Wow I picked up some 87 readers is the last couple of days....I am surprised as I thought I was just keeping a personal journal or sorts but the hurricane situation has kept me busy but Present. I have for the last two days been very busy with guests stressed out trying to get off this beautiful Rock. I have been witness to how people can obsess over things they can't control and how fear can become so obsessive and perhaps even enjoyable to some. I am trying to stay in the "Now" as much as I can during the day which honestly means about 5% of the day. It is so easy for the mind to wander and being sucked up in other people's vortex of a black hole fear. I am staying very focused and learning so much. Lily pond has been my solitude during these last two days. I love the place, so much energy emanating from such a lovely, peaceful place. I run into more like minded people who enjoy the same qualities as I do. Yesterday, it was sunny and I had about a hour of free time. I quickly drove my mountain bike over their once my break started, I took off my sandals, sat on the boardwalk and just became "present", aware of everything around me and enjoying my peace. A tall, blond woman walked past me coming off the boardwalk and asked me"anything good" and I replied "everything is good". I thought how flippin strange was that, what was she referring to and why did I answer her like that. A few minutes later I was I was prostrate, eyes closed and I heard someone near me and then I was being licked by a dog, I was sweaty and the dog licked me clean. I looked up and the older lady said " wow she just bathed you" and I replied " yes she did". The lady said " dont you just love Lily pond and I said " it's probably one of the most peaceful, blissful, places I have enjoyed in a long time". She said "oh, your new to Nantucket" and I said " I have been summering here since I was a kid but I have been away for a couple of decades" and she said" well, Dear you'll find your place again" and I replied " I already am darling". Then I was just blown away by these encounters of such and in fact I am still "feeling" how um-coincadental it probably was. I feel people and situations are being placed in my way to benefit my progress. When I go to bed at night, I pray I guess to myself every night, to become more aware of my mind, more aware of ego in myself and in others, to notice resistance and surrender and to look through the filters and love.. I hate to sound like a like a dead head but what long, strange trip it's been.
Happy hurricane Irene,
Jeremy
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