Ooooookay in Oklahoma

After drawing the 'Yellow Brick Road' card from an inner child deck, when asking about my upcoming road trip-- more than a trip since the RV is full time home now-- I knew it was going to be a powerful journey.... 

The Neem Karoli Baba ashram in Taos was a direct hit.  After initially connecting with Baba initially through a friend in Hawaii ( I couldn't figure out why people called him Maharaji, I know him as Baba, and now after reading just a bit of the books I bought at the ashram I see he is also referred to as Baba), I knew there was more to come.  I have been to darshan with others, some I have no doubt are highly connected and in a space to warrant the title of 'guru', but I never had the sense they were 'my' guru.  From the first moment of connection I knew Baba was my guru.  In the same way I knew the Agape Spiritual Center was my home, my family.  

And, my family continues to expand, as does the vision.

Driving around Oklahoma this morning was haunting in a way.  I have never had much interest in the South.  Europe, India, Africa, yes yes yes, Canada, Mexico, the East Coast, West Coast....but there was something about the South that always freaked me out.  Maybe it was the whole slave thing.  Probably it was the whole slave thing.  But, something is different now, in that the need to stay away or fear has been replaced by the need to understand and love.  The heart opened this morning after some very vivid dreams, a video of compassion and beauty, and after the tears there was just space... a space where everything and everyone was welcome.  There was no other space anyone could go, or be cast out to, there was only love.  I have a sense this reawakening and deepening is coming from this connection with Baba.  At the ashram I sat alone in the temple with the Hanuman statue and Baba's presence for quite some time, a few hours maybe.  Tears, laughter, joy, lots of communication and deep remembering.  A newfound desire to serve.  Again.  

As I sit here in the Red Cup coffee shop, a hip little hang out in OKC as it is referred to, I think how fitting it is called Ok.  As I drove around this morning I kept saying to myself..... oooooohhhh kay......  I had never seen a chinese drive through, or a large billboard sign with bragging rights of famous local borns...   quirky, funky, homey, in need of some TLC, I'm coming to love this place.  

Now on to the Apple store to see if I can get my video on to this mac, and then onto a farmer's market hosted by the State Dept of Health for it's employees and the public, since, according to the write up on it, 'Oklahomans eat fewer fruits and veggies than any other state.'  Probably not the best place to open a raw food veggie place-- or-- maybe the perfect place to do so.....

Hmmm......

Following the yellow brick road...  

the adventure continues....