I really wanted to post this up, so you guys could get a close look at something very special starting to happen. We are here (in this time) for a reason… hold on to your bootstraps…. we’re going for the “Big Ride”!!

From time to time, I run across some pretty amazing (simple) practices that I for one, can appreciate. Keeping my spiritual practices simple, consistent, and SHORT….has become my way of staying connected. I like what Dan has to say here (below) and how easy it is to experience a “moment” of what some try to achieve hourly, or even worse….expect YOU to do all the time! Pressure is the worst of all experiences. Take the pressure off…and have a moment.

“Take your keys, a piece of fruit, or any handy object, and go outside. Throw the object up into the air. Staying relaxed and easy, catch it. (Be sure to catch it.) Then come back inside, and continue reading this exercise.

Consider the moment the object was in the air. At that moment you weren’t thinking of what you’d have for dinner or what you did yesterday. You weren’t thinking of anything else, either. You may have been attending to thoughts before you threw it or after you caught it, but during the throw, you were pure attention, reaching out, waiting for the object’s descent. In that same moment your emotions were open, and your body was alert and vitalized–a moment of satori.” ~ Dan Millman from Body Mind Mastery

Every human being comes to a moment in their lives when they ask the question, “who am I and why am I here”. Some type of emotional disturbance usually provokes the question, and if not that, your age will have you asking soon enough.

To be human is to struggle with questions innate to the psyche. Even small children ask such questions out of simple curiosity. Point being, if you haven’t asked yourself yet…you soon will.
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