I agree that any practice should be applicable to daily life in some way. With zen, for example, daily mundane tasks are to be done with serenity and reverence as if it was of grave importance. A day with out work, they say, is a day with out bread. I find, have found, that due to my Magick experimentations I have become a better person. Morally, spiritually, even physicaly, more so than when I was a Lutheran (so long ago) When I would commit actions with no thought of concequence, other tan that G-d would forgive me in the end.
I think upon Crowleys' "Do what thou Wilt" and the find some of the anxiety. I mean, there's alot in that statement. It is Up To me? It is UP TO ME! Not some pastor or priest. Not my mommy. Not my wife. It is the most spiritually liberating sentence, I think, ever. Yet a ton of responsibility.
I just think I'm wandering the wild corridors of Chapel Perilous again. Thanks for the responses.
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