We've all had revelations that we felt compelled to share with everyone we know. My most recent epiphany was sparked by my reading of Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth. One of the most powerful points I found (and I'm paraphrasing here) was: At any given moment, the universe will only give you whatever experience is most critical to the evolution of your consciousness.
It was only after many events took place in my life over the past few months that I truly grasped the significance of this statement. Every event in this world - both positive and negative, internal and external - is occurring at any particular moment so that we, as the participants in the moment can learn, grow, and evolve to our optimum as human beings and, moreover, world citizens.
This revelation catalyzed my decision to embark on a journey to evolve my own consciousness, for which the rough (and I emphasize "rough") itinerary looks like:
6.15: Depart from NY
6.16 - 7.02: Israel
7.02 - 7.09: Turkey
7.10 - 7.13: Amman and Petra, Jordan
7.13 - 7.16: New Delhi & Agra, India
7.16 - 7.28: Nepal
7.28 - 7.31: Israel
7.31: Home
While I look forward to reconnecting with old friends in Israel, taking a 3-day boating trip with friends from SF along the Aegean Sea, and helping my friend James in Nepal with his non-profit project (www.dorjhanafoundation.org)...my main goal over the next 7 weeks is to interact with everyone, accelerate my sense of awareness and remind myself that - while we live in an increasingly on-demand age with ever-advancing technology making us all the more reliant on computers, Blackberrys, Facebook, etc. - most critical of all is human connection.
As I'm not a fan of mass e-mails (this will be the only one), I'm going to attempt my first travel blog accessible through www.rollinJStone.blogspot.com which will detail the journey and showcase photos throughout the next seven weeks. Subscribe at your own risk!
Safe travels in your own journey,
www.rollinJStone.com
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