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Post by gazelle18 on Sept 5, 2016 22:31:14 GMT -5
What’s on your mind — how to make kugel? this week’s Torah reading? life goals? prayer? We are all engaged in weight loss/weight maintenance journeys and we are all Jewish or at least interested in Judaism. We like to eat, we like to discuss. It is our goal here to provide each other support on our journeys, to share experiences, to call on our rich cultural heritage and texts, and to help each other grow spiritually.
Some of us take weekly turns starting the thread:
Angelika
Holly
Lee
Louise
Lynne
Peachy
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Post by gazelle18 on Sept 5, 2016 22:58:53 GMT -5
Today, DH and I took a long bike ride, in an area that was a little unfamiliar to me, so it put me out of my comfort zone.
On this thread, we have sometimes talked of journeys. Weight loss journeys, spiritual
Journeys, etc. The other day, in discussing spiritual stocktaking, a couple of us stated that we were lost or that something was missing.
Anyway, on the bike ride, we passed by an old building which had graffiti on it. One piece of graffiti caught my eye, and I can't stop thinking about it. It said: "I'm not lost. I'm wandering."
Can you relate this to your spiritual and or weight loss journey?
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Post by savtele on Sept 6, 2016 9:15:15 GMT -5
Boker Tov All! There are, in my mind, several poetic & musical references that come up immediately when I read this statement! One- which I recently quoted on a FB page, from T.S.Eliot's "The Hollow Men" - "Not all who wander are lost" And Buffy St. Marie's "Piney Wood Hills" (which is, of course, where I find myself living now).
"Wandering" seems random, almost purposeless. I follow whatever path catches my eye. In a way, that IS what I have been doing, WL-wise. I am OP on one program or another, until my DH says "let's get a pizza!" or ice cream, or something else happens, & suddenly I'm off somewhere, following a bunny-trail.
I need to think about how this applies spiritually to me - I know it does! Meanwhile - the Buffy St Marie song:
I'm a rambler and a rover, and a wand'rer it seems
I've traveled all over chasing after my dreams
But a dream should come true
And a heart should be filled
And a love should be lived in the piney wood hills
I was raised on a song there
I done right & done wrong there
And it's true I belong there
And it's true it's my home
All's quiet across the river today - there was one big softball game yesterday (while the tents dried out in the sun), then everyone packed up & headed out.
Have a good day ladies!
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Post by lee058 on Sept 6, 2016 9:27:28 GMT -5
Good morning everybody. Hope you are all well today. "Not all who wander are lost" is also in the Lord of the Rings, describing Aragorn and the Dunedain.
I had blood tests earlier this morning, and was very glad to get home and have breakfast. I'll be running errands later, including taking DS to a meeting at 4PM. It's supposed to go up to the low 90's, so I will probably have to turn the car a/c back on.
It's really pretty out --- bright blue sky, bright green leaves on the trees, lots of flowers blooming --- and here it's also the first day of school.
I'll check back later. Have a peaceful day, Lee
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Post by peachymom1 on Sept 6, 2016 10:56:06 GMT -5
Sometimes wandering is the only way to get somewhere. Sometimes I'm so focused and tunnel-visioned that I can miss something right in front of me. If I'm wandering, I look around and notice things, I don't pay attention to time, and it usually calms me down and brings me back to the center.
But sometimes I let it go on too long and end up frustrated with myself. So I need to ask myself, are you done wandering for the moment, and can we get back on track now?
Angelika, I don't know that song -- when I get home I'll look it up on YouTube.
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Post by louise on Sept 6, 2016 18:04:20 GMT -5
I'm thinking about the bike riding. They say you never forget how to ride a bike but I am afraid to get on one - it's been MANY years. I agree that wandering can take you to new places and alert to new things but it has a down side - in my WLJ I need to move purposefully I think.
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Post by brgmsn on Sept 6, 2016 20:51:06 GMT -5
Louise, I love my bike. I can only ride on flat terrain, so I'm not killing myself when I ride. I have a big old bike, and I bought a big old seat at Target (for my big seat). I am so focused when I ride or walk or jog that sometimes I say, out loud to myself, STOP! Look around! And I do. It is, as Lee said, beautiful out this time of year. I need to stop and enjoy it, and not be so focused on the destination I miss out on the joys of the journey
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Post by hollygail on Sept 7, 2016 20:37:56 GMT -5
There's a plant called the Wandering Jew. That's the first thing I thought of...
I've wandered in my life. I came back to Judaism after exploring other possible avenues of spirituality. During the early 70s, when the Beatles were with the Maharishi Maresh Yogi, I became initiated into Self Realization Fellowship, and considered Saturday (rather than Sunday, as many other SRF-ers did) my "special" day. Gradually, it brought me back to Judaism where I've been happiest ever since. I don't consider exploring the different movements of Judaism "wandering" because I wasn't wandering; I was checking them out. I'm a Reconstructionist Jew who's comfortable with Conservative liturgy, Reform philosophy, and very, very attracted to the Renewal movement. But deep down, I'm a Reconstructionist Jew.
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