Fasting

18 Mar

If you water house plants daily, regularly, (unnaturally, considering rain fall patterns), they tend to develop roots that are close to the surface, superficial. If you let the soil dry out just a bit, the plants are challenged; the roots have to go deeper to find sustenance, to grow in ways that provide more stability for the health of the entire organism.
When we, as humans, detach ourselves from our regular physical intake of food/ water/ sex/ material needs… we spend just a few precious hours, a few precious days of the year, trying to grow our roots deeper into the soil, to reach out for a stability that does not come from the material and superficial.

3 Responses to “Fasting”

  1. Heather 18. Mar, 2008 at 5:17 pm #

    This is a beautiful comparison. :-)

  2. leslie 01. Apr, 2008 at 4:29 pm #

    I really like this analogy too!

  3. Andrew 01. Jul, 2008 at 8:51 pm #

    Beautiful.

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