Topic: Celebration
See Our New Spiritual Leader – Dr. Kenn Gordon
Earlier this year the Centres for Spiritual Living came together as a result of the joining of two organizations, the International and United. We continue to learn from our history, and whilst we stand on the shoulders of great masters and avatars, it is the future that is most compelling.
A new organizational structure and spiritual leader now represent some of what we have become. One of the consequences of this change is that Dr. Kenn Gordon is the spiritual leader of over a quarter of a million members, and over 400 centres worldwide. He is also one of my teachers for Ministerial training, and I get to see him every month. However, there is a video of his closing keynote following his election over at http://www.csl.org. It’s just over 12 minutes long. It really is a delight to share Dr. Kenn with those who would not otherwise get to see him.
As a result of having spent the past 8 months studying with this man I have come to deeply respect him. The qualities he models that inspire me are too numerous to list. Each time I see this video it confirms for me why I have elected to train as a Minister with this organization. I could not follow anyone less than an authentic spiritual leader. I am proud to follow this man. His vision for the world is something I strive to live by. And I could not belong to an organization that did not have acceptance as its central principle.
We are in the process of touching 100 million lives and making the world a better place. Join with me in holding this vision in your heart and your mind. It is time.
A Tribute to Eden Biazon
Eden Biazon, one of the hardest working and happy people I had the honour to know, passed away recently. My heart overflows with love and compassion for the family and friends of Eden and the others that died in the car crash on the Queen Elizabeth II highway outside of Innisfail, Alberta.
I did not know Eden very well but over the past 2 years had had the pleasure to come to know her a little as she served. I knew her through her role as a cleaner, and much to my surprise she also worked another job at the Coast hotel in Edmonton. She always had a smile and a cheerful greeting. She always worked very hard. Her work was outstanding. And I was aware that she was responsible for training others who worked with her. From what I could see she carried out her responsibilities with a dedication and a joy that I have seldom witnessed.
I do not have a direct experience of what it is to be dead, after all I am still alive. However, I believe that the manner in which we live our lives is a big part of what happens during our transition from this life. Eden lived her life in harmony from what I could see. Obviously, I can’t speak to what happened beneath the surface for her. But I can speak to the amazing effort and the delightful energy and smile. I am also aware that she supported her family in the Philipines. She worked as hard as she did so that she her family could have a better life back home. She spent her life giving and putting others before herself.
The loving and selfless effort on her part is an inspiration. If she can have touched an acquaintance such as I in such a way I cannot even begin to imagine how those that were closest to her feel right now. You are in my prayers.
A Magnificent Vision for the Centres for Spiritual Living
Once again I am headed off for 10 days of silent meditation. It has been my experience that the weeks leading up to such retreats become laden with deep moments of awareness, as if the benefits of the work I am about to do is already headed backward in time toward me.
If God is Eternal, then surely that part of us that is God is timeless, no?
I will confess that these past two weeks have been magnificent, and short on blog posts here at Know the Flow. I will point to the full life I am living. Each day it becomes clearer that I shifting more into the mode of servant.
My return to Kelowna for the fifth month of Ministerial training was truly wonderful. On Sunday Morning I attended the Kelowna Centres’ service to celebrate wonderful news. Dr. Kenn Gordon is not only my teacher for Ministerial Studies, but was also elected as the first Spiritual Leader of the Centres for Spiritual Living! In watching a recording of his acceptance speech on New Orleans I cannot put into words what I felt. Our Spiritual Leader is truly on fire!
As someone going into Ministry I am so humbled by the gift of being able to both witness this transformation and to study with Dr. Kenn. I am coming to build a deep respect for his consciousness and his dedication.
I have another confession. I am not the kind of person who can follow mediocre leaders. I aspire to greatness as a spiritual leader and I demand to learn from the best. To see Dr. Kenn talk about his vision was truly uplifting. His is the kind of consciousness and vision that I can get fully behind.
His vision is simple. We have a great opportunity before us. It will take the community to conceive and to take the steps to deliver on a vision to touch 100 million lives. We will each have to set aside our opinions, our prejudices, our false beliefs, and embrace that Loving-Intelligent force for Good that is ever present. If any individual thinks they have the answer then they need a bigger vision. If we each step up to hold this vision in our hearts and with our actions our success is assured.
