Are You On The Journey?

Last week I received my brand-new passport, reflecting my current address and name. Reading the memoir Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert a few months ago became the catalyst for my recent desire to update my documentation. Although I’m not planning a journey out of the country, that book got me to ponder about exploring new territories, journeying, and the path I travel every single day.

Now, another book I’ve started reading has me wondering about boundaries, identity, and why my passport is just a tip of the iceberg of the person I am (at least in physical form).

The book I am reading (and millions of people) is A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now. Thanks to Oprah Winfrey’s ten-week “webcast” class, this book, number one paperback advice best-seller on The New York Times list, has people thinking, learning, and talking about consciousness.

Back to the passport, as I was reading in A New Earth, I got to thinking of the traits that define me. Most of my self-identity in the past has been ego-driven. I tend to think a bit differently now. With this little navy-bound book full of colorful, blank pages, my gender, my age, my birthplace, my citizenship defines me to my country’s state department. Or maybe that is what I choose to perceive. I know I am more than those defined traits. Future stamps from other countries that will become imprinted on these fresh, empty pages will define the boundaries I step through in the physical plane, and hopefully, I will experience more than amazing scenery and exotic foods. I hope to experience life with all my journeys, with an open heart and without judgment. Relationships mean a whole lot more to me these days. I see opportunity in that. Yet for me, I truly want to one day experience a world where boundaries are blurred, and the time where separation between people dissolves, and we honor our diversity as well as our similarities. That journey begins with myself, with consciousness and action, self-love, non-judgment and acceptance.

I really feel that a huge shift in planetary consciousness is at hand, with this global "webinar" opportunity to explore the inner landscape of our thoughts and beliefs. Are you ready to take the journey?
Click here to go to Oprah’s website. You can purchase A New Earth at amazon.com, at the link to the right. Class starts Monday evening March 3rd (7:00 pm Mountain Time).