The fifth annual Winter Feast For The Soul encourages people worldwide to engage in a period of stillness, whether it be in the form of mediation, prayer, yoga, martial arts, journaling, expressive arts, or kindness toward others, for forty minutes a day for forty days, starting January 15, 2012, and continuing to February 23, 2012.
Why forty minutes for forty days?
The 13th century mystic, Jelaluddin Rumi, who is the inspiration for the Feast, wrote:
What nine months does for the embryo,
forty early mornings
will do for your growing awareness.
Moses, Elijah, Buddha, Jesus and Mohamed also each spent forty days in retreat or contemplation before discovering spiritual enlightenment and consequently changing the world. What better way of honoring and observing the birthday of another great spiritual leader, Martin Luther King Jr.
According to it’s website, Winter Feast For The Soul will provide guided meditations and interviews with spiritual teachers of various traditions to deepen your experience and guide you through your forty-day spiritual journey. You can divide your forty minutes a day into two twenty minute sessions or four ten minute sessions if that works best for your lifestyle and goals.
To learn more about the 2012 Winter Feast For The Soul and obtain a schedule of this year’s events when it’s posted go to winterfeastforthesoul.com
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