Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Hello! This is Cynthia Sue Larson with realityshifters.com
and I'm talking about opening to oneness. I've just read an amazing book by Larry Dossey
called, "One Mind" and it reminds me very much of a poem by the poet, Rumi,
who spoke of the fact that we are in our bodies the way plants are rooted in
the soil, yet we are also the wind.
Recognizing that we have these capabilities to be much, much more than just what we think
of as ourselves.
There's a special aspect, not just to the spirituality and what's often referred
to as a perennial philosophy, uniting all of
the great religions and spiritual paths from the
world, but it's also the concept that Larry Dossey
refers to when he describes how our individual mind
is part of a greater consciousness, and why it matters.
This book is amazing! I really appreciate it quite a bit,
because it shares first-hand experiences from people who have been involved in amazing
experiences that there's just no way to explain unless there is some kind of a unified consciousness
or oneness of mind, uniting not just people across a wide variety of different cultures,
but also animals. I think a lot of us relate to animals very
well. I love the stories especially that Dr. Dossey
shares about how he was writing the book and he
looked out the window and saw a coyote looking back at him! And he saw a bobcat,
a wild mountain lion, looking back at him. And these are remarkable experiences
that were quite unusual for him as he was writing the book,
but it also mirrors the kind of stories that are in the book itself about the way
animals will save each other, across species they will rescue each other.
There are such things as rats that have empathy for one another, and help spring
each other out of jail, which is a concept I've spoken about before and I love very much!
And not just that, but also twins that live their lives separated from birth very much
the same as they would making very similar choices, as if the whole time they've been
united. The way I talk about this book when I tell
people about it is that describing the One Mind is like describing
the biggest elephant you've ever seen! It's so big, you can't quite comprehend the
whole thing. If you've heard the story about the blind
men and the elephant, then you know where I'm
going with this!
You'll have experiences with some people where they'll feel that elephant--that One
Mind concept-- and they'll feel like they've got something
very much like a rope. And someone else will say, "No, no, no!
It's not like a rope! It's like the trunk of a tree!"
So depending on where and what a person is experiencing
with this One Mind oneness phenomenon, it can feel very different, yet it's the whole
thing. That, to me, is extraordinary.
So what I mean by this is when you experience the one mind in the sense of witnessing
what can only be called miraculous healing, spontaneous remission... these are just remarkable
experiences that people often encounter. Or telepathy, or just being rescued and having
people show up right when you need them...
animals being there for other species as well as humans.
These are the kind of things that you'll enjoy as much
as I do. I highly recommend this book for anybody that
has a feeling that there is a sense of oneness
that we can all open up to, and that it's well within
our grasp... that people have been experiencing it
for centuries, and there's a lot to explore. Not just the personal stories and first-hand
accounts, but also the science behind it.
This is something you can also experience in meditation,
and if you just close your eyes for a moment, we'll do a quick Oneness meditation.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Imagine that you are right now
much more than just your physical self... that you are connected to all that is...
that you have an amazing ability to expand.... expand... expand....
and feel a oneness with the air around you... with the trees... and everything around you...
with the earth around you... and that as you expand your sense of
who you are, rather than losing yourself, you're gaining parts of yourself
that you've long forgotten. You can open your eyes.
Until next time, keep asking, "How good can it get?!"
This is Cynthia Sue Larson with realityshifters.com