As of tomorrow I will be without access to the Internet, my email and my cellphone. This 10 day meditation retreat will be a holiday in the most meaningful sense of the word. And I will head into this time of introspection with a full heart. I am so honoured and humbled to be alive in this exciting time.
Feeling Ageless
I turned 41 today. It just occurred to me that I am at an interesting age. I am definitely no longer a child and yet I am not an elder either. It is like I am in between these archetypes, completely shed of one role and preparing to live the next.
As is often the case people show up to offer us words of wisdom. A wise friend said to me that, “children hold ALL the wisdom in their actions; elders wise up, see the children, and remember how it should be.” How true. And yet there is value in all perspectives.
In my mind Children wield the double-edged sword of inexperience. On one hand, they have less stuff getting in the way (false beliefs, agreements, etc.) and so can deliver God in an unfiltered way. On the other hand, they have less stuff getting in the way (experience, wisdom, etc.) and so can deliver God in a ego-filtered way.
The wisdom in my friend’s statement was the acknowledgement that the wisest elder will know some of the most important meaning behind this. They will be reminded of the pure joy that children so often bring with them. And what is God but joy? In my mind to witness the gasp of a child is to witness the recongition of God in it’s purest form.
And yet at what point does the examples of adults in a child’s life take over the child’s perspective? Don Miguel Ruiz talks on this in his books about the four and five agreements. One of his teachings most central to his work concerns how we make “agreements” with those around us as children. We agree with the beliefs of our family and closest friends, taking their beliefs on as our own.
I do not believe that it is necessary to understand when this happens. Rather, it is important that we “wise up” and realize that it has happened. There is wisdom in the taking on an agreement and then shedding it. When we have experienced a darkness in our life, the light has so much more meaning.
As I consider the wonderfully filled inbox of love I woke up to this morning I am delighted at the mystery of this age. I do not need a role or an archetype. I simply need to be me, allowing God to be through and as me as often as possible. And on some mornings it will be my birthday. On such mornings there will be more tangible reminders of how loved I am. I celebrate this, with the knowing that life is magnificent. I do not feel 41; I feel ageless. There are moments when I feel like a child and moments when I feel like an elder. And with any luck, there will be moments when I feel like both.
Know The Flow Has A New Home
I started this blog January, 2009. At first it made sense to use a free blogging service. But some 240 posts and a bunch of inspiration later I am delighted to have taken the next step on this journey. After months of planning, building, and refining this blog finally has a new home.
There are a number of benefits that come from taking the leap from a free blogging service to a dedicated and custom-designed blog. Regular visitors will notice newly added page navigation and colourful design.
To the side you’ll note a new email subscription feature. By signing up you can specific which blog topics you want to receive, sit back, and wait for posts to come to you.
Perhaps the feature I am most excited about is the introduction of meditation Podcasts. I’ve been recording a series of 11 podcasts over the past few months for a meditation practice that I have titled, Revealing Eternal Presence Meditation. To get you started I’ve posted a 30 minute meditation. However, over the coming months I’ll be publishing the entire REP series of Podcasts.
Whether you are looking for a meditation practice, open to trying something new for your existing practice, or simply curious about what meditation is then these podcasts are my gift to you. And thanks to the wonders of technology you’ll be able to find them through podcast directories such as iTunes, play them directly in your browser, or download the mp3 files directly to your computer or mobile device.
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Thanks to everyone who has given me such wonderful feedback and support. It really is appreciated. And if you’re here for the first time please let me know what you think either by posting comment below or the sending me a message through the Contact page.
Know the Flow and be happy.
A Virtual Vision and Manifestation
Since the last 10-day meditation retreat I will confess that I have been blissfully productive. However, over the past week something wonderful has been manifesting in my life. But before I explain the specifics I feel compelled to write about what led to this point.
About a year ago I had an idea. As you may know I lead 1 hour meditations each morning and evening through Second Life and on Skype. The idea I had was to buy a virtual plot of land in Second Life and build a virtual spiritual retreat that would serve as a permanent home for these gatherings. My vision at the time was to create a haven for meditation, spiritual practices and teachings.
After some investigation I determined that it would cost about $1,000 to buy a sim (Second Life’s term for a virtual plot of land). But more importantly, I’d need help. Creating things in Second Life really does require time and talent. And realizing that I did not have the talent I could not help but think that it was not the right time. However, I did some visioning and came up with an outline of what I would like to create. I surrendered the idea and gave it to God.
