ORDINARY Mystic

ORDINARY Mystic

I have felt VERY ordinary the last few months. I know that my level of thinking was coming from watching my husband go though some very difficult times along with allowing myself to become saddened and exhausted! I recognized it, promising to practice self love, and of course my children were pointing it out to me in very subtle ways..TAKE care of yourself. But, I still somehow allowed myself to stay in that lower version of me. So, I began feeling that even my spiritual life had become very ordinary. Is that even possible? Yet, what does ORDINARY really mean? I believe that our outer world really wants all of us to BE ordinary. Society likes people who THINK in an ordinary way and LIVE with ordinary spiritual beliefs as long as we are loving others around us. I believe my body then simply took that on and decided I wanted to be ORDINARY…but again what is that?

I had an experience one day that simply pulled me UP and OUT of the saddest feelings and exhaustion that I woke up with one day. I haven’t talked about it much to anyone because I wanted to process it all. I decided to write about it today because somehow the experience has lifted something within me…literally CHANGING life within me AND around me.  Was I an ORDINARY Mystic that day? Or are we ALL Mystics that only recognize the abilities within our BEING on special occasions?

It happened one day well over a week ago that I got out of bed wondering if I could make it through another day without losing it! The night had been tough and I had awakened very early and really wanted to simply go back to sleep, but instead I got up. I began doing very mundane things that needed doing. The sun wouldn’t be rising for quite awhile…so my mind said, “save your yoga and meditation for sunrise time.” All of a sudden, I thought I saw light…it startled me, but I thought of my brother Bill. I sat down in my porch chair and said “Hello Bill, I SO love you and I really miss you!” … but instead of tears I simply began a conversation. It was a very ORDINARY conversation. There was nothing profound about it, it simply WAS. Many would hardly call that moment in time mystical, but something happened to ME. And it brought new life into me.

THAT day…I was so upbeat I imagine even Doug wondered what in the world has brought Terry into such happy smiles and LOVE. We talked…I shared with him. AND, his journey began to take a huge turn! My vibrational level was lifted in a way that is hard to describe and we had an incredible day! Even one of our Home Care Therapists said that day, “You know, I just absolutely love the positive VIBES I feel as I am in this home.” She’s from Venezuela and a delightful person, but the timing of this comment was incredibly affirming.

So many people try to define a “mystical experience”, and yet I believe we ALL have that mystic ability deep within us that can emerge at any time and at any moment in our quite ORDINARY lives. I know there are many discussions about levels of frequencies that can sometimes bring us into a mystical place and even carry us out and beyond to places we only have slight understanding. I have existed in higher vibrations and I know them to be true…but is ordinary mysticism much more complex than vibrational energy that we can create around us when we embrace the DIVINE within and around us?

I have not read the book and it is not released until September. But in my current Spirituality and Health magazine, there was an article about this new book. The writer of the article mentioned that Mirabai Starr’s newest book called Ordinary Mysticism:Your Life as Sacred Ground begins with an invitation: “Welcome to the temple of your regular life.” I know that my life is sacred and so is every other human being alive on the planet today. If you are reading this post today, you might resonate with Mirabai Starr’s words explaining that we are not simply looking through a lense…ordinary mysticism is about “reclaiming our everyday lives as the very ground of the encounter with the Divine.” I loved viewing her photos…they tell me so much about the personality of the writer.

I do KNOW that mystical experiences are available to each and EVERY one of us. Today…not only have my own spirits lifted…so has the healing that is happening in my husband through very difficult circumstances. Each day has brought more and more strength into his body! What changed that day? MY energy for sure…

My thoughts changed, my mind changed about WHAT is possible.  I believe the environment around  me has changed as well! I believe the healing environment around me is stronger through the LOVE of myself, the Divine and Doug’s Divine presence as well…even when he tries to embrace the concept.

I hope YOUR life can change for YOU as well! Love and Hugs to all…