A Bear is Always a Bear
When a bear wakes up in the morning, he doesn’t have to spend a single moment wondering about his goals in life. They’ve already been defined: hunt, eat, and make little bears. He doesn’t have to ponder his existence, or wade through the existential mud puddles that we humans are so adept at stumbling into. However, we share an important trait with the bear—the same intuitive powers that guide him through his life can also help guide us, should we choose t listen.
In our Western culture, we really undervalue what we refer to as intuition, say Larry Andrews, author of Secrets of the Silk Road; Finding the Lost Sacred Books of the Gobi. We don’t see that value in our culture; not as much as in Eastern or Native American traditions, where people are more open to their own natural intuition. But the truth is that there is a deeper part of us, below our conscious mind, that presents us with opportunities. And, if we pay attention, teachers will begin to appear.
And engineer by profession, Andrew found himself a few years ago completely outside the familiar zone of his structured existence, when an unexpected quest propelled him across Asia and the Gobi Desert. As he traveled, evens and people continuously emerged to guide him. Instead of resisting or dismissing these occurrences as nothing more than a series of coincidences, he embraced each experience that presented itself—and in the process, transformed not only his own life, but also his view of the universe and his place within it. Secrets of the Silk Road chronicles his experiences, and though he continues his work as an engineer, he now leads groups to faraway destinations, helping to guide others on their own journey.
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