Well, fast forward to last week. A friend of mine in Second Life sent me a message indicating that she was retiring from the virtual land ownership business and wondered if I would accept the gift of full ownership of sim. After the next meditation I let those gathered know about this offer. The response was very encouraging. When I spoke about my lack of experience with building things in Second Life a number of members said they’d be delighted to help.
The whole event struck me as effortless. I couldn’t shake the feeling of it being right and realized that I could undertake the financial commitment to maintain the monthly maintenance fee through my business. With a feeling of peace and joy I accepted the gift. But what followed has truly humbled me.
Once the sim transfer was complete members from the Community for Spiritual Living (a group I founded in Second Life) began asking how they could help. I set to writing up a vision, my initial ideas and sent them out to the group. Since then I’ve been touched by the many gifts and the time already given through the first week.
The vision that is flourishing will result in a virtual home for those seeking spiritual teaching and community. I will save the details of this vision until its finished. But suffice to say the whole project is not only breathlessly effortless but is feeling like an amazing undertaking.
And perhaps what has struck me the most – when the time is right and you are ready all will proceed effortlessly. A year ago I wasn’t ready for this. Now however, I’m struck by the conditions that are conspiring in my life. I’m about to start 3 years of Ministerial training with the Centres for Spiritual Living. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the next stage in my virtual ministry; a calling that started with this blog over 2 years ago, leading meditation through Second Life for the past year and a half, as well as using Facebook and Twitter to compliment the sharing of ideas, to a virtual spiritual retreat where people from around the world can meet up with others of like-mind and grow in spiritual community. Now is the time and my vision for inspiring and serving the revealing of Eternal Presence has clearly moved up a gear. Something magnificent is indeed happening.
A Recap, a Celebration!
I just submitted an article to a newsletter about my journey over the past two and a half years. I thought I would share this through my blog. After all, this platform has been central to my evolving purpose.
It all began on the 23rd of January, 2009, at a day retreat of growth and celebration with other Practitioners, led by Linda Watson. During that day we were invited to write down what flowed through us about our purpose. I remember writing a piece and reading it out. The reaction of the room was palpable, feeling like a mix between the nurturing attentiveness of a mother to a newborn and the insightful gaze that a veteran teacher brings to the classroom. Except in this case, I was the innocent newborn. How little I realized what this would lead to.
After reading my passage aloud Linda suggested that I should write more. During the next break a couple of people asked me if I blogged. And by the end of the day this insecure adolescent had aspirations to self-publish through the Internet. I knew that I was going to blog (which plainly put, amounts to posting journal entries to a website).
Within a week I had had done my homework, and I reasoned that if nothing else this blog would serve as a compelling way to get me to journal. After all, I had just begun my Practitioner Studies and each class was checking in about our practice. Within a month I started to realize that this experience was transforming me. I had a yearning to bring my spirituality together with my technical experience and knew that the first step had been taken. The innocent newborn was growing. And so I continued to blog through 2009. By the end of the year I had published 100 blogs. But as is the case, when we step into the Flow it steps into us. What had started as a desire to express was now transforming.
During a meditation in early 2010 the idea of logging into something called Second Life popped into my awareness. I’d never used this technology before. But I had vaguely heard about it and after a brief bit of research I discovered that some very clever people had created this virtual three-dimensional world, complete with an economy and over 1.5 million people involved.
I logged in to Second Life and started to learn my way around. After the initial adjustment and learning curve I quickly realized that Second Life contained a multitude of expressions, from social gatherings, cities using it for planning, to churches in celebration. I was staggered by the potential of this and in mind the realization became obvious – such an environment transcended the limitations of the physical world. I was meeting people from all walks and locations of life. The seed of this virtual ministry was planted within me!
I quickly discovered groups of common interest and found a Buddhist meditation community. At the time I was struck by fusion of simplicity and magnificence of it all. Of course people could meditate together through the Internet. The apparent fact that I’m thousands of miles away from those I’m meditating from may be a shift from the experience of being in the same room, but as I meditated with those Buddhists two realizations were revealed. Firstly, I now knew why I was here. Their practice was not quite what I was looking for, but I was here to expand my meditation practice. And secondly, space was a limitation only within our minds.
I spent the next month searching groups, looking for a virtual community that would align with my philosophy, my belief system. And finding nothing that quite aligned, I founded a Second Life group called ‘Community for Spiritual Living’ and decided to start offering guided meditations. People started showing up for my daily 9.30pm meditations. Within a year the group had grown to over 200 members and there were a couple of people showing up every day for Meditation.
