Twenty years ago when I met Julie, who I now call Guruji-Ma (meaning Spiritual Teacher who embodies the energy of the Divine Mother), I had the experience of dropping into my soul and experiencing spiritual reality in a way I immediately recognized. There was no fanfare. It just was. It just existed as pure Divine Life. It elevated my whole being and I was enlivened in a way that felt so good and true to me. I wish I could just say I now live that way all the time, that the past twenty years were all about that. They were all about living a life with God - but that also involved experiences of intense purification that to this day I am still integrating and making sense out of.
During this time, I was beginning to glimpse what it would mean to become the Divine Child of God I was meant to become and to live a sacred life, a life devoted to God. So I created an email name to be more visible about this change in my life and also to remind myself on a daily basis what it was I wanted my life to focus on. The email starts with "insacredlife." And I am grateful that I have the rest of my life and the most beautiful, amazing and Holy Spiritual Teacher to help me know what it means to live in this way.
What I’ve learned so far about this journey is that everything is sacred and that there is Living Divine Light that is operating in our life at all times. And that it is possible to be in more direct contact with this Light. In this way, I’ve come to know that sacred life is real and that because of that, all of life is worth living. I’ve also come to know the place where there is infinite life, regenerating love, goodness, strength, power, hope and creativity. A place where truth reigns over illusion and a sacred connection can be established to yourself, your lineage, nature, the Cosmos, and all of humanity. It is this place where mystical union exists, where authentic service to God can be realized.
This is also the place where sorrows are soothed, pain is held in sacred context, old patterns are redesigned, virtue is nurtured and where love and healing are all there is.
And I’m grateful to God for every day that I have sacred life to cherish and thank Guruji-Ma for guiding the way.
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