Do you have a text or a book that you read daily?

[Morell]

I was thinking about sacred text, but in all honesty not every text used for pratice is considered sacred. Not every book of prayers a person uses has that status in his mind.

I used to read daily Teachings of the Immortals, wonder if I'll start doing it again, depends on the need.

Do you have any text or a book that you read daily as part of your practice or religion?

 

[Amadeus]

I have a system for this. It's similar to a sufi awraad in some ways. The same texts over and over again. One way or another the practices connect to the same texts.

Every day must have at least a certain number of pages worth of "spam". The definition of spam in my system: a mix of psalms, gospels, Torah, Quran, rosary, akathists, duas, verses, salaat, dhikr and mantras, some others. I convert almost everything into pages. Some stuff as face value, others I convert. Sometimes I don't bother counting, I know when I'm there.

The system consists of fixed readings and random ones. The fixed readings are streak based. Maybe I'll work more with x text until I reach a personal goal. I change the goals randomly, get another crazy idea and go for it. Sometimes 10-12 days, 30-90+. Certain mantras are there daily as 100% fixed. Some to reach x number, others without counting anything, freestyle.

The goal with this is to spend as much time as possible processing energy, meditate, stack energy, work with the same books. I'm also trying to think of a mantra at every moment throughout the day as some monks do.

Fixed, random, semi fixed, some more random. Almost everything from the same books. Consistent daily work.

 

[Habegale]

I’m an “Ars Notoria” every day guy … except on the fourth month… that’s picture gazing time baby !

but then back to words for three months… it’s an everyday exercise (lots of ink on laurel leaf ingesting though— use organic, non toxic ink for your angel/demon/barbarous spirit/ permission seeking, or Pepcid complete thou doth require )

 

[iseht]

Not every day, but something I return to often when I feel the need for inspiration is the Kore Kosmou. I was nearly brought to tears when first reading the half where Isis describes the nature of souls. The passage where she compares the soul to an eye swathed in wrappings, how it already sees, but the clarity depends on what surrounds it is one of my favorite things in any text. The whole thing is so beautiful and perplexing.

 

[ArchonLynx]

I don't really read books I skim everything for what I'm looking for or things I can use.

I read my daily mantra alot & say it in my head hundreds of times a day about it lol

 

[Ziran]

Do you have any text or a book that you read daily as part of your practice or religion?

Yes, in my faith community we read from the Torah, the Psalms, and the Tanya everyday on an annual cycle. Many of us are learning the same sections each day.

 

[Amadeus]

Tanya

Tanya? Google response: it is a "primarily a feminine given name of Russian origin, commonly used as a diminutive of Tatiana (or Tetyana) and often interpreted to mean "queen" or "fairy queen". Jewish book?

I found it now. It looks like something I have read but it was not called like that. It had a different title.

What about Siddur and Chumash? Your community does not read these much? I remember talking to some people and they were into these 2.

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As Chumash I meant the edition that includes other information than just the Torah.