The faculty
of discovering desirable or valuble things accidently or unexpectedly.
Through an invite from a friend, (whom I once worked with
years ago at a local newspaper and not seen for too many years),
I attended the psychic & healing fair offered by Inner Space. This
was to be a time set aside to reconnect, “catch up” and
introduce me to a new experience.
Unbeknownst to my friend and to myself, I had been being prepared
and preparing for this experience for 7 years.
My first encounter with metaphysics was in 1997 when I purposefully
attended a large psychic convention in Atlanta with the sole intention
of having my palm read, albeit with a very healthy skepticism. I
was not prepared for what I “felt” when I entered the
convention or what transpired with the palm reading and later soul
portrait...
At the time, I was starting a completely new life-in every
way- becoming so immersed that there was little time
made to ponder this experience except when a stray memory would
insistently surface.
Fast forward to February 2001. I find myself in Florida visiting
another friend not seen since 1997. Who took me to visit the
spiritualist camp where her wedding took place. Where I again
was not “prepared” for the new experiences, the “feelings”, I
encountered there or during my stay, vis a vis a palmist,
a tarot reader and a clairvoyant. All unplanned & unexpected
encounters. I had retained a healthy skepticism but due to
the experiences with each, I also became somewhat puzzled/confused/bewildered. I
had a bit more time to ponder and to just feel until life’s
responsibilities resurfaced and I again became immersed with
new challenges; the griefs of 2001...
Then came July 2004 and serendipity.
Having again the same feelings upon entering the door of Inner
Space. This feel of being home; this strange albeit good
feel of somehow belonging...
Still armed with residual skepticism and with no clue as to what
to do or ask. I was literally a lump for
the dear practitioners to work with. It did not appear
to bother or hinder those that I saw and in hindsight
was perhaps how it was supposed to be.
There are things in this world, this life that have no descriptives,
no explanation. Try as my rational mind might, it can not
remain skeptical to what my soul heart inherently knows. I
have spent a lifetime experiencing, learning lessons, trying with
all my might to spread a ripple effect of good to all encounters
without the boundaries of an institution or label. As
I write this I do not “know” the correct terminology
to use or know really anything about the many disciplines within
the metaphysical community. I only know that which resonates
within.
And that perhaps one who is a seeker or traveling on certain paths
will not always have to have the questions in order
to receive the answers needed.
That out of nowhere, when least expected, guides appear to point
one in the right direction.
And that serendipity is. Blessings and unexpected joys.
