It's interesting to observe what connects people. I've befriended three people, two women and one man in their fifties, simply because the four of us are going through a similar awakening experience. We're drawn to the same teachers. We're noticing the same phenomena. We communicate in the same language. We can simply look at one another and know what the other is saying, trying to say, or doesn't need to say.
Every week or so we go to dinner and share our experiences, provide insights, and discuss the "undiscussable." I couldn't have asked for a better support group. They are the family I've always wanted. I love my family and they're a part of it all like everything else, but it's nice to have another family that I can connect with on another level.
Most of us consider our friends as family, but there is another kind of a family that we are connected to for reasons we do not know or understand. If there are such things as past lives, then these would be the people that have been here through each reincarnation with us. There's a recognition of oneness.
We went to dinner last night and the similar thread this week has been "moving invisibility." If you look at any object long enough, you will start seeing it move or waver. And if you stay still long enough, other people will barely notice that you're there, it's as if you're becoming invisible.
The Practice
Morning meditation - 10 minutes
Reflection
It's very easy to make meditation into "just another thing I have to do" when we start to become habituated. I began using that time to really look. I don't close my eyes in meditation, I keep them half-open and out of focus. But even then, if the concentration is not there to really look, the mind will take over.
To look, outside the meditation, is just as helpful. Next time you're in the car sitting in traffic, look at the red light or the tree next to you or the asphalt, without naming what you're looking at or analyzing it. Really....LOOK!
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