Today, I sat on a deserted windswept winter beach wathcing my 5 year old son rolling down sandunes and 'accidently' falling into the icy water. For the two or so hours we were on that beach with our dog, the sun shone. God's presence was in every moment and I can't imagine it being any more intense in 4D, 5D. etc. I write this to remind myself there is a time to explore the ideas of others via books, chat rooms etc but there is also a time to be fully present to the loving energy in a moment. I spend too much time looking for gurus. as one, Rob.
Yes. I find that I can gain knowledge and a bit of understanding in the words of others. But communing with nature gives me an experience that no words can touch. A space where there is no thought, there is only being. Gently smiling with the love that comes from tasting the air and smelling the soil, listening to the sounds of all that is alive. That is where true experience mixes with understanding and becomes wisdom.
The world is beautiful and giving.
My love goes with you all.
Misty
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Thank you, Rob, so much for sharing this precious clarity with us. It is so easy to get lost in our search for God, when it truly is right here within and around us all the time. Your word picture is so lovely.
I had a similar moment yesterday. I was in my back yard, sifting composted material through a mesh screen into the wheelbarrow to use as mulch in the garden. After plopping a fork load onto the tray I began to mush it around with my gloved hands when I saw something move. At first I thought it was another of those nasty slugs so prevalent here after a rain. Then I saw it had legs! It was a salamander, only about 3 inches long. I picked it up to see if I had hurt it and there it was facing me on my gloved hand which I pulled up closer t my face. Instinctively, I apologized and told it I hoped I had not hurt it. As I looked closer, those shiny black, protruding eyes seemed to meet my intense gaze. We looked at each other for a long moment. I know that sounds like anthropomorphism, but I felt, deeply and clearly, a sense of that Oneness we speak of here so often.
Love, JoyAnna
Hey Rob,
For a few more days I have escaped the cold of Melbourne....
Yesterday I trekked through the jungle of Thailand on the back of an elephant...we then hiked to a waterfall and had a swim followed by an amazing meal of fresh food, thai curries, sweet and sour.......ending in fresh watermelon and pineapple.....after that we hiked to a river and took a ride on bamboo rafts.......Today I am off to the longneck village....you know those women who put the rings around their necks and stretch them....
The green of the plants is something to behold...it's so long since I saw such a beautiful color.....the freshness of the food ........amazing......
I feel so much healthier, calmer and more connected to all things.........
Nature can point us to all the answers we need.......
With love and peace and a little sunburn.......
Jez
Hi all, thank-you so much for your inspiring stories and insights. Perhaps we could share more of those small, seemingly insignificant moments that are divine. Something about the everyday divine which I find empowering, like Jez's trek through Thailand, I love a good Thai red curry, the infinite subtlty and complexity of the spice. The thought of JoyAnna in the garden having a moment of Divinity with a salamander, the thought of Elizabeth with a closet in the back of her car for those 'unexpected' moments with kids or perhaps reading Mistybluefainflower's poetry or listening to her music. Could the love in a higher dimensional realm be more satisfying then this? Thank-you all, as one, Rob.
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Rob,
I thank you for sharing the beautiful moments you enjoyed. This is what makes this life so wonderful.
I am visiting my neighbors chickens while he visits his family in Texas. This is my first time caring for chickens....these were free range creatures....but due to loosing the rest of his flock to something in the night,these guys got penned.These birds made this street so charming! Now they are confined.I have pulled them fresh moist weeds every morning.....couple pieces of bread,even rose petals for the color! They still miss Ken.....but now they look forward to 2 visits a day from me.It makes me feel good to enrich the lives of this little flock.I feel the same when I hear these little stories of wonderful moments. it is nourshment.
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Dear Elizabeth, beautiful...thank-you and Happy Anniversay! As one, Rob.
Dear Mary, thank-you, again, the Divinity in your story touches me. that you have so much care for animals that you would select Rose petals to be amongst the 'Fresh' moist weeds is that subtle beauty. As one, Rob.
Dear Rob,
I try to care for others as I would like to be cared for! I was pulling fresh things for chickens this morning,I spoke over fence to another neighbor who has her own flock of chickens....she said that they love to eat rose,apple blossoms! The rooster loves fresh grapes that I have been cutting fresh off our arbor. I wish I could share with you! It is the dog days of summer here. Season turning. Many neighbors on our little dead end street sharing the over abundence of their garden. Soon we will be bears....in our caves for winter! Life is sweet.
Love,Mary