A Mystical Moment

I had an experience yesterday that overshadowed all the sorrow I had been feeling for days. I had just awakened and although still drowsy I began a few easy stretches. I was not thinking about anything and was present to what I was doing. At one point I crossed my right leg over my bent left knee. My eyes fell on my bare foot and suddenly it was as if I was looking at something completely separate from me. My foot was a foreign object.

As I continued to view this scene I was captivated by my own sense of wonder. What I clearly saw was not me. Personal identification with my body seemed to be gone. Great Mystics describe this as an instant in which we recognize that we are not who or what we believe ourselves to be.

As difficult as this is to explain, I feel that I must share this exquisite Mystical Moment that revealed so clearly that my body is not who I am. These are the gifts we are shown when we truly desire to know Self…the one who is really who we are.

Although I have had many mystical experiences, I am always in awe when they happen. Albert Einstein once wrote: “The most beautiful and profound emotion we can experience is the mystical.” I agree completely. I have been on this earth for many years and have been blessed with many mystical experiences. Nothing compares to the exquisite moment of recognition that we are not who we believe ourselves to be.

I’m writing this because tomorrow is July 4th and we Americans celebrate our freedoms given us by the United States Constitution. I want to acknowledge that I could write this blog because of those freedoms, especially the First Amendment.

Enjoy yourself on the fourth. Perhaps you might take a few minutes to give thanks that you are free to celebrate such a profound moment in history. If you read this after celebrating, perhaps you will take a few moments in gratitude and have a Mystical Moment.

Written for you with Love,

Barbara


“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

“No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”