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Second to None
Thirty hours of travel, five days in Australia and one timeless moment that contained everything
On September 3, I left my home in Catskill, NY at 9:00 a.m. — just three blocks from where Mike Tyson once trained to become the heavyweight champion of the world — and traveled 30 hours to attend Prem Rawat’s 5-day Amaroo celebration in the Australian countryside, one more chance to unplug from the realm of the mind and immerse more fully in the realm of the heart.
Lucky, lucky me.
On the fourth day of my journey Down Under, I had the glorious opportunity, along with many other people from around the world, to greet and be greeted by Prem, sitting as he was on a chair in what felt like the center of the universe — at least the one I was inhabiting at that moment in time.
Absolute radiance was there for me — a glowing. Perfect stillness, presence and peace.
Everything I ever wanted or needed
In that singular moment, the duration of which was probably no more than a second or two, everything I ever wanted or needed was present, no effort…
