Entering into September, things slowed down considerably for me here in Vietnam. I traded in motorbike adventures for a week of detox and moving slow. And in these slow movements, I can focus on those new routines that I'm cultivating in my writing life and yoga life.
But amidst my attempts to focus, I can't stop thinking about the story my amazing soul-sister Sadie told me recently. After sitting in meditation with her dad, she asked him if he'd had any insights. What's a miracle? he asked her. And she told him about me.
What is a miracle?
According to dictionary Google, it is an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws, in other words, a divine event. It's something external that we can witness. Whereas this can be true, I believe most miracles are far more subtle and work deep in the folds where we typically aren't looking.
When my entire life as I knew it in California crumbled around me into something I couldn't make sense of, miracles were at work. They were helping to restructure my world so I could realign with my soul's path--though at the time, it seemed like the opposite was happening in every direction I looked. Only now can I see how obvious they all were.
According to A Course of Miracles, a miracle is a shift in perspective from fear to love, when that "tiny, mad idea" that we are separate from each other and God dissolves. This perspective shift is not one that you simply think in your mind because it does not come from the mind--it comes from the heart, and it must be felt. This can only happen through complete forgiveness, compassion, and gratitude. It happens through surrendering and letting go--sometimes leading us to places where we are forced to face our deepest fears and buried emotions.
I have learned that miracles are those things that move us closer to our core values and soul alignment--even if it means ripping us from the foundation we've spent our life building. Because the more aligned we are, the more at peace we are, and the more at peace we are the better we are able to process emotions and the world around us. And the better we are able to process, the more fine tuned our intuition becomes and the clearer we can see everyone and everything around us.
The miracle is being able to stay fully present with a profound understanding and knowing that we are sovereign souls meant to live in alignment with why came here--and those reasons will be different for everyone as we are unique, energetic expressions of source.
A miracle is coming into the awareness that the past and the future do not exist and that only our minds give them life. It is the ability to re-frame our past and the stories we tell ourselves. It is the ability create our future with the present. And that, my friends, is a powerful miracle!
What do miracles mean to you? Have you experienced any in your life? Tell me your stories!
But amidst my attempts to focus, I can't stop thinking about the story my amazing soul-sister Sadie told me recently. After sitting in meditation with her dad, she asked him if he'd had any insights. What's a miracle? he asked her. And she told him about me.
What is a miracle?
According to dictionary Google, it is an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws, in other words, a divine event. It's something external that we can witness. Whereas this can be true, I believe most miracles are far more subtle and work deep in the folds where we typically aren't looking.
When my entire life as I knew it in California crumbled around me into something I couldn't make sense of, miracles were at work. They were helping to restructure my world so I could realign with my soul's path--though at the time, it seemed like the opposite was happening in every direction I looked. Only now can I see how obvious they all were.
According to A Course of Miracles, a miracle is a shift in perspective from fear to love, when that "tiny, mad idea" that we are separate from each other and God dissolves. This perspective shift is not one that you simply think in your mind because it does not come from the mind--it comes from the heart, and it must be felt. This can only happen through complete forgiveness, compassion, and gratitude. It happens through surrendering and letting go--sometimes leading us to places where we are forced to face our deepest fears and buried emotions.
I have learned that miracles are those things that move us closer to our core values and soul alignment--even if it means ripping us from the foundation we've spent our life building. Because the more aligned we are, the more at peace we are, and the more at peace we are the better we are able to process emotions and the world around us. And the better we are able to process, the more fine tuned our intuition becomes and the clearer we can see everyone and everything around us.
The miracle is being able to stay fully present with a profound understanding and knowing that we are sovereign souls meant to live in alignment with why came here--and those reasons will be different for everyone as we are unique, energetic expressions of source.
A miracle is coming into the awareness that the past and the future do not exist and that only our minds give them life. It is the ability to re-frame our past and the stories we tell ourselves. It is the ability create our future with the present. And that, my friends, is a powerful miracle!
What do miracles mean to you? Have you experienced any in your life? Tell me your stories!
