As a minority I felt outside but with my families diverse religious & musical connections inside. Then add art, in my family an outsider yet in my Art & Performing Arts schools and colleges inside. Then I went into design as a minority and again an outsider. Now I work with Seniors and We are ALL and Everything. Qi Gong and the Pandemic fixed it ALL.
The comments add more thoughts to ponder. We simply live in a different world than the people who embodied spiritual practice. Our minds have evolved even as a newborn baby coming out of the womb. Spiritual Fast food is a snack of spirituality and sustains you in the moment until you get a wake-up call. A call of awakening. This was Covid's gift to me 10 days of Qi Gong that turned to 100 days but more than that introduced me to a worldwide positive community. I had always wanted to do Qi Gong but never had an opportunity. I tell everyone who will listen to try but it is a base, like Americanized Yoga. The true guru's practice the origin tradition which I think most of us strive for, yet we have to work, take care of house and simply rest. Trials and tribulations have always turned humans to spirituality, we live now in such a comfortable world that is now changing to uncomfortable. So, we will strive again to Surrender, Sweat, Silence and Structure. Love this reminder!
All the comedians know this which is why Sherri, Ellen and Rosie had such good ratings! When life gets stressful it is easy to forget to laugh but if you were on your last day of life I would hope one would find a reason to laugh and smile. I love the combination of faith as my grandmother's closest friends were my friends too because they were so hilarious. Laughing and cackling like children at a restaurant after church or a musical concert they all performed in. Such JOY I was exposed to as a little kid.
I work with many Tibetan's who grew up in India and never have been home. They are the closest thing to that type of non-violent human but they do have a religion. I am not any religion anymore and many people are stumped but the division is why. I love all living things but definitely get angry especially with drivers texting lol. I practice moving meditation and sleep and eat well which adds to my non-reactiveness yet when I feel reactive it used to catch me off guard. I think the more of us who seek understanding and open dialogue with ourselves and one another the closer we can get.
On May 15, 2025 A wrote on Circles And Dots, by Ameeta Kaul: