The Magical  Mystery Tour is waiting to take you away

Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles

There are many traditions that encourage the use of hallucinogens or mind altering practices to provoke a spiritual experience. Whether it’s taking a drug or deliberate starvation, it’s common to alter our reality to gain some new perspective.

In reality, there isn’t any need to trick our brains into experiencing the wonder of life. We just need to open our eyes and minds to the everyday miracles around us. Too often we get wrapped up in the day to day minutia of our lives that we completely miss the various opportunities given to us to experience all the amazing moments that bring us closer to our Creator.

I had an experience recently that was a near miss. I was hurriedly going into my office building, and if not for my daughter who was accompanying me, I would have completely missed one of those moments.

“Mom! Deer!”

I looked over in the yard, and there were three deer standing there, taking everything in. They were far enough back from the sidewalk that if I had been doing my usual head-down, clip-stepped trek into the office, I would have been completely oblivious to their presence.

We are given daily gifts in the form of memorable moments. They last but a minute or two, but they have the power to stay with us long after the moment is over. We have great opportunities to experience all of the amazing things this life has to offer. How many do we miss because we are so busy with the business of life that we forget to enjoy the experience of living?

All of life is a Magical Mystery Tour, and we can experience it without the aid of materials that alter our reality. There’s so much we’ll miss when we let other things get in the way. While those substances may provide a one-time powerful moment, it can cause us to take the everyday miracles for granted. The Universe has way of communicating with us if we’re willing to listen. Open yourself up to the wonder and magic that is your life. You may be surprised by what you find.