A New Day 1: One Step at a Time

It’s been two months since the last blog entry where I committed to moving forward, and this is the first entry since then.  From the moment I published the post, there have been challenges once again that have taken precedence over writing and my spiritual practices.  I could quit, but something inside won’t let me.  

I believe that everything happens first in consciousness before it ever happens in the physical world.  Reverend Michael Bernard Beckwith summarizes that theory as “consciousness precedes form”.  They describe it in the movie The Secret.  It’s mentioned all over the annals that espouse metaphysics, and so I am compelled to look deeper.  

This has definitely not been the easiest time in my life, and there have been challenges that have been presented that I have never had to deal with before.  I, however, am no stranger to commitment and perseverance.  They ultimately are the cure-all for moving all the way through this blog and the project into my hoped-for results.

In 2011, I did what’s called a 90 in 90 in Bikram Yoga.  It’s 90 days of classes in 90 days although I went 108 days.  My mother was dying from cancer, and I was engaged in a spiritual project similar to this one which included the yoga, breathwork, reading and meditation.  There was incredibly deep learning to be found during that process, and I am a different person on the other side of it.  

I developed a severe hamstring injury during the 2nd week and had to work all the way through it to stay committed to the 90 days.  As a result, I learned and integrated “mind over matter” and that a person can really do anything they set their mind to.  I observed myself going through the challenges during the practice, and I made the conscious decision to stay with myself and work all the way through them.

In the last weeks of the practice, I ended up having to do doubles for 7 days which is two classes a day in order to make up for missed classes and finish in 90 days.  I made the decision and the commitment to finish and ended up going further to 108 days.  I stopped because my mother took a turn for the worse, and I had to go be with her at the hospital.

This project is no different even if the circumstances are.  In service to spiritual ecology, I have already considered the options again and am committed to completing this.  One step at a time, I will make it to the finish line.  Tomorrow is the new Day One.



“Winning”, Santana

Winning, 1976, Epic


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