The spiritual insight I gained when the car broke down. It was then that the mind began to look at everything in a positive way, not focusing solely on the negative. Moreover, I was already thinking negatively before the car broke down.

We were thinking of going from Ubatuba to Guaratinguetá. But we wanted to take the route from Ubatuba via Paraty to Cunha. It’s a beautiful route and we wanted to buy a Christmas present in Cunha.

Ubatuba is a coastal region, and we wanted to get to Cunha, which is a mountainous region.

But on that way, I smelled a strong burning smell, a very strong smell. André said it must be from someone’s car coming down the road.

But I was joking, thinking about the two of us driving up from Paraty to Cunha, in an old car with two cats, and going through the rain, it would be like something out of a movie if the car broke down.

Well, we were going up, and suddenly the car broke down. No phone because we can’t use the internet, since this whole route is disconnected..

And me, who knew the road was long, I brought water to drink, but when the car broke down I told André maybe it would help lower the engine temperature. Especially since I know nothing about cars 🙂

So I decided to write, since the best thing I know is to focus and bring my mind calmer.
So now in my image I think everything will be alright. I see cars going up and leaving us calm. André going to get more water from the tap, our cats calm, and me walking to try to get the internet

Also, to explain, in December in Brazil it’s summer, and in our country there are mosquitoes, so we use repellent. I’ve always used everything natural and vegan since I became vegan. To top it all off, the natural repellent that was in the glove compartment exploded and the oil fell on my foot. Even walking with oily feet in the rain was more difficult. Since I was trying to find an internet connection, I already needed to call for help.

But, since the car was showing red, and this water coming from the tap makes the red disappear, we had hope that it would work..

But since that wasn’t working, I started imagining that a nice human being would appear, come and help us move the car, and unbelievably, he did..

It’s like the mind connects. Now I imagine we’ll arrive in Cunha, and even connect with Manuel (André’s father), and who knows, maybe André and I can reach Guaratinguetá

Today O translate and what O wrote

Unbelievable, a gentleman appeared talking to André. I’m writing because what I was thinking came true. A new human being who wanted to help us.

And to top it all off, Charles appeared, a being from Guara who, in addition to trying to help the car connect and transport itself, could tell Manuel where we could go.

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But it started with our conversation that he lives in Guaratinguetá, and he said he could take us to Guara even with our cats, our Christmas shopping, our suitcases, and everyone else who was in our car

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The weather changed from rain to sunshine, an unbelievable spiritual experience. Incredibly authentic. When we arrived at André’s parents’ house, he didn’t even want any money to help, nor the sweets we wanted to give him. He just wanted to help us

He told me, “I always feel that we should help others.

This gift brought me the spirituality of everything, as I felt how our minds need to connect with everything, see the value of a loss, look at the positive side. As I always say, the positive side of illness, but yesterday I felt the positive side of the material loss, and even the sense of impermanence, listening to music, listening to him talk about the changes in his life at a time when he lost something and saw a new life.

I asked to take a picture, to share this story, as we should all have this beautiful genuineness to have this act and a Christmas gift that brings us from a lost place on a mountain path.

A profound gratitude, the kind I don’t even know how to explain.

Merry Christmas to all, because it’s not really about illness, a broken car, or material gifts

It is fitting to honor this lost moment, its impermanence; it was the profound solidarity of a new being that gave us all its compassion. It was there, in that loss, that I didn’t look for anything negative, seeing the good in the rain; I felt connected to those we are with, to the empathy of a positive mind. Yes, compassion truly appeared.

with love ,Jules