There have been a few times when I unexpectedly felt oneness and an unusual experience of peace and universal attunement----during a troubled time in life when I walked in a meadow in Massachusetts on a sunny morning and a feeling of total joy came over me, at the tip of the island of Cos, a Greek island where Hippocrates was supposed to have practiced, in front of one particular statue of Buddha at Schwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon whom I felt in silent dialogue with, in the Pope's Palace at Avignon of all places, and in the chapel at Union Theological Seminary. I could swear that there was something special about these places--a vortex of energy--but don't know whether there really was or they just triggered a sorely needed connection with something beyond ordinary consciousness. These were all very surprising and wonderful moments that live on when I remember to remember them.
On May 12, 2015 RS wrote :
There have been a few times when I unexpectedly felt oneness and an unusual experience of peace and universal attunement----during a troubled time in life when I walked in a meadow in Massachusetts on a sunny morning and a feeling of total joy came over me, at the tip of the island of Cos, a Greek island where Hippocrates was supposed to have practiced, in front of one particular statue of Buddha at Schwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon whom I felt in silent dialogue with, in the Pope's Palace at Avignon of all places, and in the chapel at Union Theological Seminary. I could swear that there was something special about these places--a vortex of energy--but don't know whether there really was or they just triggered a sorely needed connection with something beyond ordinary consciousness. These were all very surprising and wonderful moments that live on when I remember to remember them.