I was profoundly touched this morning by Deepak Chopra's wisdom, which began with a quote from noted physicist Albert Einstein. "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant." Deepak goes on to comment, "we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."
I can tell you of the moment when this sacred truth hit me like a tanker truck crossing the highway. For years, I had struggled with the nagging sense that there was more, another way perhaps, something bigger than the life I was living. Never did I expect that the "bigger" had more to do with an interior expansiveness than it did with any exterior circumstances. By all objective criteria, I was living the dream. I was a "good girl"; had always played by the rules and other than the occasional rebellious moment, had pretty much done exactly as the voices in my head - culture? society? family? - instructed. This day, I was lying on the floor (on a yoga mat, surprise, surprise!) half-tuned to the gentle voice of a master trainer when suddenly I realized that I could feel - literally feel, in a physical way - the essence of myself. I love words, and yet have been unable to find any that adequately describe the experience, other than perhaps mind-blowing. Nothing like it had ever happened to me before, and hasn't since, and it was months before I spoke about it for the first time.
Everything changed for me in that moment. It was confirmation, I suppose, that all that for many years had danced around the edges of my consciousness, all that was not "rational" or "intellectual" was, in fact, valid. Since, life has not been easy, but it has certainly taken on a much simpler quality, like an inner whisper that says in every moment, "everything is exactly as it should be".
Right now at oprah.com, there is a basic meditation series - 15 mins a day, no commitment (complete with Deepak's daily insights) available for free for 21 days. Wishing you your own experience of the validity of your intuitive self!
I can tell you of the moment when this sacred truth hit me like a tanker truck crossing the highway. For years, I had struggled with the nagging sense that there was more, another way perhaps, something bigger than the life I was living. Never did I expect that the "bigger" had more to do with an interior expansiveness than it did with any exterior circumstances. By all objective criteria, I was living the dream. I was a "good girl"; had always played by the rules and other than the occasional rebellious moment, had pretty much done exactly as the voices in my head - culture? society? family? - instructed. This day, I was lying on the floor (on a yoga mat, surprise, surprise!) half-tuned to the gentle voice of a master trainer when suddenly I realized that I could feel - literally feel, in a physical way - the essence of myself. I love words, and yet have been unable to find any that adequately describe the experience, other than perhaps mind-blowing. Nothing like it had ever happened to me before, and hasn't since, and it was months before I spoke about it for the first time.
Everything changed for me in that moment. It was confirmation, I suppose, that all that for many years had danced around the edges of my consciousness, all that was not "rational" or "intellectual" was, in fact, valid. Since, life has not been easy, but it has certainly taken on a much simpler quality, like an inner whisper that says in every moment, "everything is exactly as it should be".
Right now at oprah.com, there is a basic meditation series - 15 mins a day, no commitment (complete with Deepak's daily insights) available for free for 21 days. Wishing you your own experience of the validity of your intuitive self!