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Recommendation for two free on-line spiritual/thankful/meditative sites that I find useful.
The first is nshrine. Their faq describes their purpose thus: 'nshrine.com provides a free home for shrines, memorials, prayer lists and playspace for any legal, non-commercial purpose. Though most shrines are created for spiritual and grieving purposes, trivial and absurd play are also welcome. nshrine.com operates without affiliation to any religious organization or creed.'
The entire site is free. You don't have to log-in to leave a candle at a shrine. Candles come in different colours for varying purposes; reverence is the default, but there are candles for desire, success, joy, memory and peace. You can log-in using your Open-ID and leave candles linked or your name, or anonymously. You can also leave candles via Twitter. You can just light a candle, or you can write a few words about the purpose behind it. Candles 'burn' for fourteen days. There is no limit on the number of candles you light.
While logged in, you can create shrines - up to five hundred shrines! - for free. So if there isn't a shrine that meets your needs, create one. You can make it public or private, too. It's very easy to create a shrine, and you can simply add a few words about the shrine's purpose, or get creative with images and altering the colour scheme.
The second site is gratefulness.org. Again, this is totally free. It walks you through the process of choosing and lighting a virtual candle that will burn for forty eight hours, including suggesting taking a moment to clear your thoughts and reflect on the purpose of lighting the candle, making it great for meditation or centring purposes.
You can, if you choose, initial your candle to revisit it - and make/add to a collection if you're participating in something like a ritual or a prayer circle. Very serene and welcoming.
The first is nshrine. Their faq describes their purpose thus: 'nshrine.com provides a free home for shrines, memorials, prayer lists and playspace for any legal, non-commercial purpose. Though most shrines are created for spiritual and grieving purposes, trivial and absurd play are also welcome. nshrine.com operates without affiliation to any religious organization or creed.'
The entire site is free. You don't have to log-in to leave a candle at a shrine. Candles come in different colours for varying purposes; reverence is the default, but there are candles for desire, success, joy, memory and peace. You can log-in using your Open-ID and leave candles linked or your name, or anonymously. You can also leave candles via Twitter. You can just light a candle, or you can write a few words about the purpose behind it. Candles 'burn' for fourteen days. There is no limit on the number of candles you light.
While logged in, you can create shrines - up to five hundred shrines! - for free. So if there isn't a shrine that meets your needs, create one. You can make it public or private, too. It's very easy to create a shrine, and you can simply add a few words about the shrine's purpose, or get creative with images and altering the colour scheme.
The second site is gratefulness.org. Again, this is totally free. It walks you through the process of choosing and lighting a virtual candle that will burn for forty eight hours, including suggesting taking a moment to clear your thoughts and reflect on the purpose of lighting the candle, making it great for meditation or centring purposes.
You can, if you choose, initial your candle to revisit it - and make/add to a collection if you're participating in something like a ritual or a prayer circle. Very serene and welcoming.
