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It’s Saturday. I’ve been fasting for over twenty-four hours. My last meal was back on Wednesday evening. However, my statement is truthfully a lie.
The Fast: Body To Spirit & Back
Camron Karsten2007-04-27 22:09:06
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of fasting.
From the end of one season into the next. From the end of one year, and now—a year older and a year wiser—into the next and onward. One segment of the journey is completed as the following begins, and it’s another step up the career ladder while more then a few rungs are by-passed. You make yourself light, lean and spirited for this jump. Your ready for the change. You’ve been reborn by your own strength, determination and inner discipline.
This was my fast: a self-controlled method to bring about awareness and gratefulness as I honored the recent, as well as the old, which carried me into the present moment. It was a dedicated cleanse of the old for the new. It was a self-purification of the toxins for the healthful and joyousness in life. It was my fast as I strengthened my mind and rejuvenated my body while deepening my spirituality.
Firm As An Empty Stomach
Lunch is skipped as Copenhagen is descended upon. It’s my first and last layover before hopping on a plane direct to Seattle.
I check in to the awareness of my body as the plane moves down through the clouds and into a lower atmosphere. I feel light, almost numb. My mind is rooted, yet floating in intangible thought, and my feet tingle despite remaining seated for the last two hours. I inhale, fill my lungs, pressing deep into my empty stomach, and exhale. I reflect on the year as it comes to a close and give my Self a silent affirmation:
I’m ready for all that is and all that will be offered in this coming year. I withdraw into my center of spiritual retreat and honor my Self, giving thanks to the blessings of this world. I stand inward with my fast, choosing not to eat with those who have no choice in the matter. I am ready to fly forward into today’s world and absorb all that the Universe provides. I open the heart and soul to my surroundings, enabling my Self to learn to give more freely. I’m here today with my whole being—living, loving, breathing and fasting into the eyes of my inner soul. I am ready. I am the creator of my life.
My fast continues the following nine hours as I fly across the Atlantic and over North America to Seattle.
This article was originally written and posted on Brave New Traveler
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