It seemed like a good idea to create a place where we can share with one another, our magical stories of the Divine
or perhaps start discussions relating to the "ups" & the "downs" in our walk down this most Glorious & aurduous Path back Home.
It's such a blessing to have others to bounce ideas off of that know what your going through & they can be that burning torch when yours seems to be fizzing out...because they have been there....and when we cant "see" the forest for the trees....
we are always given exactly what we need in every moment....and alot of times, He gives us each other ♥
Permalink Reply by doyle allen sabado on November 14, 2011 at 8:21am Michel I just read your post.....I'm realizing what your saying is exactly what I just posted on our other page.....unbelievable...I'm in awe of the synchronicity of everything and have been for some time.Such confirmation we all get. Glory to God...
Permalink Reply by Michel Frances Deslatte on November 15, 2011 at 6:12pm Hey you guys...i was wanting some feedback as i know we are all big on new discussions and perhaps providing some Light to others with our own experiences....in the Along the Path to Enlightenment, facebook group, a fellow brother posted a question and thought it was a good one & that maybe you guys might shed some Light.....Love & Peace & all that squishy stuff too...hehe (^.^)
(Bignic):
Is anyone aware of any discussion about "progression" along the path, and how it may or may not be linear? That is, having experience(s) of Unconditional Love while one is still primarily concerned with transcending Reason or Pride? Experiencing the Void while one is still unable to process Love or Unconditional Love?
(Bignic): I was just wondering if anyone had any specific references handy. Just curious because the scale lends itself to being interpreted linearly, as though one couldn't fully grasp Love if one hadn't fully grasped Reason...
(Bignic): But how can we account for there being a calibrated level of consciousness if one can spontaneously experience different levels without warning? And if one can experience spontaneous shifts to higher levels of consciousness, what part does the will ultimately play if one is unable to use those experiences beyond "confirmation" that they exist? If its only the grace of God which afford that view, then what is the benefit? How can one be trapped by a lower level and yet seemingly understand/experience a higher level?
Permalink Reply by Michel Frances Deslatte on November 15, 2011 at 9:44pm i just wanted to share with you guys...something so profoundly amazing....i will be getting pictures of my little boy tomarrow....and if you know me personally, you know what this means and how i can only get down on my knees and praise Him....we get what we are suppose to but only when its for our Highest Good....and within our Karmic dance.....All the Glory be to Thee Oh Lord...and i just had to share the excitement with you guys...oyasumi....good nite
Permalink Reply by doyle allen sabado on November 20, 2011 at 11:22pm Stories like that one Sharon... help make us aware.....thanks for sharing that what sounds like delightful synchronicity .....I almost spelled that correctly ...thanks spell checker......*laughs*
Permalink Reply by Michel Frances Deslatte on January 10, 2012 at 2:35pm This coming up fall....Angelina will be starting kindergarden...and i will have quite a bit of free time on my hands...i have been thinking that i want to do something in the community of Narcotics Anonymous.....so here lately i started looking around on line for some contact numbers and such and didnt really find much....which doesnt mean its not there, i just wasnt necessarily punching in the right key words.....i did punch in "Narcotics Anonymous"......but what do i know...hahaha....anyway, when i was helping out at the soup kitchen on sunday, i felt compelled to ask around about the program, if anyone knew of anyone i could call to get some info....i ended seaking to another volunteer whom is a member of AA and she suggested that i look up the NA hotline in the phonebook.....and thats who i called.....i left my name and number and recieved a phone call from Denny today.....we got to talking and he he wanted to know if i was an addict....i told him ive been clean for 5 years....of course he wanted to know how i got clean......i said "No program...it was....hmmm....a miracle.....it was God." He paused and his voice was different when he spoke again.....i guess my answer was not what he was expecting...??? This has made me feel a little nervous & a tiny bit uneasy about the whole thing...as to how i may be recieved by them. He said i have to be a member of the program, come to some meetings and have a good working knowledge of the program....and talk to some of the people there and i guess...we'll go from there....i keep trying to tell myself, whats the worse that can happen? This wasnt the right place for me......so what? But i guess i have an invested interest with this because i have been feeling for years that N.A would where i could help and let this Light shine at.....i was wondering if any of you guys that have any info, insight with the 12 step program could give me some insight to help me along.....thank you guys (^.^)
Permalink Reply by Michel Frances Deslatte on January 20, 2012 at 7:17am I finally took a drive out to the Buddhist temple...i had no clue as to where to park....so i just made a parking spot beside the little garden area that holds a gong in the middle of it...at a few of the doors there were signs with happy yellow smiley faces that read..."Smile...your on camera" hahaha...so, of course...i smiled really big (^.^) i knocked on two doors before i followed the little arrow that was on another door that read..."we live next door"......so up the ramp i went and knocked on this door...noticeing all the pairs of shoes that rested in the cubby holes, i smiled to myself....Im finally here :) A monk answers the door and i ask for a schedule of their services....he goes to get one and i hurry to take me shoes off as im following him into the building...i was in awe....Buddhas.....Buddhas everywhere.....Big Buddhas...tiny Buddhas....oly books....a platform with bright pink and other colored pillows for the backs of the Abott and the monks.....I've only seen pictures of this type of setting and this morning i was actually there...wow....the monk....his name is Sidichi...pronounced Seedeechee.....and his respectful title is: Achan....so its Achan Sidichi.....we went over to the platform and he sat down and my goofy self, goes to sit next to him....hahahaha....he was like Oh no...this is for the monks and you sit down there.....Oooppppsss.....haha....i sat crossed legged for over an hour...we talked...we laughed...i just love him....the Abott told him to goto school and get an education...Sidichi now goes to the college my hunny went to for the police acedemy....if you could imagine, a Buddhist monk going to college in Georgia....or any college in america....i told him that this was good for him :) He is studying computers and working on his english....the monks watch t.v in order to hear americans speak but its not good practice unless you have one to talk back to you....so off to school he went since this past fall.....i felt almost giddy when i left....i tell Joshua that when he's running the bookstore (one of his dreams) later in life, i'll be hanging out with the Budhist monks.....i was remembering this as i drove home and i smiled to myself and laughed and said out loud...."what were you doing this morning, Michel?"....."Me? I was hanging out with a Buddhist monk! And i have his cell phone number!" hahaha...i plan to join them at least once a week in the evening for chanting and meditation....Sidichi gave me a book of ther chants and the translations....i was reading over the "evening chants"...let me tell you...thats a whole lotta chanting....he even taught me how to bow to the Buddhas correctly...three times when you enter and three times before you leave....he said "wait till i come back and the others see me bow"..."they will be impressed".... he says.
