Meditation for April 2nd, 2016Cleanse
Spring is when nature starts over after a nice cleanse. The leaves start growing back, flowers bloom, green shoots come up through the muddy soil and the birds start coming back. Like nature, we also should do a good cleansing. Get rid of old things and old ways and start looking at new things and new ways.
It’s too bad that no matter how many times you give yourself a cleanse, you are still the same asshole you were before your cleanse. You can pretend all you want that you are making fresh starts, but you will just be the same minus whatever you decided to quit.
It wasn’t the smoking or the meat eating that was making you an asshole, it was the fact that you were born an asshole. You can clean and reorganize your bedroom all you want, it isn’t going to stop you from being a lazy tool. It isn’t the fact that you need to fast from all the chemicals and bad food you put into your system, it’s the fact that you have bad skin.
When people try things like a food detox fast or moving furniture around, they are just saying they are not happy with the way things are now. They want to change things to fit their needs. They want an easy fix, and most things people will do at the end of their rope is reach for something that feels line they are stating over.
So smudge your house, cut meat out of your diet for good, wear a crystal necklace, quit smoking or a number of other new beginnings rituals, you won’t actually change who you are.
Prayer
Saint Zita,
I just don’t feel satisfied with my life right now.
I’m bored.
I’m bored of the people in my life,
The job I have,
The place I live.
I’m just bored.
I need to start over.
I’m gonna do a three week lemon hot water mix.
After I visit a spa for a week to just, you know, recoop and stuff.
I’m going to get rid of all my clothes,
And update my wardrobe.
After all this, it’ll be like I’m a new person.
I won’t be bored so easily anymore.
I’ll be a new excited person.
Reinvested in my circle of friends.
Rejuvenated for work.
And excited for my living space.
Amen.
Craft
Here are some cleansing rituals.
Strip down naked and rub aloe all over your body. Plastic wrap yourself for 24 hours. New person!
Only eat Brussels sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower for one month.
Only wear white.
Quit something.
Start something new.
Switch therapist.
Switch 12 step program.
Light a bunch of candles, put on Miles Davis and take a bath.
Sleep for 72 hours with the help of drugs.
Baptize yourself in every body of water you see.
Burn a hole in your skin.
Bathe in the blood of your ancestors.
Goal
No matter what rituals you put into your daily life, you are going to be the same person you always have been all along.