Adaption to Enviorment and Will

[Uni_Verse]

To Adapt, To Survive ; By the Two We Thrive

Where is it you have chosen to live and how have you subsequently adapted to survive?

I recently moved across the United States.
From East Coast, to West Coast
From privilege, to hardship.
And .any other things.

It has been difficult, to say the least.
All my old habits became a Death Warrant.
Leading to a need for immediate change.

In the Darkness, and not wanting to be Alone, I return to the question...

Where do you live ? How have you adapted, what habits do you find your self taking on?
How do you see these as an expression of your Will?
A Magickal Act.

[Darian]

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law,

Some argue survival IS adaptation.

I see this was posted a few years ago, so I’m sorry if this doesn’t have the same relevance; but just in case &/or for others,

I’v felt this same plea many times. Or at least, your words bring up recurring feelings I relate to. Not only have I always felt a sense of being at-odds with my environment; I’v moved quite a few times, wondering how to adapt. So I can’t help but share.

1. Currently in Oregon, US, I live in a valley higher(ish) in elevation, against forested mountains. The towns have populated and grown into each-other so is pretty urbanized, not “out-there.” And this is the first time I chose to move solely based on circumstance. Iv always had (relative) difficulty with finances; chasing breaking-even.

2. Adaptation is an alchemical process I personally liken to gardening. My spiritual practices–next to this physical correspondence I can engage with in the same world I am questioning–is how I have coped, now & in the past. They give immediately, material to observe & work with; adaptation becomes the side-effect. Did the whale really “try” to lose its limbs and push its nostrils above its skull? We can definitely say the cetacean tried to swim & never stopped.

There are great anchors and vistas through the path when perseverance heads the course–
–and as many have attested; Pearls of Wisdom (James Eshelman) has some particular nuggets of sheer gold that never cease to surprise. Meditations, practices, rituals, the breakdown of human-nature in relation to ritualistic value. These spiritual practices ground & sharpen my senses & concentration, my imagination & passion; and these are all we really have to interact & effect our universe about us & within us.

A famous principle of Permaculture:
“The Problem is the Solution.”
I.e. I have legs for land & no mammal can swim far, but the most food freely swims in the ocean; to freely swimming, I become the largest, undisturbed mammal ever to live.

Generally I only see a magickal act, or expression of my will, as an intentional action which produces a beneficial result–usually near or right in line with my intent.
And so the adaptations necessary come to light next to the unintentional (“unmagickal” if-you-like) actions.
Adaptations that supply security and fulfillment are definite expressions of my will. Habits and experiments are lessons to be learned from.

Love is the law, love under will.
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