Archive for February, 2011
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
The story of the vision fast I was going to undertake in June 2005 begins with the preparations I made in the threshold phase. The vision fast was a component of the three-week residential portion of the summer semester at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. This would be my fourth ...
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Thursday, February 17th, 2011
The time when we are preparing to undertake a vision fast is the first of the three phases of the vision fast ceremony. It is called the severance phase. The medicine walk I've been describing was an important step in preparing for the vision fast, as well as being a ...
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Seeking meaning in our experiences is a human compulsion. It is part of how we build and maintain our self-image and our view of reality. Looking back at the meaning I derived from my medicine walk, I am struck by how I concluded that the day's adventures affirmed my affection ...
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