This is my first blog post ever. I expect it to be the beginning of a very insightful experience for me, and I hope for anyone else who chooses to read it.
I am an ultra-runner and an artist. I have been an athlete my entire life. I have had various level of success. I am confident that my purpose on earth is to share my experiences with others so that they may realize their own unique purpose as well. I share this not as a boast, but more as a feeling of confession and release. I am not special. I have barely broken 3 hours in the marathon. Yet I do have a unique relationship to energy. The longer I run the easier it is for me and the more connected I feel to the experience. Last spring I ran the Sri Chinmoy 6-day run in NYC. The simple overview is that I ran 421 miles and won the mens race. I had never run more than 48hrs and that was more than ten years prior. I knew though, going in to the run that it would be special. I was not disappointed. During another blog entry I will detail the experience yet I don't have the time tonight. I am in my late 40's and I felt during the run that I had connected to something "beyond". It wasn't just an endorphins making me high. I felt "tapped in" to something way beyond myself. I didn't feel it all the time, but I arrived in it a few times and it was wonderful. I have been there a couple times before and since. It is so euphoric a feeling that I must confess it is better than sex (and I love sex). My goal is to be able to arrive there at will, and to be able to share how to get there to whom ever is interested. I haven't always gotten there through athletics. There have been times when I have been creating art or sitting in nature that I have experienced it.
I have decided that this year I am going to do the 10 day version of the Sri Chinmoy race. This time though I am going to document the experience in the moment so that when those experiences reappear I may learn more. The race begins at noon on April 25th and ends at noon on May 5th. I have just over 3 months to get ready. I will begin a cleans and focus for the next ten days beginning tomorrow. I will share what that means in my next blog.
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