Sure beats being abducted by aliens or a Day of Contrasts

[Kind of Blue]

I'm trying not to make this too long. Yesterday was my youngest sister, Hope's birthday. She's my beautiful Aspie girl (Asperger Syndrome), fully functioning adult, though she lives with our parents, it's totally her choice because she can make it on her own just fine. She was very, very, very specific :) as to the kind of cake to bake for her day and I looked forward to the challenge. Well, before I could get started in the morning, another sister called and said come quick, we're rushing mom to the hospital. I can't express the overwhelming fear of losing my mother whose first words to me I clearly remember was, "Now, I have a sister," and has always treated me as her best friend.

Mr. Blue and I dropped everything and headed on down to the city of San Diego. Long story short, my mom's been having mild seizures for the past 2weeks and doctors can't determine the cause. Well, we get there and during her examination, I noticed she was being a little shifty. Stroke or no stroke, I Know Her and was determined to discover what she was hiding.

Well, she was released from the E.R. with follow ups during the week. And now it was anxiety time to buy a a perfect cake, otherwise Hope would not touch it. I found it at the 4th bakery where my 11year old niece was checking out giant cupcakes, like Obama looks at pie. Of course, I had to buy it and ordered 3 more for good measure. We get back, Hope is surprised that we still celebrated her day and delighted with the cake! Had a private talk with my mom and she confessed that she'd been taking tons of vitamins, along with blood pressure medicines and other supplements. Sheesh!

Here's the good part. It's been raining buckets in SoCal and we got caught in a deluge on the freeway on our way home. As the storm abated, I noticed the most incredible rainbow on my right. I mean you could see the pure sheaths of color, no blending, each color clearly separated like plastic slides. Then to top it off there was Another One not so defined behind or next to it. I could see both where they landed in a distant sparkling emerald valley.

So here we are driving in the rain, snow-capped mountains ahead, rainbows in front of us, a shiny soft white sun behind us, storm clouds with a silver lining on the left, surrounded by lush green carpeted foothills. There are no words. And so Mr. Blue and I decided to follow those rainbows as far as we could. They took us straight to the winding road of the Pala Indian Reservation, here we unbelievably seemed to pass through the clear arcs of the rainbows, with the landing of the most striking one in a pasture of cows munching grass.

Mr. Blue and I drove into the Pala Casino parking structure to take in the sight. And he remembered the giant cupcakes still in the car. So on the open top level of the parking lot, smeared with frosting, silently enjoying the view, Mr. Blue says, "Sure beats being abducted by aliens." We laughed so hard, understanding this experience, to us, is indeed other worldly.

I asked my guides before sleeping to help me understand the day, other than its pure beauty and scary moments. I woke up with the words contrast and change. My sisters birth and unthinkable thoughts of my mother's death, being a mother for my mother, sun, storms, rainbows, hating not baking but finding a perfect cake. Those thoughts and more running through my mind, and though I fall into the flow during life's gentle rides, at the top of of my thoughts is I always pray for smooth transitions into and during the jarring changes that life brings. Blessed Be.

[Kookaburra]

1. That story is a blessing to us all Blue.

Man, if we all had the consiousness to let ourselves experience things as fully as you, what a world it would be.

Thank you so much for sharing that with us.

[Kind of Blue]

2. You're welcome, Kookaburra,

and Thank You for taking the time to read it. That's a blessing for me:)

[MorningGlow]

3. Wonderful story, KB

Thank you for taking the time to write it all down so we could experience it too. :hug:

It's all about awareness, isn't it? We can see these things as random events, determine them to be "good" or "not good", and stuff them in that metal filing cabinet in our brains, never to be thought of again, or we can savor every moment--as even "bad" moments can be appreciated in their own way--and figure out what they mean on a higher level. The fact that you spent an entire day hyperaware and observant of all these magnificent moments speaks to your level of consciousness. It's a reminder to all of us to really LIVE all the time. :hug:

[Kind of Blue]

6. Thank You, MorningGlow.

I really resonate to what you say that the good or not good should both be appreciated for what they are. Thank you for that :hug: It's all in flux and can't be separated from the flow.

[Celebration]

4. Amazing

You had an amazing day, with all the lows, highs, ups, downs, emotions, symbols, signs......that some people never really fully feel or experience in an entire lifetime.

