Background
Background:
My life might be considered “colorful” to many starting with an unusual, intriguing, perhaps also confusing background! From being born in a half Indian and half Irish family, to varied career paths while intermittently traveling and or living in various parts of the world.
Trusting this inner voice has been and still is the key to the path which leads to greatest discovery, life flow, joy, understanding, and ultimately learning to trust the process even during our lowest perhaps even hope barren moments.
As an explorer, seeker, investigator of the deeper meaning, deeper joy, deeper understanding especially since my late teenage years, questions have penetrated my soul and I’ve been determined to find satisfying answers to my spirit: Why we are here on this planet, What is God’s role (which I now prefer to call “Source” because I find it much more appropriate) and the purpose of this creation?
As much as I always felt connected to a higher power even in the confines of the Catholic church as a child, I didn’t feel joy or connection at church. Baptist churches were much more fun with soul belting singing. They did capture the joy, the connection, the love. My mom would take us from time to time. But, I was raised Catholic not Baptist.
I didn’t realize it then, but I was on a mission to find who God truly was, free of man’s coercion or influence. First I delved deeply into my own religion and Christianity at large attending Sunday school, going on Christian youth retreats, joining a Bible study group at NYU my freshman year. I was a very atypical college student. All my focus and thoughts were consumed by this quest. I felt saddened and confounded by certain parts of the Bible.
I was particularly disturbed by this idea that only those who believe in Jesus as savior go to heaven and the others go to hell. How could a loving God punish all those unaware of Jesus?
I called out to Jesus over and over asking this exact question as I stared up at the ceiling of my dorm room on Union Square West and I knew the answer was coming to me as I (and life) put the pieces together.
The next year I left NYU and moved to Boston temporarily living with my uncle and his family. It was here that my soul searching reached catharsis.
My grandmother was living with my uncle at the time. It was living with her that created a greater divide from my childhood faith, which later transformed into “awakening”. She was a living saint and non-Christian and non religious in the typical sense (she does believe in “God”, but never was swayed by the practices to go to the temples to pray. Her prayer was her thoughts and actions). She showed love, care, respect to everyone she met and had built schools in India for the poor villagers and lived her entire life in inspired service to others.
Through observation and intuition, I knew she was going straight to the highest realms of heaven as she lived her life lovingly in service to others!Now, returning to Sunday mass, my soul couldn’t bare the full message of the church and the authority margining on condemnation that was sent in the name of the son of God- that only those whose who believed in “Jesus” would be “saved”.
The teachings didn’t capture love for ALL without “judgement” and I viscerally knew these particular teachings were not what “God/ Source of ALL that is” would say. I felt sorry for the people attending wishing they too found the whole truth and the joy of what Jesus really taught, before it was changed, edited by those in power wanting to control the masses by interjecting “fear” into the Bible- omitting important aspects of Jesus’ teachings that would liberate humanity – like reincarnation and the truth of everlasting life for ALL. Obviously I don’t have clear proof, but when you feel a thought shine bright, resonate, and bring a deep joyful resounding “yes” that echoes through your soul and into the ether- you don’t need “proof”. And what is proof anyway when we are living over 2,000 years later?
The Moments of Illumination
“Ask and you Shall Receive!”
This big light switch turned on my spiritual journey around the cusp of my 19th birthday.
I stumbled upon a life changing book while perusing through Barnes and Nobles in Downtown Crossing, Boston. Titled “Conversations with God” Book 1. (Book 3 published years later is my favorite and one I visit again from time to time.) As it caught my eye while proceeding to the elevator, it was vibrating “Here I Am.”
Retuning to my seat, tears started streaming down my eyes of glorious delight and joy as I flipped the pages! Yes!!! This is the God I knew existed in my heart !
A God of total freedom and immeasurable love, also a witty God who loves humor and delights in our pleasures. The Force of all is experiencing itself (divine feminine/masculine) through us, our journey, our adventure back into knowing who we truly are!!!
This divine channeling transmitted volumes of truth that I sensed in the core of my being and satiated my deepest soul confusions about life. Thank you Neale Donald Walsch for freeing so many of our minds and connecting us to the truths we felt inside of our beings!!!
Over a decade transpired, living in tune and unity with this joyous “knowing”. Listening to the Spirit within, gathering more information and applying these spiritual truths to my life as I continued to grow, stumble, pick myself up, and learn.
I suppose I was ready for the next level, which now looking back sparked a sense of expanded purpose in my life.
I met a guy who lived in Miami while I was living and teaching in Colombia in late 2011. He introduced me to the Galactic reset that occurs every 26,000 years proposed to occur on December 21st, 2012 and speculations about its meaning.
I became enamored with the topic, constantly searching for more information regarding what this meant for humanity, for the collective consciousness, what I had to do to prepare.
