continued from Practical Spirituality
“Have a great ride,” he said.
Great ride! What an understatement!
Because it isn’t just the vehicle. It’s where you travel. It’s how you travel. It’s the places you pass, and it’s your destination. It’s who you meet on the way.
With all that power under the hood, I took my time. Because power isn’t just speed. It’s something you feel in your veins, in your heart. It’s the essence of what the journey is all about, and it’s the certainty that you will arrive – that you can’t fail, that there’s a kind of destiny to it. That you have, in some sense, already arrived.
Anyone you meet on the way is going to help you. Sometimes you don’t understand how or why. But if you stop, if you know what to ask .. even when you don’t know what to ask, sometimes it’s enough just to know how to listen.
I pull into a rest stop and meet others on the same journey, traveling in their own style, traveling on their own road. There are others on foot. It doesn’t matter how you travel. There’s nothing intrinsically better or worse whether it’s a Lamborghini or a pair of flip-flops. It’s your choice, you pay, and you deal with the consequences. And when you know how to love the journey, and know that you will reach your destination, you will.
The Secret triggered new interest in Law of Attraction teachings and perspectives. “Think the right thoughts and become a star,” is the way it goes. The trouble is that this misses several important steps. Which is one reason why I turned to Buddhism – years ago – when my father explained positive thinking to me as a way to get good grades at school. Somehow I had the idea that study was important too. Silly me!