There is definitely something special about family, and family memories.

I'll be praying for your mom.

[Kind of Blue]

7. Thank you for your prayer, Celebration.

I'd really like that. :hug: And it got me realizing that I've been reluctant to pray because it means accepting the change in my mother. Thanks.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

5. I like the driving off to follow the rainbow!

I liked the whole story....


Interesting, I had a giant pain in the butt contrast the other day---when things like that happen, I go off the deep end, wondering how I got my vibrations so messed up...and of course, I'm seething with anger and resentment over it.

I think it would help if I could see the mistake in my expectation that raising my vibrational level means I should never have rotten experiences like the bad-timing debacle the other day.

[Kind of Blue]

9. Thanks, BlancheSplanchnik!

I like your name :)
Yeah, good point :thumbsup: Sometimes the biggest contrast seem to come when you're raising your vibrational level. I remember when I started trying (not that it ever stops) it was one contrast after another. I mean things were relatively better before the attempt. It was so strange because I was like shouldn't life be better now? And then a friend of mine on the path for a while, told me that the junk of my life was being dealt with and thrown out, it'll settle down :crazy: Whew! And indeed it did.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. hahah, thanks! I crack myself up, I think it's my best online name yet...

as you demonstrated in your story, I think maybe the point is, stuff happens, as well as good, and just go with it... ? Make it a game to look for the best outlook you can find on the subject?

I think I get way too stuck in policing my thoughts, and assuming I've really gotten off the path and miscreated when I have experiences I don't like.

I've been practicing integrity and seeking good for several years---and so I sometimes assume that by now I should be creating only sunshine and lollipops, and if I have experiences I don't like so much, I think I must be at the bottom of the scale. :P heh!

hrrrmmm.... maybe a useful practice would be to ask myself how the other people involved might feel (argg! those damned authoritarian beaurocrats!! ....after some time to simmer down, perhaps considering how they might feel, having to carry out their job. ??)

[Kind of Blue]

18. Hi, BlancheSplanchnik! I didn't know how

:hi: to respond because the process is difficult to explain. But then Shallah Kali came to the rescue with this wonderful article on the process. To me its about grounding, aligning the Lower & Higher Selves, and the experiences that follow. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=245x84937

[Delphinus]

8. Oh now,

I'm not so sure I wouldn't go for the contact with aliens {lol} but what an incredible day you experienced.

I'm glad you shared it, I'm glad you followed the rainbows, and I'm glad your husband and you had such a joyous laugh after such a frightful experience.

[Kind of Blue]

10. Too funny, Delphinus!

Mr. Blue is afraid of implantation or impregnation by aliens :rofl: :rofl: In his words, you never know what those wily fellows are up to.

[crikkett]

11. You know, If I had a choice, I'd trade babysitting the hybrids for an earthrise

from the moon. I'll teach them tag and pattycake. (Hear that dudes? Pattycake!)

I'd need to make sure dh knew where I was, of course... maybe he can come along and play 'blackbird' for us.

Kind of Blue, thanks for your great story and may your mom recover quickly. Vitamins/supplements can be dangerous! I hope the docs think to check out interactions between them and her meds.

Take care
:hi:

[Kind of Blue]

15. Thanks, Crikkett. I've alerted the docs about

the vitamins & supplements.
I can't think of a better way of teaching hybrids earthly ways than pattycake & tag. How fun. Hybrids need love too! :)

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. There is always something beautiful if you look for it.

Glad that it found you! :)

[Kind of Blue]

16. Hi, Fire Walk With Me.

:hi: I'm glad the beauty found me too! But I'd really have had to try Not to see it. To me, it's all so in your face.

[NJCher]

14. that was some great descriptive writing

So here we are driving in the rain, snow-capped mountains ahead, rainbows in front of us, a shiny soft white sun behind us, storm clouds with a silver lining on the left, surrounded by lush green carpeted foothills.

We writing teachers are always on the lookout. :)

And when I got to the remark by your husband, I burst out laughing. He is right, you know!!



Cher

[Kind of Blue]

17. Hi, NJCher!

It's funny how some things actually describe themselves. I mean there's no mistaking snow-capped mountains and walking around foothills this time of year feels like thick spongy carpet.
I'm so glad you got good a laugh out of it too :rofl: