{"id":698,"date":"2010-07-22T08:05:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T15:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/?p=698"},"modified":"2010-07-22T08:05:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T15:05:17","slug":"burning-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"Burning Desire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dearest Readers,<\/p>\n

Yesterday I was telling my Spiritual Director about the burn<\/a> and recounting the story of how it happened and as I described to her the subsequent events that arose from the incident I remembered the absolute grounded Presence I felt on that day.<\/p>\n

Talk about the Power of Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With first and second degree burns covering most of my thigh I was rocketed into the Present Moment where I remained for the rest of the day until I fell into sleep that evening.<\/p>\n

The only other times in my life when I have felt that connected to Reality was when I was on hallucinogenic drugs back in my wild child days. And lemme tellya, the day of the burn was wild<\/em>. (Right, SP?)<\/p>\n

Believe me, I am not asking for more pain and suffering but there was something so profound about that experience, the awareness<\/em> I felt, the sense of feeling utterly connected to the moment and totally fused<\/em> to Life’s unfolding, that a part of me wishes I could return there.<\/p>\n

The good news is I can. In fact, I’m already returned there. Because there is Here. This is the Teaching of the Burn. This is what Eckhart Tolle<\/a> is talking about. It’s Now. It’s always Now.<\/p>\n

So why is it so f’n challenging to live in the Now? What is so difficult about Be-ing? Shouldn’t it be the easiest thing in the world? After all, we are<\/em>. Why can’t we just be<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Well, there’s that baggage we carry. It’s heavy. And there’s that damage we experienced. It’s hardcore. And there are those wounds we suffered. They’re deep. And don’t forget the wrongdoings we committed. They’re shameful. And then there’s the Intellect. Why this, why that? Figure it out, analyze it. Let me understand<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sheesh. It’s a wonder we make it through the day sometimes!<\/p>\n

The day after the burn was the day I flew out of New York to Montreal. I was leaving my good friend, who had been with me throughout the whole experience, and I wanted to extend my time with her for as long as I possibly could. I began to plan the day according my my wishes, going hither and thither, busy as a bee.<\/p>\n

Well. “Make plans, God laughs.”<\/p>\n

Before heading out, my friend and I did a little meditation session to start the day and thank goodness we did. Taking the time to get quiet and go within was the best thing I could have done for myself. This is what I heard: “Listen to the Burn.”<\/p>\n

I changed my plans. My friend and I said good-bye and I went early to the airport where I could sit and rest and take care of my leg.<\/p>\n

Listen to the Burn<\/em>. In other words, live in the Power of Now. Connect to the Great Reality. Embrace the Experience of Being.<\/p>\n

Start now. Or now. Or now. Or now. Or now. Or now…<\/p>\n

Inspiring Message of the Day: <\/em><\/strong>When I forget that Life is Happening Now I will bring myself back Here. I will listen to the burning desire of my heart, which is always longing to Be with Great Presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dearest Readers, Yesterday I was telling my Spiritual Director about the burn and recounting the story of how it happened and as I described to her the subsequent events that arose from the incident I remembered the absolute grounded Presence I felt on that day. Talk about the Power of Now. With first and second…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[855,816,325,480,834,817,457,481,482,857],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-eckhart-tolle","tag-inspiration","tag-inspiring-message-of-the-day","tag-listen-to-the-burn","tag-meditation","tag-motivation","tag-new-york-city","tag-spiritual-direction","tag-the-experience-of-being","tag-the-power-of-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}