faunabay and autumnsdaughter, and those others expressing a desire to follow a sort of parallel course, good on you! But it's not like anyone's keeping a list or a roll call or anything - it's not Big Brother!
What Umbrae said about the rest of the participants not knowing if you've "sinned" is exactly right. And it's no one's business. It's in your own heart to know whether or not you're staying the course that you need at the time.
For mine, I need to make it open, and share it with someone - anyone - and I'm not even sure why. I don't need approval, or someone to check on me. It's just part of it, somehow.
Gazel said:
These rules seem okay to me. But maybe the "official" ending of this exercise should be added also? Was it for three or six months i.e. until the autumnal equinox?
Yes - that is, your autumn eq.
We're starting on mine!
It's a purely arbitrary figure, for the sake of unity. If someone personally wants to only do it for a month, then that's fine. I based the three months around the idea of 78 days. That works out to just under three months, and since the eq. is coming up, I thought it would be nice to tie it in with the Sabbats and rhythms of the Earth and Sun. This is a message that comes through broadly in the deck I'm going to be using - the Wheel of Change - so I admit to being a bit selfish there. If anyone has a better suggestion, please bring it forward
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I'm at work and should stop skiving, so see you all later
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\m/ Kat