On A Reading Journey – 14

With my focus on the book, Purely Prema will enter its Winter posting schedule. A new story will appear the first week of each month followed by a weekly posting of Realizations from past posts. The regular weekly schedule of new stories each week will resume on February 5, 2020.  I warmly welcome readers, both returning and new, to my writing of worldly experiences in light of spiritual training. If you would enjoy reading the entire post of this week’s selection of “A Zinger of a Quote: Joseph Campbell,* The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work,” you will find the story in the Purely Prema Archive under Relationships.

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A Zinger of a Quote: Joseph Campbell, The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work

My realization is, “We may have limited understanding of the thoughts that prompt our actions, yet at a later time even of many years, discover that our thinking had been from beyond a personal realm and instead part of a greater consciousness.”

Holly for Christmas

Holly is my choice for this year’s Christmas card. I decide on that early in my visit to America when I see a holly bush. Though it isn’t in good condition and I immediately reject the carol line “Deck the halls with boughs of holly” as a theme, my mind is nevertheless made up.

Now it is the day before my return to India. I am without photos of holly. Deciding to ride with my daughter to the post office to mail a package while she takes my granddaughter to work, when she stops the car and dashes across the street, I realize that I’m not to take my package in—time is short. I casually look out my back seat window to pass the few minutes… and see a holly bush less than two feet away. It’s at the bottom of a hill with the owner’s home farther up. As I’m opening the door, I’m opening my phone and tapping the camera icon. Aiming, I click, then click again, and am back in the car as my daughter’s door closes.

My realization is, “In this season of faith, it appears with a measure of happiness.” 

On A Reading Journey – 13

With excitement, I write that A Flower for God: A Memoir is in book design for publication on Amazon in 2021. With my focus on the book, Purely Prema begins a fresh schedule from August 14 through January 30, 2020. A new story will appear the first week of each month and be followed by selections from the Archive with their Realizations. I warmly welcome readers, both returning and new, to my writing of worldly experiences in light of spiritual training. If you would enjoy reading the entire post this week of “Thanksgiving: Inspiration and President Abraham Lincoln,” you will find the story in the Purely Prema Archive under Emotion.

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Thanksgiving: Inspiration and President Abraham Lincoln

My realization is, “An inspiration may be a small opening in a set view that causes a positive shift of thought and feeling.”