One person in particular stands out and after a while I got to hear her story. Whilst I held her in truth and had formed an environment for her to meditate that she could relate to, she did the work and ‘spent the spiritual coin’. From being someone contemplating suicide, who had been unemployed for over 2 years, she has not only gotten herself her dream job but is now leading meditations for others! She attributes much of this to the Community for Spiritual Living and our daily meditations (her testimony even formed one of my demonstration letters to License as a Practitioner).
From this humble beginning a remarkable series of events have unfolded. And whilst this is not the article to highlight all the details, my purpose is evolving. I’m working with a web-designer to upgrade my blog to a fully-blown website (http://www.knowtheflow.ca) that will be released to production at the end of July, 2011. That website will include sections on spiritual coaching (for my Professional Practitioner practice, using tools such as Skype), my spiritual poetry, daily affirmations, affirmative prayers and a practice I call Revealing Eternal Presence Meditation. For you see, what began as a way of strengthening my meditation practice has now transformed into the revealing of a beautiful meditation practice that is a repeatable process of release, that serves as a wonderful tool for releasing those old beliefs, values and mental conditionings that clog that pathway between the objective and subjective mind. I am even recording meditation podcasts that will make this practice available to anyone.
I am signed up to enter Ministerial Studies this September. I don’t know how things will play out, but my purpose is crystal clear. The insecure newborn of 1-23 is now stepping into adulthood, and my purpose to inspire and serve the revealing of Eternal Presence has just begun. If you would add this ministry to your Affirmative Prayers, knowing the perfect of expression and expansion of these teachings, I would be most grateful. Know the Flow and be happy, dear sisters and brothers-in-light.
Purpose, Excitement, Revelation and Authority
Sitting in the presence of someone who is Divinely inspired can be likened to being a tree in a forest fire. It doesn’t matter how big the space is between you, what may physically be in the way to break the fire’s progress, if the fire is intense enough sparks will reach and ignite you in turn.
Last Sunday was like that for me. In this case, Reverend Patrick Cameron, Senior Minister of the Centre for Spiritual Living Edmonton was talking about purpose. From the moment he started to speak I could tell he was on fire. That passion and sparks of Divinity caught my attention as he explored the idea of purpose in our lives. Asking what you want was one thing he said, but it’s more profound to ask, “What do I get excited about?” His reasoning, inspired by Tim Ferris, was that this trumps working out ‘what do you want to do.’
As I considered this question I felt a feeling of certainty. In my mind my purpose statement of, ‘inspiring and serving the transformation of knowing Love’ came to mind and I felt excited about it. I still do. In fact, in many ways I will restate my purpose statement at least once every day. And after a few years of doing this I am probably more excited today than I was the day my purpose became clear to me.
However, he didn’t stop there. Patrick also suggested that we not only set a purpose that excites us, but that we also set unreasonable goals for ourselves. These goals should be extreme, stretch us, and definitely require help. If you can do it alone it’s probably not a big enough vision.
In my mind I realized that the work I am doing to build a spiritual platform through http://www.knowtheflow.ca/ excited me. The next thought that came to mind was in response to setting an unreasonable goal. I immediately knew that my goal was to build a platform that touches over 1,000,000 people. That’s right, one million. I know what I’m doing is oozing with Truth and Love. I know that I am deepening in awareness of the Eternal Presence. And so, surely building a platform of over 1,000,000 people is unreasonable. Such a goal stretches me and I cannot do it without help. With the mental certainty that I’d need help to accomplish this goal I realized I could turn to those who I’ve already connected with and share this goal.
But like any forest fire, once a tree catches fire it explodes into flames at some point and keeps smouldering long afterwards. This week has been a cascade of wonderfully synchronous events, the Divine exploded through and around me in a dazzling display of light. On Monday I was reading a book by Ernest Holmes called, We Can Talk to God. On page 85 I read a sentence that talked about finding the peace and stillness when we slow down and commune with Eternal Presence. That got me to thinking. Over the past 6 months I’ve been piecing together an idea I’m now calling Revealing Eternal Presence Meditation.
