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When you go on vacation what do you expect to leave behind?
Hola, amigos! My husband (Ken) and I just returned in June from a great trip to Mexico. This was our 2nd trip in 3 months…and 3rd trip in 8 months. Yep, we really like it there.
I’ve tried to figure out what the appeal is. Likely it is a combination of things. Being in another country where you have to adapt to their language and culture is a really good way to remove you from your day-to-day behavior, routine, even habitual thoughts. It does for me, anyway. Plus, I like getting out of my comfort zone and look at everyday stuff in a new and different way. Things I didn’t think twice about at home I have to ponder in Mexico…in another language.
I like interacting with the local people and learning their language and customs. I LOVE the weather — warm and balmy in the winter, very warm and a bit humid (like Hawaii) right now. We like to go to the Puerto Vallarta area which is on the Pacific coast, and there is something about the sound of the waves and the ocean smell. Could be because I was born and raised in San Francisco. And now I am very land-locked in New Mexico. Yeah, the water is a very big draw.
I guess some people would call traveling to Mexico for a week here and there a vacation. But Ken and I don’t. I am really not sure what qualifies as a “vacation” — vacating from what?
When we go we are always scouting for opportunities. As an architect and developer, Ken is always looking for “projects”: land to develop and buildings to build. That is what architects/builders do. So he is not vacating anything.
As for me, I realized this time clearly that I can’t — nor do I want to — vacate what I do every day either. It’s important to me to be “poised to respond” for any calls to pray whether I am in New or Old Mexico.
Don’t know about you but when I travel there always seem to be MORE opportunities to pray because of the unfamiliarity with a different place. But this trip I was really struck by the various demands to get a spiritual perspective on a sticky situation.
Hey, we didn’t even leave Albuquerque airport before there was an urgent need. Ken left his wallet with credit cards, pesos, ATM card at home…an hour away. Not going back. I stood at the car staring at him and realized I had a choice: get stressed out or know, without a doubt, that all the resources we needed are already established in Mind, the source of all good. These resources are not parsed out over “here” and not “there”…they are everywhere, without restriction or limitation.
Truly, immediate peace and calm swept over me. As we walked up to the gate two ideas came to me: call my credit card company to let them know the card would be used in Mexico for a week (they were VERY glad to know) and call Ken’s bank to wire funds to another ATM card that I carried. Done. See? It’s not about money, it’s about ideas…and the ideas you need are ALWAYS available, without restriction or limitation. Getting stressed is a bad detour that just wastes time and energy. Don’t even go there.
During the week there were SEVERAL opportunities to immediately choose to pray with the spiritual perspective, and not stare blankly at the material picture. Physical problems, confusion about plans, potential for various disruptions. But nothing was an “inconvenience” to me — I knew what I wanted to do — think spiritually.
So, all situations were addressed with spiritual logic and conviction that there is only one Mind operating. I remember one moment thinking, without a doubt, that “All is under the control of the one Mind, even God.” (Science and Health ) And so it was seen.
It’s interesting when I think about it, being in Mexico gives me MORE time to pray and spiritually reflect because the daily routines and activities aren’t intruding in my mental space.
Hmmm, maybe that is the ultimate reason why I love to be in Mexico — I am not “vacating” what I like to do every day, I am immersing! Read more from tnis blogger at Practical Spirituality .
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