Big Sur (Part One)





                There’s a small exercise you can do when you are seeking periods of growth and action. Sit in lotus position facing south and make an oval with your two hands over your solar plexus. This is the area above your belly button and below your breast bone. Imagine a yellow ray of light shooting through the portal and ask God, the Universe or The Great Spirit for cooperation in achieving your goals. Better yet do this in the sunshine as this third chakra activity feeds on fire and sunny self-esteem. Customize your prayer or wish and do this every day for a week. You’ll be amazed at what happens. 


So it goes with the emboldening energy of the South direction. In California there is even a whole wild region that caters to growth and action. Starting one hundred and forty miles south of San Francisco on coastal Route 1 is an area known as Big Sur. The Spanish explorers named this place El Sur Grande for its untamed vastness below their early outpost in nearby Monterey. With the advent of Spanglish, it became Big Sur. This dramatic lay-of-the-land is what you probably imagine when someone tells you to think of California. Gigantic mountains plunge into a rough surf and groves of Coast Redwoods and Monterey Cypress trees open up to a Cliffside Route 1. Overhead fly dozens of turkey vultures but we even spotted a critically endangered California Condor. The air is startling fresh and you’ll find log cabin motels, coves with waterfalls and sea lions and even the Henry Miller Living Library.
More to come…


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