Hello everyone,
As you know I'm so bad at blogging. I continue to avoid my fears of writing. But now I have a new tool called NaturallySpeaking to help me in this process of blogging and writing. Now I just have to quit avoiding the computer. I would so much rather spend my time farming and creating then sitting in front of the screen. I see the computer as one of the greatest distractions we have in our society. Just another reason to avoid ourselves.
And with that I put in this quote from Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a Buddhist master who was an author and founder of the publication, Shambhala Sun. This publication is devoted to Buddhism, Culture, Meditation and Life. Here is the quote," Many people try to find a spiritual path where they do not have to face themselves, but where they can still liberate themselves. In truth, that is impossible. We have to see our gut, our real shit, are most undesirable parts."
That quote says it all and even if we aren't on a spiritual path, but are seeking happiness and contentment. In the end we need to be able to look within to get results. Still we use avoidance behaviors, distractions, rationaling, blaming and addictions to not deal with what we want most. To know ourselves and to be happy and content. Instead we create hell and keep running from ourselves. Why do we keep doing this, we just keep creating more chaos and dysfunction and no one wants to look. So what is it going to take, the collapse of the world as we know it for us to look. I am afraid so. I see society as the alcoholic, unwilling to change until we hit a bottom and what a bottom we are going to hit.
Onto more positive news: My groups are going very well. My first group is going into week 19 with no end in sight. Everyone feels that each Saturday we can share and find that place of peace and carry it into the following days of our week. The other group met for the first time last week, eight participants in all with a waiting list for another group starting in April. In the groups each week we share our personal struggles, our observations and our knowing that something greater is working in our lives. We manifest grace in the sharing and realization that we are all one in our struggles, are perceived suffering in our doubts in a world that is backwards and in that we discover our light.
To let you know we finally have new brochures and business cards at the printers as I speak. This is been a long and somewhat painful process but we are very happy with the results. We will be taking down this website temporarily and putting up our new website Surya Wellness Center. The new site will have video testimonials and also a podcast blog. I guess I will have no choice but to take all this seriously. A lot of very positive things have happened in my work and I wish to share this grace and love with all people, all over, at the same time just being me.
Love to all,
Steven
