{"id":15902,"date":"2011-07-21T16:40:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=15902"},"modified":"2011-07-21T16:40:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T20:40:24","slug":"some-thoughts-on-hair-and-spirituality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/some-thoughts-on-hair-and-spirituality\/","title":{"rendered":"Some thoughts on hair and spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wayne wirs wrote at The Hair Conundrum (or Why Spiritual Seekers Shave Their Heads)<\/a> “To most women, hair is an accessory. \u00a0To most men, hair is a part of their identity. \u00a0To the devote spiritual seeker, hair can be a real pain in the ass.” \u00a0I \u00a0agree. \u00a0For a few years during the 70’s and 80’s, I lived in communities where 75% of the community shaved their head every 3 days as a spiritual practice. \u00a0I have an American friend in Korea who is a Buddhist monk, and their practice is to shave on each day with a 3 in it, 3-13-23-30. \u00a0To the Buddhists, the shaving of the head is a symbolic act of humility, a method for leaving the ego behind,\u00a0a sign that the being has left the householder lifestyle and entered the life of the renunciate and contemplative. \u00a0The closest I ever came to it was in 1987 when I cut my hair way, way short after my dad died and I split with husband No. 4. \u00a0It was an offering in thanks for both of those being easy transitions. \u00a0I have friends that part of their spiritual practice is to grow their hair long and have it cut for Locks of Love<\/a> each time they get to 10+ inches.<\/p>\n

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