Sacred Stories
He had just spent 8 days on a meditation retreat that ordinarily would have taken place on the Emerald Isle, North Carolina, beach. The meditation teacher would ordinarily gather broken shells and give one to each participant. Due to the pandemic, this retreat was held on Zoom.
Their “virtual” opening exercise was sharing a screen and looking at many, many broken shells. The Vipassana and Pure Awareness practice taught him about accessing the light within the darkness. Learning to see the beauty within the brokenness.
The following week as he was still processing his experience, he sent this message to a new friend he had met on retreat:
“I live no where near the coast. 3 hours away…. and look what I find!”
