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When We Are Connected
Beyond our mind is a place. It’s beyond thinking. It’s beyond comprehending. It’s beyond believing. It’s the place of direct experience.
Some of us experience this in meditation. Some experience this while exercising. Some will even experience it while traveling to a new place. I don’t know what this place is called, but I know it when I am there. It is a place of deep peace and contentment. It is a place where the opinions of other people don’t matter anymore. It is the connection to Source.
What is Source? Source is anything that gives you a feeling of safety. It is anything that will give you that feeling of being connected to everything around you. When you encounter your Source you know it. There is never a doubt. Never any ambiguity about what this is. We all have a different name for it. Some call it God. Some will call it The One. Some will call it Nature. Some will call it Mother Earth. Whatever name you attach to it is fine. But, we all know when it is present.
Writers experience this connection when they write. There is often a feeling of being led to a place you are not aware of until you get there. Writers (including myself) will often tell of an inner voice (yes, we sometimes hear voices:) pointing us towards the next path to do down. It is sometimes a scary thing to allow the voice to lead us. But, when we allow ourselves to listen to that…
