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A thought provoking spring break
I went to Arizona for a spring break trip with my family last week. I was not excited to go because we were going to Scottsdale which is known to be a retirement/luxury hotel resort/shopping/shallow values kind of town. I wanted to go to Sedona which is about an hour and a half away and a more outdoorsy rugged/spiritual quaint town. I didn’t think my parents would go through the trouble of leaving the resort to take a day trip out there. But they did.
Sedona was really really really cool. I did not get the full feel of the land because I was only there for a day. I met with a shaman/clairvoyant with my mom. He invited us into his quaint office where he carefully observed our energies and I could tell he was doing this because he seemed quiet and focused. Spiritual people can sense when other people are spiritually conscious and living in their hearts, or if they are on the path to it. Greg(the shaman- who was a middle aged white man contrary to what the exotic title alludes) knew I was conscious and ready to deepen my spirituality. He communicated it to me by the look in his eyes… focused and attentive yet very interested in discovering more about me so he could teach me the lessons I was supposed to be learning at that specific time. He also knew my mom was hurting and he knew she needed to relax and stop worrying so much… As he started to talk to us he told me to listen deeply without any filters. Not with the intention of protecting my ego, not trying to think of something interesting to say back to impress or keep conversation flowing, but to just listen wholeheartedly with a pure openness to what he had to offer. Listening like that is beautiful. It allows you to handle the conversation in an honest way, letting the words flow to a deep part of you and then answering with your most wise self for no ulterior motive. What I learned that day, with Greg, was to free myself from all the bars I place around myself. Detach myself from ego because the ego is not the honest part of me. Outside in the red rock desert I picked up a small diamond shaped rock and placed it on my forehead. I recited truth, truth, truth, over and over again and I let it seep into my heart and my spirit that grows so abundantly when I give it patience and attention and feed it truth. Reminding myself to pursue truth in life allows me to be free. Asking myself “Am i being truthful?” eliminates actions that are acted upon because of false fear, an illusion, or to feed my ego- all of which are an illusion… a poisonous impermanent illusion. My truth is to talk to plants and animals… to acknowledge them as the same life force that I am! To make relationships with plants because they can communicate and love me because in their deepest essence they are not different than I am- they are a part of this energy that is God altogether. This benevolent force behind everything- spirit!
Detaching myself from ego, reminding myself to pursue truth, not taking emotions of loneliness or anger seriously, utterly succumbing to gratitude. These are the lessons I have discovered this past week, and this is the wisdom that is pure and wise and greatly beneficial for me to live my life by day to day. Thank you Greg and thank you mom.
