Mawiyah’s (Ma wee yah) Story

It was a typical weekday morning, as I set out to work. I do remember that my mind was somewhat distracted, as I sped down the highway, over hills. I was rushing to get to my workplace a few minutes early in order to complete last minute preparations before meeting my class of 4th and 5th graders at a school in Xenia, a small town outside of Dayton, Ohio.

As I sped over a hill, I saw before me what looked like a green pick up truck about to make a left turn off the highway. There wasn’t time to shift gears, or at least that’s the way I saw it - - - only time to take the brakes. And yes, they did lock and spun the car around and out into the path of traffic from the opposite direction.

...was close my eyes and to wait...

I experienced what is called losing control of one’s car. The steering wheel began to vibrate vigorously and turn from left to right between my hands. The only control that I could muster was to close my eyes and to wait. Sure enough, I experienced the impact of my car, a Volkswagen Beetle being hit from near the right front wheel area. (I realized later that if my husband at that time had been in the car, there’s no doubt that he would have been seriously injured.)

My experience of the impact was just like the cartoons: mind filled with an array of bright images of all kinds, mostly stars. The next thing I remember was lying on the ground outside my car looking up to the sky. When I tried to move, my body was so heavy with pain, that I couldn’t even lift my head. I was filled with the prayer, “Oh God please help me.”

...a Presence, so divine, so sublime...

My being was instantly filled with a Presence, so divine, so sublime, so peaceful and so fulfilling. This was my most distinctly unique experience of bliss, Being and Living from withIn my Sacred Space. This bliss not only filled my being, but was the source of a higher, more heavenly presence to radiate from within me. I became peaceful and serene knowing I was, in that moment, perfectly secure and perfectly aligned with the highest part of my being.

The medics who picked me up off the highway visited me in the hospital to tell me that they had never picked up anyone off of highway 42 who was as calm as I was. They were astounded because I was actually helping them to help me, and giving them clear instructions while being rushed to the hospital in my ambulance! My bliss was there for me on what seemed like a permanent basis for over two weeks.

I had been spared for a reason...

While recuperating for three months in a wheel chair, I had plenty of time to reflect on my life, my survival, my future. I realized that I had been spared for a reason, and I knew that I was destined to do and be something significant as a testament to my survival.

Over the last 35 years since that car accident, I feel that I have been preparing for the next steps in my life. I was guided to move to California and several other locations where, in addition to my professional activities as an educator, I learned to teach meditation and personal growth technologies. As a result, over the years I have found a profound and real sense of spiritual awakening. I believe now that I know what bliss is, and I know that bliss is our natural, divine state, a state that is always there for us to acknowledge, to awaken and to live. I feel destined to share my truths with others.

In today’s world we must learn to remember that life is bliss, and that therefore, bliss is who we are. We can participate in our own awakening and truly make this world a better place. If we want a better world, then we must take our society and our world into our own hands and take steps to remember who we are and begin to live the divinity that we are. If each individual participates in his/her own remembering process, then a better world will be created, one individual at a time.