11 Years Later.....Reflections on 9/11

Ahh.... The weather today made it so easy to remember and reflect on all the emotions of that day in September of 2001. Beginning with confusion, then the reality that we were in fact being attacked. Feeling the horror of what it must have been like for those at the twin towers. Wondering what was happening to people we knew when we learned they were there, and then the relief in finding out they had escaped with their lives while so many perished. I remember being riveted to the news on the television, while completely unable to absorb the enormity of such a loss of life. How could anyone hate so much that they would carry out such a plot, knowing they were sacrificing their own lives, and not live to have the satisfaction of watching the world react. Wow... Just have never been able to get a handle on the mindset it takes to pull that off!

All of that aside, it was the most powerful experience of Oneness I've ever experienced besides my "experience" of Oneness. I remember dreaming that night of all the souls slowly drifting together in a steady and silent procession through the boundaries of Space, away from this beautiful planet, into the arms of God. It was a heart within a heart dream. There was no separation between the innocently sacrificed souls and my soul. I experienced how special a life that is sacrificed is, and how much power it has to affect the world it leaves. Oddly, the act of grieving has the ability to emanate outwards and attract compassion and love towards itself, bringing people together in a moment of unity consciousness. Out of the horror of that day emerged a country which stood together as one.... truly a "United States". Today, I'm left wondering why it takes such violence to bring us into a state of unity. More to reflect on I suppose, but for now I am grateful that I am here, and if I can make a difference in just one person's life, I know life has tremendous value.