“The Magical Place”
“But, in the magical place I visited with my eyes closed, none of these laws of everyday life existed. Silence reigned. Not only was there no harsh noise here, there was no noise at all. Nothing competed with anything else. The tree was allowed to let its cordovan lizards races up its trunk without interference. […]
Continue reading“Lotus GAthering”
“In the distance, I saw two young women carefully balancing themselves in a canoe as they bent over its side to gather lotuses. There was such grace in the way they slowly arched their backs and reached down to take the flowers, as if they were first seeking permission from the local deity before performing […]
Continue reading“Becoming Water”
“Shakti asked me if I knew that all the elements—earth, air, fire, and water—went into making up everything we saw around us. I thought for a minute before answering, ‘No, I didn’t know that.’ But she told me that it was true, and that, if you focused, you could actually see these elements. My mind […]
Continue reading“Sorrow”
“By sorrow does the Lord dispel sorrow and by adversity does He destroy adversity. When this is done, He sends no more adversity.”
Continue reading“A New Way of Seeing”
“As I spent more time within myself, I began to see things, not celestial beings or anything like that, more like seeing through things. I saw the energy behind the object, the soul of a person behind their persona. The roles that people played in life no longer fooled me. Society’s attempts to present the […]
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