My Visit to New York City

Namaste All! As always I hope this finds all of you well and in good spirits. I have just returned from a 5 day trip to New York City. My main goal was to attend a 3 day teaching with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. I'm not sure how to begin to express my feelings about this trip. I am overwhelmed with Inspiration and Light. I am filled with Gratitude that I was able to take such a journey within the constraints of mundane life...and still more grateful to have the beautiful friends and connections in New York that made my trip a delicious treat.
There is no city more fantastic than New York. As the Taxi driver took me past the city I was overcome with emotion. The energy...it is so Full. I cannot describe it other than it feels like a 'launch pad' to the world. Full of amazing food, amazing shops and even more amazing people. I have wanted to go to New York my entire life...for many different reasons, at different times. But it is His Holiness that finally brought me here.
For those of you that have known me; you know that I took a journey last year to see the Dalai Lama speak for the first time. Each time we are in the presence of an Enlightened Master, it changes us. And much for me has changed. Since my visit with him a year ago my world has been blown apart. All of which was purposeful and even the challenging and uncomfortable has been beautiful and transformational.
In this year I have been manifesting yet another visit. My hope was to come to New York to see him and some of my dearest clients whom I had never met in person. The energy of the city was no match to the awesome power and presence of the Dalai Lama as he stepped out onto stage at Radio City Music Hall. Again, I was filled with emotion. As he first stepped up onto his seat, tears streamed down my face. Between the city I had dreamed of visiting for years and the presence of His Holiness; I was home.
I felt like something that had been missing or empty in myself all my life was finally full.
And so his teachings began. In fact, his first words were, "Where do I begin?" And this, of course, was followed by his wonderful laugh. He did begin. He spoke of the 6 billion people on the Earth and the billions of sentient beings that inhabit our planet; all with the strong desire to achieve happiness. He said it was our 'Right' to use our sophisticated intelligence to bring more happiness into our lives and yet we choose to bring in suffering and misery. His words; "...it is a kind of self torture...it is silly..." He also spoke of religion. He spoke of how important he felt it was to hold true to your own religious traditions. He said so many are quick to change to something new. His view on this was to stay on the path of your faith and integrate the new teachings with your already chosen foundation. His humor was found in him speaking of teaching a Buddhist class as a buddhist monk in a non-buddhist country...he said; "strange?". The teachings over the three days were intense. A lot of information and a lot of great common sense knowledge. I am certain to share more with you as time goes on. I was lucky enough, on the third day, to turn a corner I had not before and run into the secret service. A small gathering of people around them as the Dalai Lama was making his way to lunch. I was able to capture him in a photo not 10 feet from me which you see above. He smiled and bowed to all of us. I cannot describe his energy except to say his presence was felt with every being there in that space. As always, there is much to say, share...I will in time. I can share with all of you today that I have returned to Colorado with clarity and purpose. The vision I have for my life is more clear than it has ever been. The path laid before me may not be entirely revealed but I do have a heading. I hope that I can bring this inspiration, this hope...this light to all of you as we connect over the coming months. There is much to do. To my wonderful friends that I now have in New York...Namaste...these are the moments that we are filled with joy in our choice to inhabit this world and filled with just as much anticipation in what we can do to change it.
In Light, Lisa