Anyone who has ever undertaken creating a blog will understand my journey of the past month or so. From my perspective, a name for a blog is an organic creation. I thought I could somehow grow into one....wrong! You must decide that first. I did, and ended up changing it within the first 2 weeks. I then realized that The Mystic Next Door was how I would describe myself, and that others could relate to being The Mystic Next Door in their own lives. For now, this is what the blog is called. Having noticed that the mystic next door seems to be a much used phrase, I will offer it up to the universe and let it go. What's in a name anyway? Which leads me to a small piece of an experience I had many years ago.....
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After meeting my Spiritual Meditation teacher or Guru, I asked for a spiritual name and Blessing. Well, everyone else seemed to have one, so why shouldn't I? I asked, she looked at my name tag and responded,
"Mercedes........ and what makes you think that you don't have a spiritual name already"? In that moment, she had exposed the lack of purity of intention, in my asking for a spiritual name for myself. It hadn't come from my heart. It had come from my list of "should haves". This experience made me look at my name in a whole new way. A name is attached to our "personality", but it is not who we are. A Spiritual name isn't any more or less spiritual than the one our parents give us. I don't profess to know why a Spiritual name is given to any given person, but I believe that the meaning of the name contains qualities to be imbibed by the mere repetition of the name over time. My name means merciful, and that has been a quality that I have been in the position to need and to give many, many times during my life so far.
What's the meaning of your name, and what are the qualities or virtues that you are being asked to learn?
Copyright 2012 by Mercedes Calderon. All rights reserved. This material may be copied and distributed subject to inclusion of this copyright notice and my blog themysticnextdoor.blogspot.com
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After meeting my Spiritual Meditation teacher or Guru, I asked for a spiritual name and Blessing. Well, everyone else seemed to have one, so why shouldn't I? I asked, she looked at my name tag and responded,
"Mercedes........ and what makes you think that you don't have a spiritual name already"? In that moment, she had exposed the lack of purity of intention, in my asking for a spiritual name for myself. It hadn't come from my heart. It had come from my list of "should haves". This experience made me look at my name in a whole new way. A name is attached to our "personality", but it is not who we are. A Spiritual name isn't any more or less spiritual than the one our parents give us. I don't profess to know why a Spiritual name is given to any given person, but I believe that the meaning of the name contains qualities to be imbibed by the mere repetition of the name over time. My name means merciful, and that has been a quality that I have been in the position to need and to give many, many times during my life so far.
What's the meaning of your name, and what are the qualities or virtues that you are being asked to learn?
Copyright 2012 by Mercedes Calderon. All rights reserved. This material may be copied and distributed subject to inclusion of this copyright notice and my blog themysticnextdoor.blogspot.com
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