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[arethinn]

What was the point of me making a magic filter when almost everyone in it is people I consider way ahead of myself in the realms of magic and spirituality, so therefore anything I would want to post, I would in fact not want to post, because it would never be as interesting as anything they would post on the same topic?

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[dreamfall.livejournal.com]

I don't consider myself way ahead of you and anyway, no matter how far "ahead of you" someone is, if they can't learn something FROM you as well as you from them, then they're a fool.

May I never grow so arrogant that I stop learning from even the most newly-Awakened of my friends. :)

That, and: Don't sell yourself short. Your insights have value.

[illuviel.livejournal.com]

Even if this question was largely rhetorical:

I know that I always get a lot out of reading individuals' personal stories of work, play, experiences, experiments, thoughts, musings, wishes, gripes, frustrations, joys.

Part of why I like this forum so is that it fosters and encourages this sort of writing, the "This happened to me" bits that people often find connection with.

And for the rambly, incidental me that I am, hearing what people consider purposefully-done magic and their experiences therewith is interesting. Hearing what works (or what doesn't) and how (or how not), at no matter how 'basic' a level, is always good.

Though I seriously doubt you were indicating me in the "way ahead of" you category, my take on it would be the same even if I were, 'specially since I learn a lot by commenting upon other folks' stuff ... at times not realizing how much I know until a question's raised and I'm halfway through answering it.

[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

You and I do stuff in very different ways. For example, while I find it interesting, I am not at all into Otherkin stuff. At the same time, I do respect the fact that you (and others) are. I feel like hearing about your magic(k)al things will just be interesting in the sense that hearing about other people's paths is always interesting.

Magic(k) is not math with me (or anyone else) in calculus and you still learning to multiply. Magic(k) is more like history, in that while you might know less about Japanese history than I do, you might know more about Russian. Or even if we're both talking American history, maybe I read about black history and you read about women. There are so many different paths and perspectives on magic(k) that I don't think it's valid to say someone is better than you are. Perhaps they have more precise control at getting the results they want, but even if they tried to teach you what they know, it wouldn't work exactly the same for you.

[amberite.livejournal.com]

Disclaimer: sleep-depped, may make little sense. Froo gamoo thiwibble blatt!

(a) I like what Autumn said.

(b) When I met you, I thought "wow, she's way ahead of me." I didn't let that stop me. Now, I think we're about at the same level, different areas of focus, etc. Except that your determination to curse yourself (see "can't is a magick spell") is holding you back -- which means that, once you unravel this determination, YOU'LL probably be way ahead of me. Everyone moves differently. Some people go up a step at a time, others regularly take three and fall back two. Etc.

I don't let that stop me either.

What they said

[zaecus.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to relearn everything. Reading about how ithers experience these things is helping me out quite a bit.

[danodea.livejournal.com]

I agree with the history analogy. My path is *a* path, and although I've looked down several, that doesn't mean that I will have seen what someone else would see.

And I agree with Tiernan - have faith in your self. :)

[twopiearr.livejournal.com]

since no two people do magical things the same way, how could any one person be said to be further ahead of any other? given individuals may have significant amounts of experience with their own paths and methods, but in a world of infinite varities, that means almost nothing.

besides which, if you truly do believe that everyone on your magical filter is a more advanced magician than you (which assertion I'm not sure I agree with, if for no other reason than that I'm in this filter, but that's another issue) why not turn it into a forum to seek the advice of those with more experience? best way to learn, in my opinion.

[wildelf.livejournal.com]

When everyone is on a different path, even though sometimes those paths may converge here and there, there is no 'ahead', only different.

Sharing, learning, discussing, understanding can all happen no matter where you think you are with respect to other folk.

Comparing yourself to others is dangerous... some will be better than you at some one thing or another, which can lead to being disappointed or depressed... and some will be less accomplished, which just leads to being prideful in certain wrong ways. We're all individual, different... even when we explore the same paths, the same things... there is STILL and ALWAYS the capacity to learn.

I regularly find what you have to say interesting.

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

why not turn it into a forum to seek the advice of those with more experience?

It's painful enough having to see the difference, without asking them to point out the details to me.