I set the book down and leaning back I felt a sense of restlessness. I knew I was close to finding the next piece to the puzzle I had working on for the past 6 months. Fortuntely, I had enough awareness to set this down and release it to the Universe. But as I released this knowing a realization came to mind that I had a blog to write on Tuesday. I didn’t know what about, but I knew I would write one.
If you read my last blog then you surely know what came of that. The idea for ‘Revealing Eternal Presence Meditation’ jumped in my mind during my Tuesday morning meditation. I had a powerful realization emerging and felt an exquisite certainty. With the blog published I set about posting about it through Facebook and Twitter. I also sent out an email to those friends I had in my address book (something I rarely do). Out of curiosity I took a look at the blog stats and observed a spike of 5 times the typical visits following a post. I realized that whilst I hadn’t hit the 1,000,000 visitors it was certainly a move in the right direction.
The next day I received a completely unexpected email from the Centre for Spiritual Living, Edmonton, asking me if I’d like to teach a meditation course in September. At first I thought they were asking me if I’d put together a little course on meditation. It turned out that they were asking me to teach the 200 level meditation class (an accredited course with ICSL). Not only was I surprised from the perspective that Staff Ministers are normally the teachers of such courses, but it struck me that being asked to teach meditation really lined up with the vision and purpose of ‘Revealing Eternal Presence Meditation’. Within a day of claiming my authority on this I was getting yet one more sign.
However, it didn’t stop there. On Thursday, I was speaking with a friend of mine who also happens to be an amazing musician. We chatted for a while about him coming to Edmonton to play in September and after suggesting a couple of places he could play he said that an idea had just jumped into his mind. What would I think about doing a night of meditation and music with him? With a big smile on my face and in my heart I let him know that would be a fabulous idea.
And finally, at the end of Thursday I led a group of 5 people at a friend’s house through Revealing Eternal Presence Meditation. The experience was beautiful. Everyone had their own perspective to share and the discussion that ensued was wonderfully inspiring. There was even encouragement for me to record these meditations (which is something I plan on doing and serving up on the knew rebuild of the soon-to-be revamped version of this website). In closing, we scheduled the next night for July 19 and I came away with the sense that this was yet one more sign.
I have shared this story of my week as both a chance to journal my gratitude and to offer inspiration. It is a powerful practice to journal gratitude. However, when our awareness and consciousness are ignited by the Divine Spark from others I believe we should stop, take note and share such stories. I am so very grateful for the various signs that have shown up this week. And yet I know that this particular phase of my journey has only just begun. I have shifted this week. I have discovered a deep sense of Divine Authority in this week, a clarify that I have never had with this intensity. I have an unreasonable goal of building a platform of over 1,000,000 people, and I’m letting you know that I need your help to do this. If you know someone that you think would enjoy reading this blog then please forward this to them.
And yet through it all, from the fire in Patrick’s belly to the ignition of my spirit I have constantly been blown away by the sense of humility and peace, the revelation of Eternal Presence in my life. Indeed, revealing eternal presence is more than just 2 hours of meditation a day. It is a constant practice now.
Know the Flow and be happy, dear friends.
Vipassana Meditation and Effortlessness
Last Friday I applied to go on the Vipassana Meditation course in BC with the Vipassana Foundation from January 19th-30th (http://www.dhamma.org/). This morning I received a response indicating that they are processing my application. Assuming that it is meant to be I shall be on retreat for the second half of January, 2011.
I am looking forward to this meditation course with a deep sense of knowing, allowing, love, peace, and joy. From what I have heard and read this will be a profound experience and opportunity to deepen my understanding of meditation, and to immerse myself in the deepest form of observation. The idea of meditating for 10 days in silence, without making eye contact, and not moving for hours at a time are physical elements that I know I am ready for. And from an even deeper perspective I know that this is a very powerful opportunity for me. I will confess that there was a part of me that upon reviewing the requirements and expectations did pause. But the sense of knowing around this was so deep that I brushed this thought aside within seconds.
Over the past 9 months I have been leading a meditation every night in Second Life. In addition, I have had the chance to support the teaching of a meditation course at the Centre for Spiritual Living, Edmonton. I know that this course is coming at the perfect time. Conditions in my life have made way for this opening in an effortless fashion thus far. And as someone who leads meditation every day the idea of deepening my knowledge around the spiritual practice of meditation with others who have dedicated their lives to this service strikes me as Divinely right.