Just wanted to share my beginning journey with the Buddhists monks from Thailand....i feel complete....its amost like everything is fitting into place rather than trying to make pieces fit, even when the sides dont match....it feels right....like im going with the natural flow....what a blessing.....thanks for sharing this endeaver with me, my friends......a most fabulous thursday to you ♥
Permalink Reply by Michel Frances Deslatte on January 20, 2012 at 7:42am Sidichi is originally from Thailand and i think it was quite touching and very beautiful how he expressed their love & awww for living in America....and how when they go home to visit Thailand, the people there are so amazed and proud of him going to school to get an education in AMERICA....."America is freedom" he said to me...what a blessing it is to be born in this country and what a blessing it is to be from a place that is such a blessing for so many other people whom come here seeking a new way of life ♥ ♥
Permalink Reply by michelle on February 23, 2012 at 9:42am Gratitude and fingernails....reading all those posts on thankfulness for God's Love and each other, i thought i share a little practice i adopted a while ago and that seems to be useful...
Every morning after waking up, one of my first actions is to grab a pen and write "Thank You" on the current day in my calendar. And that little statement holds the story of my life and of my life to come, all i learned from ACIM and Doc and others and sets a tone of Gratitude that flows throughout my day, and on one hand shapes it beautifully in advance but also carries me over the unavoidable bumps in the road.
Maybe someone would find this helpful, or maybe it will bring about a sharing of a helpful little hint by another...in any case much love and many blessings to all...♥
...and as a wise person once said, "Happiness is something you decide on beforehand."
Permalink Reply by Michel Frances Deslatte on February 23, 2012 at 10:21pm I went running on the side of the main road that runs beside my neighborhood just a few minutes ago...the best run i have ever experienced ♥ The smell of the pine trees as i smiled up at the many traveling birds...for a moment, a few birds seemed to be flying aligned with me, along for the adventure ♥ and then i suddenly felt the urge to wave and say "good morning" to all that pass me...It seems there is this feeling of Unity within us all, like a whisper, just waiting to Be discovered....Sometimes, we just need a little help remembering what we have forgotten. I felt this, as I watched the many faces smile as they returned my wave ♥ ♥ ♥ A Happy Thursday to you all....I Love you....
Permalink Reply by Michel Frances Deslatte on March 23, 2012 at 11:40am Good morning you guys....i wanted to share something amazing with you ♥ Well, it was pretty amazing to me (^.^)
Yesturday afternoon, i was sitting on at the counter on a bar stool, finishing up with the bills and the rest of the Love cards
for the month and this most wonderFUL fragrance comes to say hello to me...
Roses
I took in a deep breath, enjoying the splendor of the scent and began to look around for it's source. This seems to be an
automatic process of the mind. I did a head count as i surveys the room and all i could find were a few very green house
plants but there were no flowers. And as i went back to what i was doing before, i remembered some of us in this group,
discussing how it was said that when you smell a stronge floral scent out of nowhere, angels are there with you.
Remembering this made me smile (^.^) And again, my sweet vistor returned to me again. Smiling, i turned around and
asked mom if she smelled the roses...she did not...I told her what Doc had said about this and then said " There must be
some angels here."
This was the first time this has ever hapened or at least that I can recall. And i felt so honored to be Graced with their
most beautiful Presense....another sweet reminder that we are truly never alone.....a most beautiful day to you all ♥ ♥
Permalink Reply by Michel Frances Deslatte on April 7, 2012 at 10:40am Just finished with the volunteer training for the Georgia meth project...i am now an official volunteer & have been asked to be the Regional coordinator for this area, since this is one of the ares that are not yet covered in the program...will be doing some contemplation on this matter & lots of praying ♥ Its funny, we try so hard to "see" what God wants us to do...follow the clues...like little spiritual detectives...and then when we get it settled into our Hearts that we heard God & It said this....we are now not open to what the Universe is really trying to light up in front of you, like a neon sign.....i had felt that i wasn't suppose to volunteer with this program after i had not heard back from one of the ladies....well, after some things that have taken place, i decided to go forward with the online training today...and at this training i was asked 4 times to consider the Regional position and the lady said that when this training was over, we would start receiving the monthly newsletter.....i smiled at this point....because i have been receiving the newsletter for two months....the lady was quite surprised because this is not "normal"...well...God isn't "normal"....hahahaha (^.^)
So, for me, this was a big exclamation mark.....this is where i am suppose to be.....what a blessing.....thanks for "listening"....Love you guys
Permalink Reply by michelle on April 7, 2012 at 1:21pm As always, thanks for sharing your miraculous story (no, not 'stories', as it is a continuous thread, interwoven in the fabric of all stories, which are only but One)...so very uplifting, and so very fitting for Easter ... love you too sis ♥
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