What You Want, Also Wants You!
Most of us have had the experience of working towards creating something in our lives that we really want. Whether it involves getting into a certain college, opening a bakery, or finishing a marathon in under 3 hours, an end result of a specific experience is born in our minds and then we must do the necessary steps to create the experience.
One thing that we often fail to recognize is that the experience is also working towards us. There is a natural attraction, a pull, between your heartfelt desire and the experience itself. I have been stunned by this revelation a few times in my life, and the following is a story to illustrate.
When I was in my early 20s, I had an interest to learn about Kabbalah, the mystical side of Judaism. I would look at books about it in bookstores, but would always feel overwhelmed by the complexity of it. I realized that I was clearly not ready for it and may never be, so I let it go.
Fast forward about 20 years later, and I find myself in an introductory workshop taught by a healer and teacher I had known for a long time. During a silent meditation that we did, I had the experience of ‘seeing’ myself surrounded by a luminous 3-dimensional star tetrahedron. After the workshop was over, I went to speak to the teacher and sketched out what I had seen. I asked her if she knew what it was, and she said, “Wow, that looks like the Merkabah, the Golden Chariot of God.” The Merkabah is a symbol in Kabbalah referring to ascension into a higher state.
Moments like those feel like a shimmering, a momentary lifting of the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds. They also show me that Kabbalah was searching for me just as I had been searching for it. I had never heard of or seen that symbol or word before, so it was as pure of an experience as I can imagine (meaning my mind did not generate it from something I already knew).
Back to the college or the bakery or the marathon….don’t underestimate what is seeking expression through you. Every act, every creation is sacred, if we let them be. We have to show up and do our parts, of course, but rest in the knowledge that the journey is only half as long as you thought. Your dream is also on its way to you.
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