Category: Stories from My Life
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Choosing between Two Roads (Plus a Grammar Lesson, Apparently)
The road to hell feels like heaven, and the road to heaven feels like hell. You’ve surely heard some version of that quote. But for me, as written, it’s easier to remember in my daily life than other versions I’ve heard in the past. It’s an important idea, and it seems to be universally true…
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Fasting: The Best and Easiest Path to Perfect Health
Note: This page is a work in progress. If I’ve missed anything or if you have any questions, comment at the bottom, or send me an email. In time I want this to be a comprehensive one-stop page to answer all questions for people interested in prolonged fasting. Fasting is when you don’t eat any…
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A Perfect Autumn Sunrise
I let my dog, Chickadee, out into a quiet, chilly October morning. The sun was about to rise over the distant wooded horizon, and a thin waning moon hung high in the pale blue sky. While I gazed at the moon, the very tip of the sun showed itself and grabbed my attention. At the…
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Oneness
Everyone on the so-called “spiritual” path (as if any human path could possibly not be “spiritual”) is aware of the concept of oneness. We are all one. When you hurt another you hurt yourself. When you help another you help yourself. And so on. Up until last night I had only a slight grasp of…
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Gifts from God
After my morning breathwork routine, which is something I love doing outdoors this time of year under the early morning sun, I repeated a mantra I’d heard that resonated with me: “Universe, show me how good it gets to be.” I repeated it a few times and felt my consciousness shift to match the vibe,…
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The Dented Box
I acquired the box at the local co-op, which always has free boxes for groceries. Boxes are better – I can fit all my groceries in one instead of several bags. The bags rip and I have to throw them away. I keep the boxes. They’re useful. It said Cosmic Crisp on it. I guess…
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My No Screen Time Experiment
Even with knowledge of modern pleasure traps and how they destroy our brains and our lives, I’ve been succumbing to a powerful one over the past couple months, which is specifically short videos (TikTok, YouTube shorts, etc), but also other screen activities such as watching TV series (which are fucking horrible nowadays almost without exception),…
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Soul Purpose Ramblings
A question I’ve grappled with for over a year now is this: Do we humans have a Soul Purpose? If you’re reading these words you are aware that we are eternal energetic beings temporarily immersed in this dense physical realm. Related to that truth, I have come to believe (believe, not know) that the reason…
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The Fluttering Tree
There’s a young quaking aspen in the forest bordering my backyard. All around it are young maples, oaks, dogwoods, and cherry trees. I’ve watched them grow over the past five years. But there’s something special about the aspen. Even in the faintest breeze, so faint I can’t feel it on my skin, its leaves flutter…
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Connecting with Your Soul
My main spiritual focus over the last several months has been consciously connecting with my Soul. You may think of your Soul as spirit guides, the Holy Spirit, your higher self, or any number of monikers. I think it’s just slightly different conceptions of the same thing, but I like using the term “Soul”. The…