Sedona Vortex - Sedona Retreat
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A weekly column about the adventures and insights that come from Sedona Vortex Experiences and Sedona Retreats and living in Sedona or as I call it--The Magic Kingdom!

Message for Thursday August 11

**This little story is dedicated to S.H. Thank you for your praise. I am truly honored. A Ho

The Table

Well, I did it! I am talking a vacation! Today is the first day and I have to admit I had a great time. Things just seem to flow. I went furniture shopping and I found the most incredible wood table and chairs for the new office. I have looked every where and was so excited about finally finding it. I even got the sales lady excited with my happiness! The PC crashed big time so I did want to be responsible and catch up with the column, so I decided to write about this breakthrough

How I got this vacation started is what I want to talk about. I was really stressing about what to do with myself for 6 days. "Should I go to Vegas?" or "Should I go to Mexico". First, I am bored with gambling-so that's out. And Mexico-yes that might be cool but too hot. What I "got" yesterday was the very first thing I needed to do what stop stressing! And just point myself towards a nice feeling. That nice feeling was going furniture shopping. And as soon as I did that-the world started flowing towards me. People were nice to me. When I was driving I got all green lights. A few problems got solved. And I had some good insights about projects.

Remember, all insight, which is sight from within, comes via a good feeling. This is a spiritual fact, it can be debated. You will never think yourself to an insight or to your wisdom. My book, The Woodstock Bridge, is about this theme.

Why was I reluctant to go on vacation? It was simple, the thought of going alone just felt sad to me-"It's no fun alone". Every time, I paid attention to the many variations of that thought, I would get really down and going away felt horrible. As my clients know, a big theme in my work is-"you're paying to much attention to your thoughts-that's why you feel negative-that's all that's going on right now."

The prospect of going on vacation alone was the one thought I guess I thought was an exception! But this past week, after telling clients a dozen times-"There are no exceptions! It's all thought!" I finally got it a little deeper myself! It's interesting because even though I have been teaching the principle of thought for a while, I have never phrased it quite like that till the last few weeks. My spirit was shouting up at me with my own words! Your own spirit is so smart.

So, I am going to ride the wave of the good feeling and see what tomorrow brings. I will wake up and say, "What will feel like a nice thing to do today?" Maybe I will go visit the white buffalo in Flagstaff that I have heard so much about. I hear they have a very special feeling. If I go, I will remember to bring some tobacco to offer them as a little gift in the old way.

If you come to the Magic Kingdom and sit across from me, you will know that the beautiful table you are leaning on was the doorway to a small personal breakthrough. I hope you find your table!

A Ho,
Greg