The Aspiring Mystic blog is a collection of personal stories of first-hand experiences of challenge and insight native to walking the mystical path. All stories are factual and true as experienced by the author.
Each Aspiring Mystic blog post contains two parts:
The art sections of the blog posts are available to all. The science sections are written for Sacred Reality members: those who feel personally supported by the way Sacred Reality discusses the truth of being human and who thus feel good about giving a little something to support the ministry in return.
So, read, explore, enjoy. If it resonates and you want to become a member, welcome!
Last night, I had the most beautiful experience.
My biggest challenge of late has been riveting concern about what is going on in the world right now coupled with confusion and uncertainty because of conflicting and inadequate information sources.
For the most part, I’ve...Read more
I have lately noticed that my body shares with me a sense of relief and light, happy energy when I eat raw fruits or veggies. And sometimes when I eat cooked food, even if it's very healthy home-made, my body has been responding with a depressed energy. So I’ve been listening and...Read more
Many years ago, I used to travel often from upstate NY to Manhattan, to see massage clients. These trips were very long days for me, but they paid really well. And I since I also enjoyed my profession, I was grateful for the work, even though these excursions to NYC could be...Read more
It is a fact that death is a widespread experience among human beings. I have been touched by it quite personally through the loss of two of my immediate family members. Death is a serious issue with which to content.
As one who is committed to realizing a reality founded in a...Read more
A few years ago, we had the very first Hudson Valley Tango Festival ever. It became the first and only tango festival to be held in my home city – just a twenty-minute drive from my house!
It was three days of tango workshops all day and tango social dancing with performances in...Read more
The following is a text exchange, catching up with friend and brother in spirit, Sagar Mehta:
SW:
I feel peaceful in the fresh unknown of a new moment.
Which is exactly where I want to be.
SM:
Wow plz share your peaceful experience...Read more
A few years back, I was working as a massage therapist at an upscale retreat center in the Catskills. One summer day, I was driving to work, off to give a “couple’s massage” …a type of massage done with another therapist and two clients, side-by-side. With my sunroof open and my...Read more
As I write this, our world community faces a major disruption of normal activities due to Covid-19. Fear and concern for safety are on the rise as reported cases of viral infection and death climb in the news all around. In the very town in which I live, there has been at least one...Read more
Being in love with someone can be very tricky territory. Things are truly simple and easy when one holds the heart space. But with such a swirl of good feelings and frequent interaction with someone, it’s very easy to fall asleep into an ego dream of love and have zero awareness of...Read more
At this time of my life, I was working with the lessons in A Course in Miracles, and I had built up a discipline of suspending my judgements, which therefore created space for the Holy Spirit to have enough room to allow me to receive and be bestowed with miracles. I had come...Read more