I have been impressed with the Visassana Foundation’s website. The whole process so far has been effortless, and I think it is a powerful statement that the organizers would offer such a course on a donation basis. But ‘effortless’ is a word that seems to keep cropping up in my consciousness of late.
Taking a step back I am reminded of an axiom I live by; often, when things are meant to be, and we are truly ready, events and conditions will unfold effortlessly and with grace. This is not to say that everything will unfold effortlessly all of the time, but the past couple of days have reminded me of this once again. In Second Life we have been meditating at the same location since the group’s inception. However, upon logging in on Sunday night I was struck by the desire to change locations for the meditation circle. And heeding this inner pull I sent out a message to a friend who is involved with a group that owns and maintains a number of sims (a sim is a virtual space in Second Life, often in the form of an island). I asked if I could move the meditation circle to one of their sims. The answer was an immediate yes, and upon arriving last night I was struck by the beautiful words and presence of my our new hosts. When something is so effortless one cannot help but stand back and simply allow. How beautiful is that!
Know the Flow as you go, brothers and sisters in light.
Acceptance and Being
Last night at the daily meditation in Second Life I had a most wonderful experience. What was so wonderful, you might ask? Well, I realized how much acceptance is playing a part of my perspective and how clear I am on the Divine being through everyone.
After the invocation (a brief affirmative prayer designed to set the intention for sacred space for the meditation) a question was posed by a newcomer. “What is the goal of meditation?” He asked. I started by thanking him for the most excellent question. I then responded along the lines that for me the goal of meditation is learning how to think. Following my expanding upon the answer and I was asked another question.
“How do you deal with the forces coming to you?” He asked again. I explained that I believe that God is Omnipresent, in, as, and through every thing, every event, and every one. Therefore, I do not believe that any forces come at me or to me. I believe that God is being through me, through the centre of my being, and as a consequence I have the creative potential of God within. And it is only my thinking, my feelings, old thought-patterns, beliefs and attitudes that get in the way of this potential.
As you might imagine, by this point, I was enjoying some great questions and the opportunity to contemplate some thoughtful questions. However, that previous question had waved a flag in my mind. I had a sense that there was a motive in the mind of the questioner that was confirmed by the next question.
“Jesus said in John 14:6, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” He said. This comment was clearly a shift from question to declaration. And to this I replied that whilst I view Jesus as a Master teacher, ranking him alongside the other great masters and prophets such as Buddha and Muhammed, I do not believe I need a mediator to commune with God. Whilst I honour and accept all the beautiful paths to devotion this is not my path. I closed my response by sharing that whilst we had different belief systems and are traveling by different paths I believe we are headed toward the same destination.
In the meantime the rest of the group had been silent. But following this last comment someone then responded with a quote from Matthew 5:8. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” This was an interesting counter-reference since it implies that one need only be pure of heart to see God, which obviously provides a striking contrast to John 14:6.
At this point we went into meditation and in spite of inviting the visitor to stay and join us in community after the meditation they left. I offered them blessings and entered into spaciousness.
Upon reflection I celebrate this event. I felt, and feel, a complete sense of love for this visitor. At first I contemplated memorizing Matthew 5:8 for such conversations in the future. But then I had a realization. What is the point of debating theology? The idea of trying to convince someone of a theological standpoint is not what I feel drawn too. I feel drawn to supporting others convince themselves. If our visitor is in love with Jesus and is focusing on inspiring and supporting the transformation of consciousness who am I to get in the way of that in any fashion? And besides, God isn’t interested in my theology, rather in the love, acceptance and compassion I fill my heart and my life with.
Truly he is blessed by God being through him. But then so am I, as is everyone for that matter. I feel a deep sense of peace and joy around this conversation, as I did last night. I celebrate my acceptance of all paths. I celebrate that God is being through me. I celebrate that perhaps a year or two ago I wouldn’t have held such love in my heart as I did last night when speaking with him.
Celebration is a spiritual practice. If you notice you have made progress toward your vision in a way that brings you peace and joy, then take the time to celebrate this, just as I am in this blog posting.
I celebrate that the path that I follow does not ask me to go forth and “make disciples of all nations.” I am coming to realize that my gospel in this regard is to, “go forth and live in love and acceptance.” If others feel drawn to ask me why I am so peaceful I shall share the story of my path with them. And if they feel drawn to walk with me for a while I shall celebrate. And if not, then with acceptance in my heart I will offer them blessings and know that ultimately their destination is as beautiful as mine.
