Vision Expansion

I sat in the small group anticipating a life-giving discussion. Little did I know...

The leader of the group steered us into a time of quiet and urged us to hold in mind something that we desire...to hold it...to hold it...to see it clearly. My desire came to me easily, and it pleasantly filled my view. Then she asked us to expand that desire, to let it get as huge as it could get...AND IT DID!

My desire was something I have been envisioning for a long time and am eager to see show up in my life. You see, I have a dental challenge, and what I really want is to have complete dental implants, no small thing, but something I have been seeing for quite some time. I have the dentist picked out...the best dentist I have ever had. Only one small hitch...his practice is in South India.

So, as I gave my attention to my desire, and then allowed it to expand...it exploded! Suddenly my quest for dental treatment turned into a trip with 20 friends, an experience of spirit and wellness. I clearly saw our group visiting India, being renewed by a 2 week ayurvedic rejuvenation, tapping into the spiritual energy of the ages, imbued with the peace of watching the sun set over the Arabian Sea, and getting a bit of dental work done on the side. Wow!

And almost immediately, the components to make it possible began lining up, and they continue to do so.

Amazing what can happen when vision is clear, and expansion is allowed.

Sidetracked: the Now Thought

It's so easy for me to get sidetracked. I start a project...it turns in 2 projects, then 4, then 6, perhaps more. But perhaps the most consequential sidetracking I subject myself to is that of thought. That's where it all begins.

I begin with a thought, pure and true, and within seconds my attention is diverted, usually by something less important, I follow that for an equally short span and find myself distracted again.

Call it what you like...scatterbrain, monkey mind, incessant mind chatter...it has the effect of taking me completely away from the thought I began with, the important one/ the main one.

Like a train with a clear destination and schedule, I embark on the main track, the through route, only to find myself shunted off to a siding for a period of indeterminate length. And the journey goes to hell.

I'm working on this with zeal, for I am tired of interrupted journeys. So I've focused myself on being deliberate with my thought, stretching my ability to hold a thought, and to decline temptations to jump ship (or should I say rail) and consort with intruders.

If you will, I'm parking the intrusive thoughts on the siding, rather than the important one...the now thought. I can always get back to them when my now journey is complete.

I've built quite a maze of sidetracks, but I'm not phased by them. Actually, I'm happier than ever before.