Working Spirit....regularly

Micro Practices make for regular Practice

Sala maleco,

I find that I’m working on long-form posts, but that the work and research takes so much time that I end up posting super irregularly. Thinking about this made me think of how the same thing can creep up on your spiritual work.

You have to have small things to do. It can’t always be a huge production to sit with spirit, no matter what kind you are working with or working on. Whether it’s connecting with the nganga, or sitting at your boveda, or praying to your santos — complicated spiritual work ends up being work you Rarely due. It can’t always be a five course meal….sometimes you gotta just have a snack.

Is there some small thing that you can do every day, bare minimum? Even when extremely busy? That’s the commitment you need to make. Sing that one mambo. Smoke the ritual tobacco and draw that firma. Small things build huge momentum.

It’s worth considering because we are what we Do, and what we Do every day ends up being a greater part of that identity. Take the lesson of the Ceiba. Little things, when watered, can grow to become huge.