Very recently, I felt a sort of peaceful happiness radiating from my very core. It came on the heels of some major life changes - I moved, bought a new car, initiated a divorce after two years of unhappy marriage. I sensed a change in myself. Really, I had stopped fearing my own mortality and started fearing Life in the most positive way possible, which is to say I began to respect all of the curveballs Life had thrown me. I find that, most of all, the knowledge that it is all uphill from here, and the feelings of joy that come from self-sufficiency, independence and sanity, keep me going. I am very much at peace with my own soul right now. Thanks for this question; it gave me the opportunity to rethink some revelations.

I found this sort of enlightenment when I climbed the mountain next to Machuppichu called Huainapichu. This is the remnants of the Inca empire in Cuzco, Peru. Sitting on top of this mountain, overlooking the valley where this great city once stood just gave me a feeling I cannot describe. I felt like I was floating. I sat up there meditating for 6 hours sitting onthe highest boulder... just mesmerized.

After much practice in the art of meditation, I finally got to the place where, one day, I could walk away from it knowing that what I just did was enter a deep meditative state. It left me with the peaceful, deep feeling of just BEING. I wasn’t a man, a person with a name and a personality. I just realized, for the first time, the bliss of just being. When I finally opened my eyes to see the world around me, I realized the fact that I was part of it, and it was part of me. I sometimes wish that I could adequately find the words to describe this overwhelming peace and stillness. I had no worries, no past, no future, just the perfect moment, and that moment, the moment I am still in, was all that truly matters. All of a sudden I began to laugh and cry at the same time. It was more than a mere moment of clarity, is was a life altering event in my life. All suffering in the world that we experience throughout our lives are a direct result of the fact that we try to perceive ourselves as something we cannot be. That something is independent of all else. That state of just “being” allowed me discover that I, and you, and all other people, places, things are but one endless flow of energy. And that means that compassion is the ultimate call. Armed with this knowledge, I realized that if the finger is cut, the hand, the arm, and the whole body is both hurt, and, more importantly, responsible to work towards the healing of the troubled area. And to think, all that just because I took the time to “be”, and stop doing, for a mere 20 minutes.

I truly get the peaceful feeling when I know my children are safe and sleeping and my animals are safe - A special feeling