You are not a drop in the ocean

you're not a drop in the ocean

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” Rumi

I have just finished reading a miraculous and inspirational book by Anita Moorjani “Dying to be me”. Her story is quite remarkable, in it Anita Moorjani relates how, after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body began shutting down-overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system. As her organs failed, she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth . . . and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had improved so rapidly that she was released from the hospital within weeks-without a trace of cancer in her body!

During her NDE she speaks of exactly the same phenomena that some of us have experienced during trance or meditative states: the feeling of total oneness, being “the ocean”, omnipotent and complete…

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