept them anyway, without discounting or forgetting the pain. In short, to quote a cheesy but insightful song, "I believe forgiveness is the key to our unhappiness." Karma does not forgive; neither does gravity. Mercy is better than forgiveness.
2. Is it hard to reconcile generosity of spirit with a need to challenge one’s equals?
In theory, no. A challenge, freely given and fully refusable, is a gift. In practice, yes - I never know how far or how hard to push.
3. Is teaching a spiritual act? How?
Yes. For me, part of my duty in the world is to nurture understanding and reason in others. That nurturance, that connection to intellectual (and, hopefully, personal) growth in them, is part of what I think of as my priestess-call. It's my service to, my worship of, all the gods and goddesses of learning and wisdom - Thoth, Sarasvati, Athena, Nidaba, Raven . . . (Don't tell the kids that, though!)
4. Leather or nutella?
Leather. I'm not that into chocolate.
5. Snuggles better with talking or sleeping?
Talking. I'm all about the long, meandering, deep conversations until 3 am, wrapped in someone else's arms and entangling them in my legs. (If I can only get one, I'll take the conversation over the snuggling, even. Verbal intimacy is better than no intimacy at all.) I have trouble sleeping while snuggled - it's too . . . arousing is not quite the word I want . . . aware-making for sleep.
And the rules, one more time:
1. Leave a comment requesting an interview.
2. I'll respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. Update your corner of the net with the answers to the questions and leave notification in the comments to this entry.
4. Include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, ask them five questions. And thus the cycle continues.
perkyshai:1. Is forgiveness for you or others?
There is no forgiveness. To truly forgive means to forget, to erase the deed from time. It requires more mojo than even a god can handle. There is merely acceptance, and a mutual agreement to go on despite the hurt. People who believe in the illusion of forgiveness invariably manage to hurt themselves with it. I believe it takes more strength of character to recognize that someone hurt you, and that you accept them anyway, without discounting or forgetting the pain. In short, to quote a cheesy but insightful song, "I believe forgiveness is the key to our unhappiness." Karma does not forgive; neither does gravity. Mercy is better than forgiveness.
2. Is it hard to reconcile generosity of spirit with a need to challenge one’s equals?
In theory, no. A challenge, freely given and fully refusable, is a gift. In practice, yes - I never know how far or how hard to push.
3. Is teaching a spiritual act? How?
Yes. For me, part of my duty in the world is to nurture understanding and reason in others. That nurturance, that connection to intellectual (and, hopefully, personal) growth in them, is part of what I think of as my priestess-call. It's my service to, my worship of, all the gods and goddesses of learning and wisdom - Thoth, Sarasvati, Athena, Nidaba, Raven . . . (Don't tell the kids that, though!)
4. Leather or nutella?
Leather. I'm not that into chocolate.
5. Snuggles better with talking or sleeping?
Talking. I'm all about the long, meandering, deep conversations until 3 am, wrapped in someone else's arms and entangling them in my legs. (If I can only get one, I'll take the conversation over the snuggling, even. Verbal intimacy is better than no intimacy at all.) I have trouble sleeping while snuggled - it's too . . . arousing is not quite the word I want . . . aware-making for sleep.
And the rules, one more time:
1. Leave a comment requesting an interview.
2. I'll respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. Update your corner of the net with the answers to the questions and leave notification in the comments to this entry.
4. Include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, ask them five questions. And thus the cycle continues.
