Serendipitous Rendezvous
A Path to Renewal in America
April 29, 2019
Our daily lives are moved through out of habit, filled by requests of others. This normal day stuff seems to dampen our abilities of introspection. We are kept busy doing. Doing is good, but reflection is needed. I suppose I don’t actually do all that much, good or bad, in my daily life. These days my time is mostly left up to me; I decide how to idly allocate it. I ought to have endless time for reflection, but I seem to require removing myself from my daily routine and habits by traveling to an isolated place. I drown in reflection on my solo trips. Often, I drive for hours observing the route, lost in my own thoughts. Miles and miles go by without me bothering to turn on radio or music from my iPhone. I have been worrying a certain notion like a loose thread. I think if it starts to unravel, I may see a new perspective. Of course, I may have just ruined a good sweater.
Natural Bridges National Monument
My reflections are often a personal search. I feel I must address my own being first. I must seek to live a life in balance. Within myself I must hold authentic visions. My prayers have led me to a belief that my soul must evolve. My personal requirement also includes my interaction with others. Seeking my goal must add to unity. We currently have too many perceptions. We do not all see the same world. Somehow, I must find a common thread to those living with inauthentic visions.
I stopped along the trail and jotted down steps to evolve my soul.
My first, calm respect, is to be quieter around others. Let
them express themselves without comment, respect their being. Listen
and try not to engage with words. Acknowledge their existence and
engage with words possibly in a teaching manner after they are
accepted and assured.
Second step, assurance and certainty, is about my own
composition that essence of me that is myself. I must interact in an
assuring way. I must know what I am certain of and what I doubt. If I
offer calm assurance. If I am clear on what I know with certainty. If
I am equally clear and authentic about the things of which I am
unsure. I should build real connections with others. My assurance and
calmness should help anchor them.
The third aspect, I must evolve to is empathetic love. I
have this to a degree, but I must move further and deeper within my
existence. I must not be sometimes an empath and sometimes able to
love my fellow humans. I must have this attribute as a constant. I
need empathetic love completely intertwined into who I am, and how I
interact.
Fourth there is a phrase living into the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus was always trying to explain, describe, illustrate, and evoke
the kingdom for those on earth. People, good worshipping people, fail.
Even yet today, we will fail to understand how to exist here and now,
as would Jesus. This is why my soul must evolve and all of us must
evolve. We are far too like those who missed the kernel of the message
of Jesus in his day. We are no closer to Jesus, the son of man, in our
time. Speaking from personal experience one does not walk into a gym
and become fit. It requires becoming a habit, a way of life, an
attribute of your person. I am starting on the journey of an evolved
soul and maybe with sincere prayer and attention I can evolve.
Possibly we all can.
Colors of sunrise Bears Ears
I did get a tent upgrade from my previous vision quests
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