3 Strikes and...

I just watched 20 minutes of the most fascinating internet video. In this moment, a thousand thoughts are wildly pinging around in my mind like a ping pong extravaganza. There is so much I want to say that the ideas almost collide with each other in their excitement to be heard. In this, I AM the communicator, wanting to send information from me to you. In the next moment, I am saturated with an expansive, joyous, wondrous gratitude. Oneness seeps throughout my being, and nothing is separate from me. Words are remote and unnecessary. Simply, I AM that I AM. We are One.


I am alive in both moments. I feel it within me, and maybe you know it too. We are a living paradox, or perhaps, to pick another view, in marvelous balance; we are human form of ego and Divine boundlessness, we are always one with God and surrendered to God, we live in our experiences and we witness our living. Through a stroke of ingenious and deliberate design, the Creator made us this way.


But what if you woke up one morning to experience and witness your paradox in a revealing pace of time and space? What if you watched that stroke of inventiveness unveil itself, literally, as you had a physical stroke? And what if you were a scientist who understood the human brain much better than most? "A Divine plan is unfolding", is what I would say. Thankfully for us, Jill Bolte Taylor thought so too, and she's offered her story.


This is what I'm thrilled to share. There are numerous, rich messages we can take into ourselves from her account. But I'm guided to keep my learnings to myself. Your experience may differ from mine upon watching this video segment. So I invite you to watch this presentation and then, if you wish, e-mail me. Take 30 minutes of uninterrrupted time. Sit and put aside any distractions. Be fully present to your inner world. Make sure your ears, eyes and mind are awake. Then go to this link http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 and watch. Watch it to the very end. When you're finished, sit for a few minutes and allow your wisdom to speak to you. Then send me a note to share what struck you: what insights you had, which powerful reminders became more deeply anchored, what ahaa's lit up inside you, what opened you to gratitude, what touched you deeply, or anything else that would enjoy contributing. I would love to hear from you, and I'll share too.


Perhaps we will further inspire each other with our own fresh perspectives. This is the blessing of how you and I are different. Or perhaps, in our hearts, the grasp of our truths will be the same. And Oneness will reveal itself, once again, through us.


Namaste,  
Melinda

Note: the video segment is entitled 'Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight'

go to http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

or go to http://www.TED.com and search for 'Jill Bolte Taylor'. Select this listing - http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229.

 

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