By Elisa Novick
In one week, I leave for Europe. My love and gratitude goes out to Eric Francis for letting people know about The Thriving Planet World Tour. I thought today, to share some of my process. It is what keeps me going — no matter what. The way in which spiritual contact engenders pleasurable sensations is something I’ve pondered many times.
This week I experienced some severe eyestrain and exhaustion from spending months in front of screens handling the thousands of details of creating the Tour, to the point of having to remind myself why I was doing this. We’ve scheduled seven workshops in four countries in six weeks, and when I arrive home from Europe at the end of May, I head directly into teaching at the Omega Institute on the East Coast and then to The Fairy and Human Relations Congress on the West Coast and then to a conference.
I’ve never done anything like this before. It forces me to step up, work harder, bring more of myself to bear, overcome endless obstacles. (Did Mercury ever go out of retrograde?) There are many challenges and risks involved, physical and financial.
Yet there is also something inexorable and irresistible drawing me. When I check inwardly, this project has a distinct sound to it as well as a hint of pattern and color. The sound seems to encompass a combination of attractive forces in Europe, the largest component being the love of the people welcoming me as well as the compelling sense that I will be taking another big step in fulfilling what I’m on Earth to do. It represents the opportunity to share my heart and whatever wisdom I’ve gained and leave something more behind when I leave this realm. But the essential feeling is — pleasure.