What Really Matters
You've probably noticed recently that this earth and the people living on it are going through cataclysmic changes, and from what I've seen, the pace of that change is only going to escalate. We are headed for very harsh environmental and economic realities, and for living in a world unimagined by any of our ancestors. There are very real things that we, as humans, can do to affect this change both externally and inside ourselves. My personal focus is on finding what the most responsibility is that I can take for myself within my own being, and through that help as much as I can to bring in the love of God into a planet on the brink of multiple disasters.
The Story Begins
In 1993, many of my friends participated in a seminar put on by Miracle of Love in San Diego. As each of them returned from this experience, I was stunned by the changes in each one of them, as all those changes were for the better. Universally they came back emotionally wide open, very loving and extremely present, and with a certain something I could see in their eyes that was on fire, and which I recognized that I also wanted for myself.
At that time, however, I couldn't have been happier - I was earning more money that I ever had before, I had a nice car, I was visiting Hawaii once or twice a year, I had plenty of friends, I had a house with great roommates, and things never looked better. And yet, something inside me was very empty and actually very lonely in the middle of all this. All the material success in the world wasn't giving me what my heart longed for.
Time to Take the Plunge
In April of 1993, several of my friends and I decided to jump in - we flew to San Diego and what was then a 9-day seminar. Coming out the other side, I realized what a narrow slice of life I had been living up to that time, and how much more I wanted out of life, how much more I wanted with myself, my relationships with other people, and with God. During that seminar I touched on places inside myself that I thought were long gone, places that included things like deep passion and great love, and a newfound compassion for myself and others. I felt like I had been sitting on a dock with water skis on my feet for all my life, and all of a sudden, someone yelled, "OK, hit it," and off I took like a rocket.
And it's been that way since। I decided to go back a couple of months later and staff the seminar and see for myself, from the other side of the tables, what had really happened to me. What I witnessed touched me so deeply and profoundly I decided to give as much to this effort as I humanly could.
The End or the Beginning?
Now it's almost 15 years later and I still staff seminars, and now also lead meditation classes and other events - trying in whatever ways I can to reach out to people and to help them to avail themselves to the same opportunities and gifts I received.
The thing that people care about, truly care about more than anything, is the love of God. That's been my experience, and I hope something of what's been written here may help you in some way.
1 comment:
Hi Bruce, this is great, I love what you are doing here, the video clips, what you wrote, all of it. wow, I am so happy and full of smiles right now. I love you guys so much. love, Lara
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