In the Flow

Jeff and I receive a number of invitations on a weekly basis to attend various groups' meetings and networking functions. An e-mail invitation came announcing a gathering last Tuesday night in which a Tibetan Lama would be speaking. To my knowledge, this group is not spiritual in nature, but the invitation said "Enlightenment Division." Hummmm. We were both intrigued.

On the day of the event, Inaugeration Day, Jeff held up the paper e-vite and said he really wanted to go. As it was 5 pm, he could no longer RSVP on-line. He said that we will just go and we will be able to get in. We arrive at Lavo, the club at Palazzo where the event is to be held and the ever-so-large bouncers ask us our intentions. Jeff said that we were attending this event. It was like in the movie "Star Wars" when Obi One Kenobi waves his hand in front of the stranger and says, "You don't need to bother with this one." In a trance, the bouncer asked for our right wrist to stamp it. We arrived 45 minutes late and thought the Lama would be in full swing by then, however he had not arrived. We got a drink from the bar, turned around and there was the Lama and his entourage walking in.

The group settled at a table/sofa area, whereas most of the networking group was outside on the terrace. We approached a gentleman with the entourage, who seemed to be in charge, and asked if we would have the opportunity to speak to the Lama. He asked if we had any connection with Tibet and then noticed my jade necklace in the shape of the mystic knot. He said, "Oh, I see you do." He immediately introduced us to the Lama, His Eminence The Fourth Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche. With our hands in prayer position, we all bowed. He was incredibly gracious and the energy was abundent. At that time, we also showed the him the Tibetan Dzi bead braclets that Jeff and I wear. After some conversation, he asked if he could bless our Dzi beads. "Of course," we said. He touched the beads, said a prayer and gently blew his breath on the beads.

Jeff and I felt complete and didn't want to monopolize his time, so we ventured out onto the terrace. There were quite a few people there, networking, smoking cigars/hookahs and generally enjoying themselves. I am not certain if they didn't know that the Lama was just inside, if they had no interest or if they were just enjoying what they were doing. It doesn't matter because each of us comes to our own introspection and spirituality in our own time, the perfect time, and in our own way.

Law of attraction brought us back inside, where the Lama was sitting with no one approaching him. The gentleman we met earlier came up to us and said, "How often do you get to sit and talk to a Lama? Please sit and talk with him, if you like." So, I sat next to him on the sofa and Jeff sat across from us, within conversation range and we had an even more in depth conversation. It was lovely; He exuded peace. After some time, a woman with his group asked if we would like to be blessed again with white scarves. So, she placed the scarves on our hands in prayer position, the Lama took each scarf, tied a special knot for additional blessings and placed them around our necks. We left the club shortly thereafter, giddy with delight and appreciative of the special gifts we received. The whole evening, it was as if we were walking among the population, but moving within the spiritual realm. How extraordinary!

Brenda