I started waking up at 5 a.m. to meditate every morning and do yoga. I was vibrating on the highest level I ever had. I felt like my life was becoming more magical. During this time, my thoughts and desires were manifesting with enormous ease and delightful speed.
All that I had previously known was now expanding into new realms, realms beyond life on Earth, and into our connection with all life that exists in the universe and beyond. I felt enamored, engrossed, alive discovering how other star systems, other civilizations are aware of us, energetically connected to us and what happens on Earth affects the whole galaxy, potentially the entire Universe.
In 2016, I felt called to begin sharing and helping others through writing. In December the spirit of “Gaia” connected and talked to me (Please see Why Mira Sky Gaia).
Most Recently:
At the end of 2018, I relinquished what I consider a lucrative sales and promotional spokesperson position with a prestigious whiskey company to focus on writing, sharing, exploring, and of course learning more.
The plan was was to dedicate myself to writing as I embarked on an anticipated 4-month journey through South Africa, Morocco, Portugal, Spain with an organization called Remote Year. NOTHING went as planned!
The train jumped off the writing track almost entirely and journeyed on some other emotion filled tumultuous expedition in early February while in Marrakesh on February 2nd with a very sudden courting that turned into engagement proposals just a week later.
Life events, relationship dynamics, my mom’s health condition- all catching me, not able to align with the rails of focused creation. Perhaps I also felt unprepared to expose myself to a perceived public. Was I strong enough to share my truth? No, it turns out I wasn’t. I had more clearing and internal adjusting to do in 2019.
Patience being a virtue that still needs strengthening, I was losing faith in myself to fulfill this inspired goal!
Just Do It!
“How to explain, categorize in a relevant and compelling way?” bubbling up in my mind incessantly over the last few years! When will years of introspection and inspiration become something useful and tangible for others? I have been bursting to share first via a book. Talking about it too often rather than sitting my butt down and writing.
During the last few days (end of October 2019) I began to feel stagnated, disgruntled, agitated, weak, and un-empowered for just not creating already, as if it were now or never!!! The lava was suddenly ready to be released and couldn’t withstand the pressure. Timing was now thrusting me forward and this time I was prepared. I slowly cut out distractions in my life, became clearer, stronger, ready. I did the work to get out of my own way, not allowing my spark, my light, my joy, my mission to be swallowed!!!
After almost two years of intermittent self-deprecation for this slower than expected birth into the physical, I am deciding to allow the pieces to come together as I share NOW.
Professional Background:
I have very recently stepped into living my vision: writing, sharing, as well as being a spiritual/motivational life coach. Previously, in order from most recent: I was a spokesperson for a whiskey company my brother founded back in 2010, an elementary and middle school teacher of 7 years (a job I poured my heart into and received so my love back), and so many other jobs before that (mostly in hospitality, sales, education) that it would seem trite to list them all.
I studied first at New York University with a broadcast journalism major, then continued at Temple graduating Magna Cum Laude Communications degree (this didn’t prove very useful. I drove out to LA to pursue acting immediately after college- Oh, how my dad like that!), followed by Drexel where I received my teaching certification.
I am an avid learner and spend much of my free time researching topics such as: quantum physics/unified physics, deep spirituality, mind/body connection, astrology, as well as spending consummate time in nature – connecting, clearing, receiving, observing. In addition, languages have been a passion of mine starting with Spanish studying in a small private school tucked away in the Albaicin in Granada, Spain. I currently speak Spanish more or less fluently, and I can get by in Brazilian Portuguese and Italian.
Explorer Notes:
Travel has been my greatest source of inspiration, expansion, and real world learning!
I’m one of those people that physically can’t stay put for too long in any one location. As a result, I found a way to spend time or live abroad – studying, teaching, trying to find a job, practicing yoga, writing, or just adventuring with locals I met along the way.
My all-time favorites of Europe, well no surprise here, Italy and Greece! I like most people find Europe fascinating with its deep history and proximity of varying cultures. Traveling to or briefly living in: England, Ireland, Croatia, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic. Ultimately, I’d like to live in Italy or Greece for half of the year. Luckily, I have a European passport. Thanks Mom!
In the Southern Hemisphere, Brazil won my heart! Although I ended up teaching in an American school in Colombia.
I spent a few months in Thailand with the purpose of raising my vibrations practicing yoga and meditation daily to prepare for December 21st, 2012. I was disappointed when nothing seemed to have changed, forgetting that shifts take “time” and “effort”.
Other countries and some where I spent a considerable amount of time: South Africa, Morocco, India, Costa Rica, Mexico, most of the islands in the Caribbean as well as Cuba, parts of Canada, Argentina, and across the U.S… you get the point. I’ve seen a nice little chunk of the world, but more importantly I “experienced” it through asking locals questions about their culture, history, viewpoints, passions, goals, struggles. This is where I gained the most delight and connection to them all.