My life has really been blessed by the paucity of inheritance. I was going to spend alot of my inheritance to go to study at the very expensive Oneness U. in India or Fiji.
Now I have the great Vipassana ten dayer at end of July till first of Aug. I have a deep intuitive feeling that this will be very powerful for me. In fact, I have experential proof already, as I fast on speaking and on food weekly now. After meditation, first thing in the AM, I enjoy a sort of yoga stretching dance to some beautiful music. This activity puts me into a mindful state of mind, which is usually cleaning, washing dishes, clothes, & myself. This morning I broke my weekly 36 hour fast with an apple and yogurt - manna from heaven. And I may go into a group in silence at noon, if not silence, I will be with only a few words (big change!) that are "sweet as honeycomb, soothing to the soul and healing to the bone."
So, actually, the "Reading of the Will" has spurred me to my greatest spurt of growth ever, and since I am 64, I could not ask for anything more.
Blessing must arise from within your own mind. It is not something that comes from outside. When the positive qualities of your mind increase and the negativities decrease, that is what blessing means. The Tibetan word for blessing … means transforming into magnificent potential. Therefore, blessing refers to the development of virtuous qualities you did not previously have and the improvement of those good qualities you have already developed. ― Dalai Lama XIV
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