Blossoming

I FINALLY finished the book. It took longer than my regular reads. It required alot of contemplation and inner searching before I could move on to the next lesson. It's funny because even now that I finished epiphanies keep coming to me and I have to go back and read the passage that inspired the newest "fresh thought". Sometimes I put my own spin on it to make it more suitable to MY true beliefs but always he hits very close to home for me.

I wonder if the wave of "enlightenment" he speaks of could truly be on the horizon. It seems due when I look around but it also seems so many are so far from it. Maybe that is relative only to my perspective. Maybe the desolate scape's I see from the news and angry people in traffic jams are just surface EGOS with something much deeper just below the surface. I will hope that is the case. I want to go straight into another enlightening experience and have heard the title of another of his books: The Power of Now . I am not sure I want to follow this book with another of his. Perhaps I could go to another author before delving into that one. I like to keep going through different perspectives and get a broader view of things before I choose my own path of beliefs. I think I fear becoming brainwashed by sticking somewhere and not allowing lots of beliefs to flow through and then choosing what feels right to me. I am the true anti-religion, I know.

I am on the hunt for my new read....

Yesterday was a day of true magic for me. I watched everything from my new perspective and stayed present so much of the time. I tried not to let worry of upset creep in at all and kept my mind firmly in that moment. I saw some wonderful moments between to kids. Hunter was very impressive with his younger brothers and I am left wondering... is he ALWAYS so good to them or was it the change in me that inspired his new attitude. I watched their play with fresh eyes and saw so much clearer the love between them. I saw Kannon throw his outraged fit and saw Hunter take it upon himself to soothe him without any interference from me. I saw Hunter stay present and not get caught up in Kan's ego roller coaster ride. Without an opposing ego to keep the momentum of his mood going, the fit was over super fast and the play happily resumed. AMAZING. Can I lead by example and teach my children such a profound life-lesson at a very early age? WOW! What a gift to bestow upon them. A lesson for me becomes a life changing lesson for our whole family.

There are so many quotes in this book that you have to read the whole thing to get it but one I found SO profound was:

"Resentment is the emotion that goes with labeling people and adds even
more
energy to the ego. Sometimes the "fault" that you perceive in others isn't
even there. It is a total misinterpretation, a projection by a mind
conditioned
to see enemies and make itself right or superior. At other times
the fault may
be there, but by focusing on it, sometimes to the exclusion of
everything else,
you amplify it. And what you react to in another, you
strengthen in
yourself." p.62

Gosh. That certainly makes you have to stop and think.

My personal journey through self enlightenment, I hope, helps me to enhance my days here, be a more inspiring soul to all those I affect, and helps me to do less damage to myself and those around me due to being self centered and unenlightened. I am a work in progress- as we all are. I wonder if I might inspire happiness and goodwill in one person for just one second of their life if that is not one of the greatest accomplishments in this world. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT AND SAYING WE HAVE DONE THAT. Isn't that a beautiful thing? My personal goal is to do that more often and consciously. By doing that as a mission, perhaps I will find treasures for myself in the outcome:-) (I little inspiration from The Secret)

Have a good day. Think positively and be good to one another.

See yah again soon.

-TraciB