It's my birthday today. I'm in Maine and this morning I received the best gift I could ever imagine.
I've been running a lot this summer, using the meditative techniques I've been cultivating in JOL3, and achieving states of mental, physical and psychic fitness beyond anything I've ever felt. Often while I've been running, my sense of time, sense of self, and with those things, all sense of suffering have disappeared.
Today for the first time I was able to run effortlessly, connected to a powerful energy that made me feel as though my body was somehow being propelled by some cosmic force. This run was painless, and best of all intuitive and I was able to maintain it for almost the those six mile run.
It became clear to me that this could become an intuitive default mode with consistent practice. Like riding a bike.
And that's when it hit me that this was a wonderful, wonderful middle age gift. Better than a bike. Enlightenment, or something close enough to it, to keep me going for the rest of my life.
Thanks Universe. Very nice birthday gift, this healthy body and healthy mind and the happiness that comes with this.
