DREAM BODY

I am enjoying this body more now.

That still feels slightly strange to say.

After years of heaviness, badly fitting clothes, poor balance, and the old post-stroke complications, the body now feels lighter, healthier, and easier to live in.

Even with the hemiplegia, I love it more kindly.

But I also know I am not this.

That is the interesting bit.

“I am not a body” does not mean I have to despise the body, neglect it, or pretend it is not here.

It means the body does not define me.

It is not my identity, my prison, or my salvation.

While it appears, it can be cared for. Warmed. Dressed. Breathed. Walked. Fed. Rested. Used for kindness.

Fasting and breathwork have not made me more real.

They have simply made the noise less convincing.

The body has stopped arguing so loudly.

So I can enjoy the balance, the health, the clothes that fit, and the quiet pleasure of moving through the day differently.

That is not body_worship.

It is good housekeeping in the dream.

Not who I am.

Just the flute the breath is moving through.

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"How six months in Israeli jail changed this Palestinian journalist’s life forever
A reporter recounts torture in custody, a near-fatal stroke and his determination to bear witness

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Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty

Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of e...

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Judge Orders #Colorado to Stop Throwing Prisoners in Solitary for Refusing to Work
Years after voters amended the state’s constitution to ban forced labor in prison, a court ruling could finally make Colorado change how prison guards “compel and coerce” work.

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> The Art of Mothering Through Bars https://inquest.org/the-art-of-mothering-through-bars/

New book on incarcerated women and how it affects them and those on the outside. Yes, ordered it for our library.

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> The Art of Mothering Through Bars https://inquest.org/the-art-of-mothering-through-bars/

New book on incarcerated women and how it affects them and those on the outside. Yes, ordered it for our library.

#books #reading #TBR #prison #women

NEW: Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty

Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of executions the state has carried out in more than eight decades.
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Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty

https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-death-penalty-executions-ron-desantis

#CriminalJustice #Prison