From My Spirit is Soaring
by Sanford Goodkin

PREFACE
What is a Soaring Spirit?

The “soul”—what is it? Do you have one? How do you know?
What the fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning. (Spanish proverb)

The soul is like the ocean; it has no legs, but gets around everywhere. It's like the sky; it's high and clear and transparent, but can be very cloudy. It's like a tree with many branches, some straight, some bent. It's like an acorn; tiny to begin with, but can grow into a huge oak, supplying shade to your passions. Or leaves that need gathering all year long or they form a mess. Do you have one?

Only if you care, only if you're human, only if you have loved or longed for it. The soul is the grand sum of all that you have been through life and living. It is the sum of brain, heart, feelings and experience. It is you!

Life is learning how to live with pain and disappointment. It's almost as if we think that being born on Earth, in America, is heaven. It is not. However, the human's ability to adjust to pain and disappointment is miraculous. Each notification of young Liz and Adam Stone's latest affliction surrounded their parents with challenge, so intense, that words cannot begin to describe its pain. When a parent suffers the loss of a child, or learns about a disability like deafness in both their children, how can the pain be described.

Adjectives diminish the human quality of the parent's hurt, for it possesses a depth that is unimaginable. And then the parent learns that, in addition to hearing loss, blindness will also strike.

How can one soar above such adversity?

However, in speaking to and knowing some of the afflicted, I have created the art of “spiritual soaring,” which is the ability to climb out of the terrible reality of affliction and seek a more adaptive environment in which to spread one's emotions. But first you have to learn how, which is what this book is all about.

I watched the eagle as it seemed to float through the sky. My eyesight bounced off billowing clouds as my ears strained to hear the inevitable screech of the great flier. Eagles have always represented the strength of America, the sharp talons like military might, the wide spread of powerful wings straining against mischievous air, wind and nature, gaining altitude—perspective.

There was something mesmerizing about the great bird's flight: the elevation, the ease, the sheer miracle of flight. Somehow, it knew the waves of currents which could effortlessly carry it for miles, as it searched the ground for signs of live food, a scurrying rodent, a hapless rabbit thinking itself blended into the foliage, perhaps a fish bathing near the top of water. What I was watching was “soaring”—the ability to spread wings and glide these invisible currents which propel this magnificent bird wherever it decides it will go.

I've attempted to gain this perspective whenever I have flown in an airplane. I realized that a plane gives distance and height but little perspective. You don't soar in a jet plane. Only imagination can catapult the mind into the spirit of sky and possibility. A plane is neither free nor unfettered. It flies where it is programmed to be minute-by-minute. Ah, but your mind—harnessed to spirit and imagination—is free to explore, free to discover its own “currents.” The sheer exploration of your freedom can be exhilarating.

A plane requires the purchase of a ticket. Soaring is the mind at play, when your imagination creates worlds that others find invisible.

“Invisibility” is simply the borderline outlining worlds to discover, thoughts to explore, love to find fulfillment. Your mind has endless abilities to create visibility, which is there all the time, yet most cannot find it.

This book can be your fuel to supply the power for soaring and imagination, a spiritual journey that can last a lifetime as it has done for me. I shall bring to your attention human examples of rising well above affliction and pain. Prepare to meet people in hopeless situations who have learned to soar.

Sandy Goodkin




My Spirit is Soaring by Sanford Goodkin First Edition, signed Soft cover, 96 pages $14.95 Order book “I am writing this book because there is a spiritual vacuum in too many good people who become discouraged with daily news, or illness, or "failure." We all need inspiration and perspective in our daily lives so that our spirit is re-discovered and we can learn how to make it soar! I want it to be a gift from others, a give-away book that allows friends to share their feelings.” —Sandy Goodkin
	From My Spirit is Soaring by Sanford Goodkin PREFACE What is a Soaring Spirit? The “soul”—what is it? Do you have one? How do you know? What the fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning. (Spanish proverb) The soul is like the ocean; it has no legs, but gets around everywhere. It's like the sky; it's high and clear and transparent, but can be very cloudy. It's like a tree with many branches, some straight, some bent. It's like an acorn; tiny to begin with, but can grow into a huge oak, supplying shade to your passions. Or leaves that need gathering all year long or they form a mess. Do you have one? Only if you care, only if you're human, only if you have loved or longed for it. The soul is the grand sum of all that you have been through life and living. It is the sum of brain, heart, feelings and experience. It is you! Life is learning how to live with pain and disappointment. It's almost as if we think that being born on Earth, in America, is heaven. It is not. However, the human's ability to adjust to pain and disappointment is miraculous. Each notification of young Liz and Adam Stone's latest affliction surrounded their parents with challenge, so intense, that words cannot begin to describe its pain. When a parent suffers the loss of a child, or learns about a disability like deafness in both their children, how can the pain be described. Adjectives diminish the human quality of the parent's hurt, for it possesses a depth that is unimaginable. And then the parent learns that, in addition to hearing loss, blindness will also strike. How can one soar above such adversity? However, in speaking to and knowing some of the afflicted, I have created the art of “spiritual soaring,” which is the ability to climb out of the terrible reality of affliction and seek a more adaptive environment in which to spread one's emotions. But first you have to learn how, which is what this book is all about. I watched the eagle as it seemed to float through the sky. My eyesight bounced off billowing clouds as my ears strained to hear the inevitable screech of the great flier. Eagles have always represented the strength of America, the sharp talons like military might, the wide spread of powerful wings straining against mischievous air, wind and nature, gaining altitude—perspective. There was something mesmerizing about the great bird's flight: the elevation, the ease, the sheer miracle of flight. Somehow, it knew the waves of currents which could effortlessly carry it for miles, as it searched the ground for signs of live food, a scurrying rodent, a hapless rabbit thinking itself blended into the foliage, perhaps a fish bathing near the top of water. What I was watching was “soaring”—the ability to spread wings and glide these invisible currents which propel this magnificent bird wherever it decides it will go. I've attempted to gain this perspective whenever I have flown in an airplane. I realized that a plane gives distance and height but little perspective. You don't soar in a jet plane. Only imagination can catapult the mind into the spirit of sky and possibility. A plane is neither free nor unfettered. It flies where it is programmed to be minute-by-minute. Ah, but your mind—harnessed to spirit and imagination—is free to explore, free to discover its own “currents.” The sheer exploration of your freedom can be exhilarating. A plane requires the purchase of a ticket. Soaring is the mind at play, when your imagination creates worlds that others find invisible. “Invisibility” is simply the borderline outlining worlds to discover, thoughts to explore, love to find fulfillment. Your mind has endless abilities to create visibility, which is there all the time, yet most cannot find it. This book can be your fuel to supply the power for soaring and imagination, a spiritual journey that can last a lifetime as it has done for me. I shall bring to your attention human examples of rising well above affliction and pain. Prepare to meet people in hopeless situations who have learned to soar. Sandy Goodkin Back to top

PREFACE What is a Soaring Spirit?

PREFACE
What is a Soaring Spirit?