Interesting points from both of you! You know, I am wondering if these rituals could be viewed in two categories. I noticed that many of the rituals you guys mentioned (and my own) are introspective; looking inwards at our selves / thoughts. And then questioning, learning and interacting with the world around us based upon those rituals or to further our understandings.

For me, this puts a slightly different light on more traditional rituals. For example certain religious / spiritual rituals are usually externalized or physical actions / performances. The result of which can perhaps cause introspection.

I thought that an interesting division on how one type starts in our thoughts and affects our actions. Whilst the other type starts in our actions and affects our thoughts…

One funny ritual, I allow myself to get bored to remind myself why I like to stay occupied.
When I loose physical stimulation, my mental stimulation starts to loop. I see this a lot in “stay-at-home” types. They get bored and fall into paranoid loops of worry. Or sometimes they mix the TV world with reality too much -gossips, soaps, made-up drama, etc. Interesting how things in the spirit world go downhill when we allow our physical world to stagnate……

For myself, I’d have to say my rituals are:

1. Analyzing everything for deeper and/or hidden meaning
2. Reassessing my stance/postion with/towards the world around me
3. Spending time pondering questions/thoughts for which I have yet to find satisfactory resolutions.
4. Reading this blog on a daily basis as it seems to resonate along the same lines as my questioning.

Cheers and keep up the wonderful posts.