Tuesday, 4 June 2013

How to ask Godhar a Religious/Spiritual Question

I'm just going to put this out there.  


Of late, I've been trying to come up with a series of essays that address and provide tools on solving various parts of starting, growing, maintaining, and other nitty-gritty types of things that go on into a Kindred/Tribe/Group and also more personal specific religio/spiritual (that's a fancy term I kludged together to speak about the sphere I deal in) concerns.

Rod works best in a Q & A environment where one can deal in and provide possible tools and approaches on *specific* information.  So I would like put it out there to request some *specific* questions that have stumped you or your Kindred/Tribe/Group ... mostly from a religio/spiritual  perspective that modern Godhar can assist with so that your Kindred/Tribe/Group can  best tackle a solution. This does not mean I am somehow *the* Authority, quite the contrary my goal is to help with tools and methods for you/your group to tackle the problem.  Essentially allowing me to put out information that can help others to deal and solve their own questions that follow their own Thew, which is important.  Heck, sometimes just defining the problem in a very specific way helps to attack that problem.

So here's a rubric on the kinds of questions that work best:  Ask questions that articulate what, how, and why you wish to do, know, or feel something. Deeper questions of what, how, and why of knowing something, or appropriate questions of why, how, and what that address your religio/spiritual concerns.

... Examples from my methodological point of view:

  • What is the problem/issue/concern? (Be specific as you can.)
    • "What does 'Hamr' mean?
    • "What do I do when I feel my Ancestors are not responding?
    • "What can my Kindred do to be more religious?
  • How is it causing a problem/issue/concern? How do I/the group attack this problem/issue/concern?
    • "How does one strengthen their "Maegin?"
    • "How does my Kindred discourage/encourage participation?"
    • "How do you communicate with the Vaettir?" 
  • Why do you/the group feel it is a problem/issue/concern?  Why is it important to resolve this problem/issue/concern?
    • Why is it important to actually look a person in the eye when you confront them?
    • Why should my Kindred go to other group's gatherings?
    • Why should I be concerned with a 'promise'?

Try to be specific, I'm not going to try to focus on telling you what to do but on ways that helps you/the group's to figure out the best solution based on your personal or Kindred/Tribes/Group's Thew.
Again, what Rod the Godhi is telling you is not the "right way," but providing guidance to help.  My job is to help you to develop and articulate tools and methodologies so *you* and your Kindred/Tribe/Group can best solve the dilemma that best meets your needs and wants.

If you do have a question, don’t hesitate to ask it over at my link on the right side. Please tell me if it is alright for me to publish the question and the answer.

Though I'm going a bit more in-depth, drill down a bit more, and are/will be more specific, here's a pretty good guideline on how to ask smart questions."  {http://www.wikihow.com/Ask-a-Question-Intelligently}

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