Tag: mindfulness
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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 6 of 40: Joy
As I move through my days I get flashes of intense emotions. The soma, the flesh is releasing a lot that has been hidden. I will be walking and all of a sudden be rapt in intense gratitude for someone taking me in when I was 19. I will be laying down to rest and…
Ryan Orion 