My Path

I am a raw vegan. It is part of my spiritual path. I have chosen to create a squeaky clean body through the use of a pure diet and thought life. I have chosen, at least for a time, to allow my hair to remain uncut. I practice yoga. I sold my bed and sleep on a mat breathing outside air throughout the night. I am letting go of my possessions. I gaze at the sun while it is setting or rising. I wear clothing that is made of only a single natural material. I meditate and am exploring the depths of my soul with faith that I will find all that is precious and valuable right here inside of myself.
I am in the process of moving into the mountainous wilderness to live a very simple life free of many of the modern conveniences and the bills and constant maintenance that these require. As the Buddha said, “If we provide for the bodies needs, we will have the time to meditate. If we try to provide for the bodies wants, there will be no end.”
I take cold showers and envision myself cleansing my body in a creek that flows next to my cabin. I am intrigued by celibacy of body and mind. I am intrigued with the thought of sustaining my body on the light of God and the eventual abandonment of alimentary intake. I am learning how to increase my vibrations though I do not know how to explain this in words.
Some have asked if perhaps I am placing too much emphasis on the physical. I do not know. I know that compared to my society I am placing more energy on these things but remain unconvinced that my society is a reliable gauge of proper balance.
Some have commented that I am going the way of the ascetic. From the outside I can understand why it appears to be so. From my perspective I am noticing there is no decrease in the level of joy I experience. There is an increase in the level of peace I experience as my need to maintain the luxuries which we now call necessities decreases.
Again, this is my path. If I were a whirling dervish, I would whirl faster and smoother every day until finally I was whirling with such fluidity that my heart sang out to God in mighty peace. If I spoke in tongues, I would strive to speak the very core of my soul in an unknown language with strength and certainty.
The paths are many, the truth is one.
I take the message quite literally that the day will come when the lion and lamb will lie down together without fear and I long to hasten its arrival. I want to aid in the continued perfection of our life here on earth until finally it is "on earth as it is in heaven." I want to learn how to love my fellows as much as I love myself and how to love God with all my heart soul and strength. I daily ask God to illuminate my darkness.
This is my path and my intention is to run its course with certainty and determination realizing that my brothers and sisters may find other paths and that it is enough if they too follow their’s with conviction.