| There is a major growth in today's society for older | | | | couldn't wait to tell people I was a ninja. Once I |
| religions, this includes people who want to become a | | | | earned my black belt, I wondered if I was now a |
| Wicca. First of all, people need to understand that | | | | ninja. I asked my teacher and his only response was, |
| you do not become a Wicca, no more than you | | | | "you will know." |
| become a doctor and an engineer. Sure, there are | | | | Eventually I came to understand that I can't become |
| signs of progress, and as a doctor or an engineer | | | | a ninja. It is something I am or am not. It wasn't |
| you get a piece of paper, however, that doesn't | | | | about becoming, it was about being a ninja. The |
| make you a doctor or an engineer. | | | | same is true when talking about how to become a |
| As I said you do not become a Wicca. I am sure this | | | | Wicca. I now live, day to day, the way of the ninja. I |
| raises some degree of curiosity and confusion. If I | | | | use the philosophy and strategies I learned as I |
| don't become a Wicca, then why do people call | | | | trained to live my life on a daily basis. The same is |
| themselves such? See, it's not about becoming as | | | | true for my spiritual practices. |
| much as it's about being. You don't become a Wicca, | | | | You see, you didn't become anything, I either was or |
| you are one. | | | | wasn't. I either lived as one, walked as one, talked as |
| I learned this a long time ago when I was studying | | | | one, made decisions as one based on what I had |
| the martial art of Ninjutsu, and it carried over as I | | | | learned, or I didn't. Learn, study, and apply what you |
| began practicing witchcraft. As I gained belt after | | | | learn as you grow, and you will be a Wicca. Then |
| belt, I wondered at what point I would be a ninja. I | | | | there will be no need to become a Wicca. |