Thank You Very Sweet

The goal of yoga is to quiet the mind so that you can sit still in the presence of God.  I realize this is what I had been doing in all of my searchings: when I sat around the fire with the Mayans in Guatemala, when I sat in the sweat lodge with the Mexicas in Central Mexico, when I sit in the sauna at the Korean spa in Edison, go to acupuncture, practice yoga..  It has all been to quiet this spinning mind so that I can sit in God’s presence,

again.

It happened in the midst of tragedy that I stopped controlling for a moment.  When Kesner died.  I stopped for a moment and I felt a profound sense of being held.  In tragedy this happens, they say.  Tragedy begets deep spiritual experiences. I was held. Silenced. 

And I’ve been looking for that freedom ever since.

It comes more easily now with practice.  Daily, I practice. And daily I find pockets of grace, these moments of true freedom.