OK. It's been a YEAR since the last time I posted anything here. YIKES.

The previous entry I actually wrote last fall but failed to publish until today.

 

So another year - five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes...what have I learned?

 

1. Cause and Effect - last summer and fall I read an amazing book called The Diamond Cutter - the big lesson for me from this reading was that whatever you put out is how you will PERCEIVE what comes back.

 

2. Listen to Pain - read my previous post - describes how allowing pain was really transformative for me.

 

3. Cast your NET - I went to an Intentions retreat at the first of the year, it was amazing. For a week I did nothing but think about what I wanted to create in my life this year and wrote it all down. It's amazing how easy things come to you once you get clear about what you want!

 

4. See it first to believe it - Visualization! Who knew? I've been picturing the things that I wanted to happen and sometimes writing down exactly how I want things to happen and it's amazing how well this works.

 

5. FEEL - I've been getting copious messages from the universe to focus on feelings. They never LIE. I've become aware of just how much I've denied what I feel - and it's interesting to see how this state of un-feeling-ness has become normal for so many. I'm in the process of learning to trust my feelings and really cultivate my intuition.

 

6. The NEVER ENDING STORY - The latest message from the universe - (and also Echkart Tolle!) knowing my story will NEVER be complete with a happy ending! This may seem depressing on the surface, but the true quest is not to use all of these metaphysical tools to finally get a happy ending, the REAL quest is to JUMP out of the story all together. The nature of our "story" is to frustrate us until we are so moved to finally wake up out of it.

 

So there you go, the lessons from the past year.

 

How blessed I've been....I look with wonder at that which is before me!!!

 

Namaste

TL