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THE HARMONIC CONVERGENCE OF AN AUTHENTIC LIFE
-Sarah Ban Breathnach - Simple Abundance
But if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself. - Carl Jung
Do you remember what you were doing the weekend of August 16-17, 1987? If you do, perhaps you were among the more than 144,000 people who journeyed to "power points" around the world, such as Egypt's Great Pyramids; Peru's Machu Picchu; Japan's Mount Fuji; the Temples of Delphi in Greece; Mount Shasta, California; Sedona, Arizona; the Black HIlls of South Dakota; New York's Central Park to hold hands, hum, and "resonate in harmony" in the New Age global event known as the Harmonic Convergence.
What made this weekend so significant was a rare astronomical occurence known as "a grand trine" (when all nine planets were in their astrological fire signs and positioned exactly one hundred twent-three degrees apart from each other). It had been 23,412 years since the last one. Now add an esoteric interpretation of acient Mayan and Aztec calandars and a Hopi legend about gathering enlightened teachers meant to awaken humanity, and it's not surprising that thousands of New Agers decided that circumstances were as perfect as they'd ever be to direct the earth, through meditation, toward a peaceful spiritual awakening instead of a cataclysmic one in the next (present) millennium.
It seems to have worked. Each week another visionary book is published encouraging spiritual evolution as "the road less traveled" becomes the inspirational superhighway. But there are so many voices offering clues, glimmers, and insights on how to achieve harmony through the Divine grandtrine of mind body and Spirit. How do you decern your own truth? And there are so many spiritual paths. Which one should you follow? In undertaking a spiritual life, what matters is simple, "American Buddhist master and teacher Jack Kornfield reassures us in his wonderful book "A Path with Heart": A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life. "We must make certain that our path is connected with our heart........When we ask, Am I following a path of heart?' we discover that no one can define for us exactly what our path should be. Instead, we must allow the mystery and beauty of this queston to resonate within our being. Then somewhere within us an answer will come and understanding will arise. If we still listen deeply, even for a moment, we will know if we are following a path with heart."
For me bearing witness to my authentic self is the most joyous and fulfilling spiritual path I have ever followed. It is truly "a path with heart." It began when I acknowledged that creativity is holy. Perhaps this August you might like to convene a personal harmonic convergence through rediscovering, recovering, and celebrating your creativity, the sacred conduit to access your authentic self. It's never too late to reclaim your individual gifts, resuscitate a dream, create an authentic life. Consider this: what if "original sin" is denying instead of celebrating your originality?
Each of us possesses an exquisite, extraordinary gift: The opportunity to give expression to Divinity on earth through our everyday lives. When we choose to honor this priceless gift, we participate in the re-creation of the world. When we follow our authentic path with love, embracing our creative impulses, we live truth even if what we think we're doing is just planting a flower bed, cooking a meal, nurturing a child, editing a book, producing a television show, sewing a curtain, writing a brief, painting a picture, teaching a craft, composing a song, or closing a deal.(Losing weight and taking care of ourselves) As the Vietnamense Buddhist monk, poet, and writer Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us, "OUR OWN LIFE IS THE INSTRUMENT WITH WHICH WE EXPERIMENT WITH TRUTH" TOWANDA!!!
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1483 kcal
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Fat: 48.08g | Prot: 71.70g | Carbs: 193.96g.
Breakfast: strawberries, milk, Elite, banana, watermelon. Lunch: Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich, polish sausage. Dinner: garbanzo beans, tomatoes, polish sausage. Snacks/Other: beer. more...
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2982 kcal
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Exercise:
Housework - 8 hours, Stair Master - 1 hour, Resting - 7 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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