Today is day 20 of my Lenten fast. I must admit I have remained very quiet about the whole thing. I have turned inwards to meditate and explore my awareness and feelings of this fast. After writing my last post on Feb 22nd and then reading it, I decided that this was the direction to go.
I feel good, very healthy and stable. I have been able to reflect quite a bit about my eating and what I see for my future. I am currently meditating on eating, and the concept of how in choosing what to eat one looks around this world and chooses what of it to make apart of you.
When you choose an item to eat, you don't simply chew it, you consume it and thus make it a part of you. That is to say that you are deciding what in this world is worthy of joining with. What are we telling ourselves when we take substandard food items; overly processed fast foods, genetically modified foods and oils, and bring it to our being? I must look closely at the available items, and decide which ones meet the minimum standard that I wish to maintain. It is also I think a fair comparison to that of taking an offering to the alter. We need to worship our temples and only offer up the best we have to bring. Wait, I thought of a shorter analogy... Garbage in, garbage out...

That is pretty much all for now, aside from saying I still have hopes and desires to complete 40 days of fasting... 20 days to go.

Peace and harmony to you and yours,

Mike