A Matter of Perspective

It was back in the late seventies/early eighties when I worked in center city as a secretary back in the day. I was deeply immersed in studying and practicing a philosophy called: A Course of Miracles. At the time I had to make a daily commute to go into the city to perform my work responsibilities. I had to travel into center city by commuter train to get off at a train station at Sixteenth Street in Philadelphia.

On one cold morning in winter, I had to climb down some steps in Suburban Station, and as I did so, I noticed a woman on crutches getting ready to climb down the steps ahead of me. It appeared as if this woman had some form of cerebral palsy. I wanted to go over to her to ask her if she needed assistance, but I felt as if I was being held back. I as if Gold was asking me to do something else. I was asked to put my consciousness into the form of this woman and then to pull myself out so that I could determine what was really going on. And so without thinking about it, that's just exactly what I did. I climbed into her and felt something far different than what I had originally imagined she would be feeling from an emotional standpoint. I "got" the feeling that she was proud that she had the capacity and the ability to climb down those steps without any assistance from passers by. That was such an "ah ha" moment for me because I thought initially she was to be pitied. After I had climbed out, I felt only pride and joy for her in what she was able to accomplish. And I learned that I must never again judge people who have disabilities as individuals who needed to be pitied. I realized that such souls are courageous, and that they are teachers that are here to help us to understand how it is possible to overcome any physical limitations we may have.

Welcome to the Soul to Heart Messages Blog

Dear Loved One,

Welcome to Soul to Heart Messages. Each week I'll post thoughts, musings and stories about experiences that I've had that enabled me to gain some spiritual insight that is helping me to evolve on this glorious spiritual path. I am hoping that sharing these experiences will inspire and encourage you along the way that you are walking.

It is my desire that you, my dear reader, will take courage in hand right along with me to share your personal growth experiences with us as well that we may be touched by your spiritual insights as well. I want to hear about the personal experiences that you have had that have lifted up your soul and brought you closer to understanding Who you are. It is my belief that we are here to learn, love, create, experience and to get closer to God, and we are doing this through the human condition called LIFE.

Please think about what you have been through and share from your own personal experience. While much literature and holy treatises exist that we can quote from, what I am truly interested in reading and what I think that other readers would want to know is about how you feel and what you have gained through going through your life incidences and experiences. So please share your "realizations" from your own heart space and not from what another author has come up with. What you have experienced and the insights you have gained, to me, are worthy enough to stand on their own.

I consider myself and I consider all of my beloved companions "mystics of the ordinary." I take my ordinary daily life experiences and I see how these experiences are teaching me to become a more loving, caring, forgiving and evolving spiritual being while living this human experience. I am starting this blog, because I want deeply to connect with other like-minded souls who see their lives as the grist for their spiritual growth.

A Walk in the Neighborhood

I was taking a much needed break from my schooling where I was studying to become a Client Server Applications Programmer at the time. It was a sunny late Spring day and I was looking forward to taking my daily walk after my class for the day was over. It is typical for me that when I walk by myself that I lapse into a sort of 'conversation with God' mode. As I walk along the sidewalk, I imagine that I'm having a conversation with God or my Higher Self.

I was intensely interested on this particular day to question God about this idea of: "Who am I?" I mean, really. Just who am I? And I let the question hang in mid air within my mind and continued to breathe the air and look at the trees and the gardens that I passed along the way. All of a sudden, it occurred to me that each and every one of us say to ourselves: "I am Sue." "I am John." "I am Sheryl." So then I received an impression that said to me in words that weren't words by a thought impression, "What would happen if you took away the Sue, the John and the Sheryl?" Oh my goodness. And it hit me like a two by four. If I take away the names, what is left is: "I am." Each soul....each person is "I am." Oh....now the wheels were really spinning now. Then, I "got" that there is no "me" and there is no "you." There is only God living Its life expressing, creating and experiencing Himself through each and every one of us and through all of this thing we call life. So....I realized God is living and being in this squirrel. God is expressing Itself as this tree. God is expressing Itself as Sheryl taking this walk.

I tell you this was an experience that caused me to see everything and everyone in an entirely different light. I realized that everyone was an extension of my Self. Whoa. Incredible.