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The Fast: Day 15- Outreach

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March 16, 2018, Superior-

I returned to SunFlour Market today, getting into town as preparations were being made for the Apache Leap Festival, one of two big events that Superior hosts, each year. (The other is the Prickly Pear Festival, in August.)  A year ago, I encountered someone here who I feel I’ve known for all eternity. I believe in the concept of the soul family, having met many, across the continent and in various parts of the world, of whom I feel likewise.  This lady has since found other employment, but my connection with the proprietor of this unique market has remained strong, as well.  I was glad to hear that a family crisis, which threatened her being here, is abating somewhat and it looks like the market is a go, into next year.

It is important to me to reach out to those who I know are struggling.  So, an hour spent here was a small diversion from my weekend destination: Tucson.

Here are some scenes of the Festival preps.

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Thinking, Feeling, and Knowing

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March 18, 2017, Prescott-  Let’s take a break from the posting of travel photos, as I sense there is ennui setting in, among my readers here.

All my life, I’ve been through a dichotomy between thinking, usually based on incomplete information and feeling, based on my emotions of the moment.

I came upon the third component of personal reality, knowing, in the intuitive sense, not the cognitive meaning, a few years into my time as a Baha’i.  The fact that I had given up a rather intense devotion to alcoholic beverages, at the same time, also helped.

These days, I put feeling and knowing into use, before thinking.  It’s helped avoid a lot of the pitfalls, into which I have placed myself over the years, from being repeated.

In Fall, 1980, I felt that I was ready to meet a special person.  When I met Penny, a month later, I knew that special person would be in my life, for a very long time, and would be present in my being, forever.

 

In Winter, 2011, when she left this world, I entered a period, of about 2 1/2 years, in which I felt that a person who resembled Penny, either in countenance or in blithe spirit, would be my solace. I knew, though, in the end, that  this fabrication was doing me no good, and that I had to go through the hard work of getting myself settled, of becoming in tune with who I was, in my own space.

These days, I feel another special presence in my life.  I don’t know much about this person, yet, so I can’t say I am certain, as to how things will pan out.  I do know, cognitively, that she lives on the other side of Arizona.  I know, intuitively, that I regarded her as a dear friend,  as soon as we met, a few days ago, and that I will let that friendship go where it will.  I am under no illusions; yet, it seems like I’ve known her for a very long time.

The writer and philosopher, Shakti Gawain, talks of her varied relationships, at all levels.  She makes the interesting point that one can know, intuitively, when a person is part of one’s soul family.  I have many such brothers, sisters, children, and extended family.  Each is of particular  value and there will be many others; of this, I’m certain.  Let’s see where the path leads.