Tag: health
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Fasting Day 30 of 40: Mothers
Today will be a short one. I used a lot of gas yesterday and am recovering. Short ones, tall ones, big ones little ones, we all have mothers of varying sizes, temperaments and loves. They have formed and shaped us within their bodies and moved us from beyond the veil and into this realm. What…
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Fasting Day 29 of 40: Peter Priesthood
In church as a child it was common to hear an unkind phrase used to describe a “holier than thou” brother, “Peter Priesthood.” This was the kind of person who did things not because they felt right, but because they were seen as right. It is quite common for many to seek to be seen…
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Fasting Day 28 of 40: Brotherhood
A great many of our stories, movies and media depict brotherhood in terms of war and violence. It is usually of men coming together to defeat the enemy or conquer the foe. We are now at a turning point where the role of the masculine is less about conquest and more about guidance. Within this…
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Fasting Day 27 of 40: Sacred Sexuality
Making love, doing the nasty, hanky-panky, screwing around, and more. There are so many ways to speak of our sexuality that is perhaps the genesis for euphemisms. We all experience it and we all express it, so then why is it hard for us to talk about? As a species, we have hidden away from…
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Day 26 of 40: Shamanism
Every culture on Earth has their version of the priest or healer. These wise men and women are ones who have undergone training in medicines, moralities, and traditions to understand themselves and gain deeper insight into the realms of spirit. Whether it is Yoga, Religion, Esoterisicm, or medicinal paths, they all teach the same things,…
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Fasting Day 25 of 40: Subtly
The rain drops forming puddles. With each splash of the rain and ripples that follow, the pool returns to balance. Every adjustment is graceful, smooth and effortless. This is our natural order when we allow it and is an example of the microcosm within the macrocosm. We are each expanding as new bits of data…
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Fasting Day 24 of 40: Thinking is Creation
I’ve done the following thousands of times: I would be upset with someone and expect a confrontation of some kind and start playing out the argument in my head before it happened. More often then not, a disagreement would take place. I’ve spent days’ worth of my life fighting battles in my mind before they…
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Fasting Day 23 of 40: Exerciseism and Exorcism
From the time I woke up and opened my eyes, it took me about an hour to put my feet to the floor, and another 20 minutes to stand up. Every excuse imaginable came up. “I am tired,” “I did too much yesterday,” “Today is a good day to sleep in.” Those might have been…
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Fasting Day 22 of 40: Boredom
Out at sea, the wind drifts away and all sailors lament. The doldrums have come. The dread for these sailors is that the life giving and moving wind has gone away, and there is no knowing when it picks back up again. It could be days or weeks. The whole time you have little to…
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Fasting Day 21 of 40: Energy and Movement
We wade through pools of abundance daily. Every breath we take, every step we make, we are swirling the photons of light from the sun, and exchanging charged electrons, ions, atoms, and protons constantly with our environment. The light we see, the sounds we hear, the things we touch, all energy in one form or…
Ryan Orion 