Tuesday,
March 14th, 2017
Toronto,
Ontario
Newness
“Whatever
is dead must go!” was
my morning mood. A good soak of the feet
in some good Epsom salts
in water did a great job of separating the old from the new—skin.
I believe
you know what I’m talking about. Old
skin starts to peel off,
and in some places, in
an elastic-type of dynamic. It is nice
to reveal new skin and start afresh until it’s time for that covering to also go. “A new lease on life,” is an expression that
denotes a new start, much like being energized, repaired or rejuvenated.
I remember
roaming the streets during my college days (brief as they were) on that quest,
checking out different spiritual groups and churches. I was truly looking for ‘something new’.
I didn’t just want to follow a dry routine of life where I ‘wake up in
the morning, slug down a cup of coffee and go to the office for eight hours’.
I was pining for something different.
Lo and behold I met these bald-headed creatures who were dressed in what
appeared to be orange bedsheets, and they gave me a ‘new’ optional way of life.
In the ’70s, it was
hard to find a vegetarian. Well, these
monks were purely into the non-violence.
I took a fancy to that mode of life and their way of mindfulness. “Let
me try this out,” said my excited mind.
“Let me shed my moderate hippy-ism and see what the ancients from India used to do.”
I gave it a
shot and I got sold on it. Forty-four
years later and I’m still at it. I’m
still shedding skin and feeling a newness every day.
May the
Source be with you!
2 km
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