Okay I think I am officially doing spells. It is way more comfortable and natural than I thought to cross over into Buddhist Witch territory. I have a background doing some strange candle and incense stuff in a Christian tradition many years ago so the basics of a ritual or spell are familiar to me. I have written my own very short phrases and worked in other elements. The first real spell I did was more protection and I drew a celtic knot as part of it. That felt really nice. Then I put in the Buddhist flavor in not including anything that I think would cause harm, most of what I have read is really working on things in yourself anyway.
Interesting that one of my teachers has said that sometimes meditating isn't enough and encourages additional things such as therapy when appropriate. I am so tired of being in my head and in words that having objects and colors and smells seems to be working on other areas of me.
With the thread on solstice I thought there may be some others who do similar things and wanted to just chat.