Cascade
Cascade
One thing leads to another in the cascade of life. Every decision I have ever made affects the next, and that affects the next, etc., etc., etc. The person I am today, in this moment, is a culmination of all the experiences I have ever had, all the mistakes I've ever made, all the "most embarrassing moments," all the joys, all the skills I've learned, all the losses and hurts, all the successes, all the adventures I've ever had. Through it all, I'm still the same person, I'm still me. I still have the same DNA. But I keep changing, evolving, and learning. I continue to flow through my own cascade of life events, big and small. If you are reading this, your life and mine have just intersected for a brief moment in time, and then we move on from here.
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A cascade is a beautiful natural analogy for the evolution of my awareness through the encounters and experiences I move through as I progress through life. Thank you, Lizzie! I read this and am writing to you from Montreal, Canada, where I have a fascinating cascade of encounters and events. Yesterday, for instance, was Sunday, and we held a Sunday service, at which I was the speaker. The sanctuary was a bit warm, and as I ended my talk, I felt as if I was going to faint. And then I did! One minute, I was standing behind the podium, speaking, and the next minute I had disappeared because I had fallen. I immediately became conscious again, and the people in the sanctuary were all around me, holding my hand and hoping I was all right. Of course, someone called an ambulance, so the rest of my day became a stint in a local hospital. It was all kind of surreal. I could tell right away that I was all right, and the hospital's blood tests and brain scans confirmed that impression. After the service, I had planned a workshop to help the spiritual community come together in one awareness to envision their potential future of thriving and growing again after the slow=down provoked for the last three years by Covid 19.
ReplyDeleteBy the time I got home later that evening, and then this morning after hearing from people who had been there in person and online, I realized that this perceived "crisis" had brought everyone together in one mind better than could have happened in a workshop. Every member of both groups collaborated in reassuring each other and knowing that everything was good.
The friend who accompanied me to the hospital and I also experienced nothing but kindness and caring from the medical personnel we met.
As a shared experience, it drew the whole community together amazingly well -- just what I had been hoping we could make happen in the planned workshop!
I had not planned to play the role I did, but somehow, it all was all right. Despite a few superficial bruises I hadn't had before, I was not harmed. The community had strongly experienced the power of one mind and heart together, envisioning the same outcome in prayer. All told, it was a beautiful moment of Grace. I could not have asked for a better lesson or a more powerful shared envisioning. I find myself grateful and surprised!