Presence

We went to Wapatki today, a place of ruins and high desert.  While there we meditated, did a ceremony, smoked the pipe and I could feel the presence and power of God, love and the spirits.  As I told Maria, it is doing that sort of thing when I feel most at home.  There was little talk and no distraction of any kind - just presence and connection, good feelings.  In order for me to appreciate such things, it has been necessary for me to wade through my own brain chatter and give up many distractions.