Tag: love
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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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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 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 20 of 40: Courage
There have been many times in my life where I stopped just short of the goal. Most of the work was done, but I couldn’t take those few final steps. A critical voice begging for more perfection or fear and doubt would creep in and I would stop and turn away. I’ve done this with…
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Fasting Day 18 of 40: Truth
As a child I found lying to be safer than the truth at times. I was raised in an Orthodox religion and fear of punishment frequently meant hiding what had happened, or straight out lying. If you get caught, you get in trouble. If you lie about it and hide, you’re in the clear, or…
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Fasting Day 15 of 40: Receiving
So much has changed already that there are not many words I can use to convey what it is I am thinking and feeling anymore. I feel like a beacon and conveyor of thoughts. They ease into my awareness and move right through. Some are still memories and regrets, others wonderful ideas. Each one says…
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Fasting Day 13 of 40: Assuming
Assumptions. They are the bread and butter of many of our interactions with other people. We give someone the once over and think we know a little something about them. From that initial encounter we then infer what they will do next or who they generally are. It’s a way for a us to quickly…
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Fasting Day 12 of 40: Reflecting and Wallowing
We’ve all done it. One second we’re driving the car, talking with a friend, or reading a book, and a part of our brain drifts away and into the past. Memories of childhood, an awkward moment in high school, or an oopsie from last week start to flood in. Before we know it, the drive…
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Fasting Day 10 of 40: Temptation
Whew! Made it to the first hump. A part of me didn’t think it was possible and now 40 seems like a much smaller number. This is comforting because today has probably been the most significant in terms of challenge. Anything is possible when the heart and spirit are aligned with the mind and will,…
Ryan Orion 