Selecting the Crop

Continuing his discussion of Dr. Eben Alexander's experience of heaven, Dr. Patrick looks at ways we can open up to the experience of the Infinite. Before meditation, we can set an intention that is not based on current conditions. In doing so, we invite the possibilities instead of constraining the outcome. In gratitude, we open the doorway to the sacred. Through allowing, life will happen for us, and we need not force it. We can think differently about our experience of stress. We can view it as our body helping us rise to a particular challenge. Stress is not just functioning in a survival mode---it is our body's way of managing our energy. Five questions to consider for growing a new life experience: Is our crop really determined by our past growing season? Have we made stress our enemy or our ally? Are we opening to life more and more? Do we believe there is something more for us to discover? Will the crop that we choose produce a harvest that is in alignment with the gifts we are here to share?