| Imagine a world free of worries--a place to | | | | is surprising fertile ground; inner knowledge tells |
| explore with no designated trails, and no signs | | | | you more is visible than an initial glance takes in. |
| prohibiting access. Your only purpose is for you to | | | | A signal to Go will come to you as a relinquishing |
| find ways to enliven your spirit. The words of the | | | | of control-a pure surrender in which you will trust |
| Dalai Lama whisper softly in your ear, "The | | | | completely in your instincts. As your breath |
| purpose of our lives is to be happy." | | | | becomes more balanced, your energy is renewed. |
| Your body is immune to stress, your mind free | | | | Your steps are filled with purpose and your |
| from the chatter of mundane concerns. The | | | | actions become inspired. Your thoughts are |
| world that is before you is not some alien nation; | | | | uncluttered, free of fear and doubt. Your state of |
| it is right where you live and breathe in this very | | | | mind is comfortable in an uncomfortable situation. |
| moment. Being here makes you feel young again, | | | | You are giving yourself permission to go the way |
| only better. You have the wisdom and grace of | | | | of the great explorer-to relish in the unknown. |
| Buddha. And you have the strength and flexibility | | | | Unburdened of an ego which claims each |
| of a Yoga Master. Your mind is sharp, giving you | | | | discovery as his own, you travel light with an |
| the ability to elicit details as well as conceptualize | | | | innocent curiosity. |
| from the densest information provided. | | | | More signs will come to you along the way-your |
| A leaf is spiritual gift, and a laugh is a divine | | | | true nature invites them. Some will come in the |
| connection. The vision of a blue bird causes you | | | | form of fellow travelers who will accompany you |
| stop; something has shifted inside of you. Another | | | | on this journey. Interaction will be impossible to |
| gift presents itself, this one is gift wrapped in | | | | avoid. Communication will be deeper than the |
| feathers of the sky. The song it sings is for you | | | | words you speak. If you listen, you will hear and |
| alone; it is an inspirational message to let you | | | | see with a refreshing clarity. More than a dialogue |
| know your journey is blessed. There are no | | | | between two people, you will witness a profound |
| dangerous turns, or wrong roads to go | | | | insight. Intention, tone, and expression will each |
| down-each path carries treasures within it. Signs | | | | provide a spiritual structure-a gift of poetry. You |
| are present, but not the ones you are | | | | will have the answer to the question, "Who am I?" |
| accustomed to on the streets of your former | | | | As spiritual leader, Deepak Chopra, puts it, "The |
| stress-induced life. | | | | physical world, including our bodies, is a response |
| A sign to stop is replaced with an inner | | | | of the observer. We create our bodies as we |
| tug--gentle, but impossible to miss. Obstacles will | | | | create the experience of the world." |
| introduce themselves. A grateful response | | | | Judgment ceases, and your heart will become |
| replaces one of frustration. You were enjoying | | | | flooded with compassion. On one hand, you realize |
| the road you were taking but a boulder forces | | | | "who you are" is different than "who you were." |
| you to take another route, which would normally | | | | Your thoughts and actions have conspired to |
| not appeal to you. Its passage is a little rougher; | | | | create a new reality. On the other hand, you |
| the horizon is flatter, less trees. Browns and | | | | know that you have been the same since the |
| yellows replace the green that you found so | | | | beginning of time; your true essence is eternal. |
| comforting. But, in this new place a sense of | | | | The moving particles which change and move are |
| something better keeps you moving forward. | | | | identical, they have simply, and miraculously, |
| You will know when to yield because your | | | | changed form. Armed with this revelation, it is |
| awareness will become heightened. Your senses | | | | pointless to doubt yourself because you inherently |
| will find unique gifts that you otherwise would | | | | know all that you need to know. |
| have missed. A pebble along the dirt path catches | | | | So, continue to tune into your surroundings. Listen |
| the light of the sun. When you look down you see | | | | to your teachers, their messages are like spiritual |
| a scorpion on the toe of your shoe. Taking a | | | | jewelry wrapped in a beautifully eloquent gift box. |
| nearby rock, you gently glide your new friend | | | | Open the box as you would open your heart. |
| back onto the desert path. Your steps become | | | | What you will discover is the sweet bliss that we |
| more deliberate; you are careful not to dismiss a | | | | are all connected. The source which makes you |
| seemingly empty terrain. Each movement is a | | | | divine is the same that makes up all those people |
| meditation, each vision a revelation. A tumbling | | | | and parts of nature that help you in your journey. |
| weed, a mysterious groove in the ground, and | | | | Express gratitude for Our Inner Source, and |
| the beads of sweat you feel on your forehead | | | | know that the world you have been imagining is |
| cause your momentum to slow. The environment | | | | present, here and now. |