Inquiry

For myself Spirit is experienced in the knowing "this is it "  Be it in the church, or talking to a hobo , the miracle of Spirit is brought forth .  Generating the experience "this is it" one is experiencing Spirit in the grocery line, at a church mass, or in the heat of competition in a football game, the presence of Spirit and its knowing 'this is it" cause its never not it one is always nakedly aware of its light.

The bus running late, is this not it also, graffiti on the walls is this not it also. Its known now or its never  known. Its switch is always on lighting up the planet. so ya better know it now.

So I ask myself the question. Do my preferences get in the way of Spirits ever presence?  I prefer to speak to Paul Newman and communicate my gratitude for the contributions he made to our planet. My preference would be to be in his space.    And then I ask myself the question, how about the guy sitting at the end of the bar all by himself. Is not spirit also there ?  Can the experience of gratitude be generated for his presence as with Paul Newman ?  Can it be brought forth and into existence ? To me thats my practice, thats my training ground, the ground of BEING , where SPIRIT is brought into the space, the space of Paul Newman, and the space of Joe Lunchbucket.  My ego says " a six pack with Newman"..... transego... the possibility of generating Spirits presence with Joe LB, is created and directly experienced Now and always Now.

I'm experiencing Spirit as the upwelling of love. I'm kinda interested in this immanent aspect of Spirit, Spirit experienced in 1st person that is not simply ever-present awareness. I guess its the Big Heart dimension of Spirit rather than Big Mind. My main practice is Reiki Tumo, which is a heart and feeling based meditation. In it I experience Spirit firstly in second person, the ever-present love that is welling up in me and is upwelling in all beings. It it not a devotional practice of surrender to an other but it does involve surrender. It is in relaxing into being, in touching and smiling to my heart, surrendering to feeling that I encounter the source of love who is moving into manifestation. If I surrender enough I am love, Spirit in first person, Big Heart.

The practice opens me up to connection with others beyond the fears of the persona. I am more grounded, less defensive and happier. Spirit is then the source of connectedness. This is the manifestation of Spirit as form rather than as emptiness, the duality side of non-duality.

Cheers