I began this post from a house sitting gig I had for a few days last week in magical Mt. Shasta, CA. In the backyard was a gorgeous view of “Magic Mountain” in front of which I did practice every morning and stargazed at night. Here we also we played with friends—jumped through hoola hoop “portals” into the 5th dimension, danced, did cartwheels, had breakfast, and generally enjoyed a Garden of Eden like paradise.
The mountain itself often looks like heaven and earth merging into one, especially when the mountain seems to just disappear into the clouds, so that it is difficult to tell where the mountain ends and the clouds begin….This is why it really feels like Mt. Shasta is a place “where Heaven meets Earth.”
Mt. Shasta is a vortex: As such, it shows us what is possible in our world. We can create this kind of earth for ourselves, this kind of new reality, one in which we have clean water to drink, fresh air to breathe, plenty of food and shelter for all living beings, a world in which all types of life interact freely, lovingly, and compassionately with one another, in which all are honored and cherished as sparks of the Divine. We can create a world in which all people are awake and aware, fully sharing their unique gifts, and living in a state of love, joy, gratitude, and abundance.
The truth is: We don’t have to create it—this world already exists. We live in an abundant Universe which is ever providing all of our needs, even before we can ask for them. We live in a field of infinite possibilities, with unlimited choices and options. All we really need to do is to allow ourselves to experience it, to open up to infinity and be willing to receive it into our hearts. Our hearts are big enough to hold the entire cosmos, to contain within it All That Is…for we are that: As above, so below; as within, so without.
When we really experience this oneness with all of life, we know ourselves to be the powerful creators we are, the living masters walking on the earth. Then we know we are limitless, and the only obstacles we have to living the life we want we place upon ourselves—sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally. But we come to know this as an illusion, that our true nature is infinite, abundant, love, joy, service, spirit, God. This is what we are all here to remember, what we are remembering now—and in the process creating Heaven right here on Earth.
