The piece is called the ritual project, and I was assigned to find a ritual thing that I do every day, and change it in a variety of ways. However, when I reflected on what ritual I would change, I realized that I have almost no rituals in the first place. The only thing that is consistent with me is my constant thinking from a Christian perspective, because that's the way I was raised. Therefore, in a combination attempt, I am changing two rituals: 1. Not having any regular rituals, and 2. Thinking from a Christian perspective. I'm doing this by living as closely as I am able to the live of a Theravedan Buddhist Monk for three to five days.
Some of the drastic changes that will occur are as follows:
- I will be wearing orange robes only (with shorts underneath, but no shirt unless it is bright orange)
- I will be wearing only sandals or going barefoot.
- I will shave my head
- I will speak softly when at all
- I will meditate 1-6 hours a day
- I will eat only breakfast and lunch
- I will only sleep on the floor
- I will not be watching tv, playing video games, watching movies, listening to music, singing, or using facebook.
- I will make little or no eye contact, and look down at all times
- I will make no physical contact with other people
- I will not entertain any lustful thoughts of any kind
- I will not lie, steal, kill, or participate in sexual misconduct
- I will follow to the best of my abilities the 277 precepts that are doable in my situation
This is going to be a very, very interesting weekend.
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