Post by waddicalwabbit on Dec 4, 2009 21:24:56 GMT -5
I've been a 'spiritual person' all of my life, or maybe a questioning person, wondering what I'm doing here on dirtworld, which I think frequently leads to exploration of psychology (who am I and how did I get this way?) and ultimately beyond psychology to spirituality (what the heck IS this place and what are ANY of us doing here).
So, I'm trucking along, raising my daughter and pursuing making a living and getting married and divorced (like most people change their socks) and writing 'spiritual poetry' and doing inquiry and therapy and all of that along the way, when suddenly at age 50 I get this lump on my neck and ultimately get diagnosed with terminal cancer! Wow! It's like the guy with the scythe standing over you and saying, "Now you gonna do your work or what?" So, needless to say, I have gotten more serious about the whole awareness thing. I think A) It's keeping me on the planet longer and B) If I'm on my way out, I'd just as soon get as far along with this enlightenment thing as I can. I'm not making any claims that it's workin' for me or anything. I'm mostly quite happy. I give it about a 90% happiness thing. Occasionally I might fall into the Hefalump hole (see Winnie the Pooh for ref), but mostly I'm good here.
Thanks in part to the American medical system, I've had to sell everything I own and buy a small motor home. I'm now nomadic, I guess and am taking this love show on the road to hang with people I care about and who have requested that I spend some time with them.
I've 'lost' just about everything that my ego could ID with, my land, money, my house, my physicality, the love of my life and gotten to hang out with the question, 'Who are you when all of who you are is not who you are anymore?' That's been helpful, of course.
People I like to read and listen to include Eckhart Tolle, Nisargaddata, Adyashanti, Emmanuel, Kabir and Rumi, of course and even Neale Walsch's Coming Home book. There are others, but that should give you the gist of where I like to hang out.
Guess that's about it. Anyone have any questions, feel free.
So, I'm trucking along, raising my daughter and pursuing making a living and getting married and divorced (like most people change their socks) and writing 'spiritual poetry' and doing inquiry and therapy and all of that along the way, when suddenly at age 50 I get this lump on my neck and ultimately get diagnosed with terminal cancer! Wow! It's like the guy with the scythe standing over you and saying, "Now you gonna do your work or what?" So, needless to say, I have gotten more serious about the whole awareness thing. I think A) It's keeping me on the planet longer and B) If I'm on my way out, I'd just as soon get as far along with this enlightenment thing as I can. I'm not making any claims that it's workin' for me or anything. I'm mostly quite happy. I give it about a 90% happiness thing. Occasionally I might fall into the Hefalump hole (see Winnie the Pooh for ref), but mostly I'm good here.
Thanks in part to the American medical system, I've had to sell everything I own and buy a small motor home. I'm now nomadic, I guess and am taking this love show on the road to hang with people I care about and who have requested that I spend some time with them.
I've 'lost' just about everything that my ego could ID with, my land, money, my house, my physicality, the love of my life and gotten to hang out with the question, 'Who are you when all of who you are is not who you are anymore?' That's been helpful, of course.
People I like to read and listen to include Eckhart Tolle, Nisargaddata, Adyashanti, Emmanuel, Kabir and Rumi, of course and even Neale Walsch's Coming Home book. There are others, but that should give you the gist of where I like to hang out.
Guess that's about it. Anyone have any questions, feel free.
