Reality 3

  Recently we experienced a large ($300,000, our life savings) financial loss due to the unethical and probably illegal behavior of our financial advisor.  Through meditation and given my current impression of reality, I realize that this loss is both meaningless and sacred.  If I was “of” this world I would consider this of huge importance and that it called for various actions in retaliation and attempts to get the money back.  I would feel fear and anger and probably cause a great deal of chaos. Alternatively, being “in the world but not of it’, as stated in my book, I could feel love, faith and compassion.  I have done what I can to get my money back ,while also feeling that “the universe is unfolding as it should” (Ehrmann).  The sacred part is that I acted out of love and feel nothing but love and compassion for the man that caused this.

Reality 2

  As I said in my last entry “My reality has shifted”.  I used to really believe in the features of this world like the importance of having a job, an opinion, the right appearance, values that fit this world.  I now feel peace, love and laughter much of the time.  I can also feel the eternity we live in and realize that in that case these things mean little or nothing. I feel that even when I listen to the news about what people are doing to each other and this planet. I even feel love and compassion for people when they are doing me harm.  I am also very aware that this feeling impacts all those around me and that all people are constantly interacting with the unseen reality around them.  I know enough to know I don’t know