Today is the first day of my blog. I have never done this before. I am just going to jump in and tweak it as I go along, so if you are following me, you should notice changes periodically. I think it is important for me just to start and not get all wrapped up in the appearance, etc. Plus, I AM eager to get started.
I am doing this because I regularly have insights about life, my spiritual journey, and the teachings that have been presented to me over many years and I want to share them.
I will just say briefly here, as an intro to myself, that I ---
- grew up in a rural area of New York surrounded by nature/farmland, and animals.
- was brought up Catholic.
- no longer participated in the church when I became a teenager.
- was pretty godless for many years.
- became drawn to learning more about spirituality in my thirties.
- found a guru, of all things, loved her, and followed her teachings for about twenty years.
- found Master Zhi Gang Sha in 2012 and am currently a very grateful student and follower of his teachings.
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My first blog will be this:
This past week I have had to have two root canals that are old, redone. I have had MANY root canals. I weather them almost like a trooper. Nonetheless, they are still daunting to a degree.
This time, however, I did something I have never done before. I was thinking I would listen to some chanting, and I did, through ear phones connected to my phone. But I also decided to do forgiveness practice while I was in the chair. I thought, How many souls have I harmed to have accumulated this much karma in my mouth, teeth and gums? And so I began to ask all the souls that I have harmed in this or any lifetime, or that my ancestors have harmed, to please forgive me. And I named all of the possible things I might have done. I included the souls of all the animals. And I sincerely asked for forgiveness. I also expressed gratitude that I was paying off my karma. I understood that I had done some things to incur this debt. And I was grateful to be shown where I have been unkind so that I can start to transform the mindsets I have that led to my actions.
It really was a great practice and way to spend my time while getting my work done on my mouth.
