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So much has happened since I last wrote. I have been swept into a cosmic dance! In late February, Galen and I flew to The Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California for a retreat, “Healing the Heart.” The prelude was a Primordial Sound Meditation workshop, at which Davidji, our teacher, made a remark in passing that, “Everyone is God in drag.”
My consciousness opened, and I felt my mind expand (which by the way is a VERY cool feeling). I was immediately and irrevocably transformed. No one so far has escaped this change in my outlook – I see each of my students and everyone with whom I have contact in a new light. I see God in everyone. Wow.
The retreat was a powerful 3-day mining expedition: Each of us looked into our own pasts and hearts, finding every painful memory and exploring it in depth. It was…uh, painful! However, the finale was a ritual at the Pacific Ocean, mobilizing these sources of pain and cleansing the heart and making it ready for new experiences.
I am happy to report that this process works. I learned how to identify, examine, and dissolve emotional injuries. I learned how to meditate with a splendid vibration – a brilliant idea, this primordial sound mantra. When we are born, the world is making one of 108 endlessly repeating sounds, and we are assigned the one that occurred at the time and place of our births. Whenever I repeat it, more often than not my small life dissolves and I experience a lovely, timeless bliss. It is no wonder I eagerly await my hour a day of communion with the cosmos!
Sarah, my beautiful 22-year-old daughter, came with me to Austin Texas over Spring Break for an intensive meditation and yoga retreat, Seduction of the Spirit. We were immersed in a love fest with 295 dear people, all studying and meditating with Drs. David simon and Deepak Chopra.
Sarah is taking the Teacher’s Path in Yoga, studying in Vancouver this May and June. I am immersed in the Primordial Sound Meditation Teacher’s Path, and will receive my Chopra Center certification in August.
We listened to my favorite musician, Snatam Kaur and the Peace Band in Austin, and met my favorite living artist, Paul Heusenstamm. It was a dream week for us, and changed our lives in dramatic ways!
