I Ran Into a Car Today on My Bicycle
Let’s examine this and seek to spiritually decode the situation
Relax Esther George and Claire Kelly I did not get seriously hurt — I would have told you on Slack or What’s App if I had. Why didn’t I tell you directly that I had an accident — you both worry too much about me.
When rushing to get out of the house to make it to my last heavy bag punching strength and aerobic exercise class at Everybody Fights (I am not an affiliate and I also recommend CKO and likely any other such establishment), before moving tomorrow, which I did on the way to Crumbl (no affiliation either) to surprise my daughter with a UPS package of cookies, I grabbed my license and my insurance card. I almost never take them with me. As I did, I thought to myself, I wonder if I will get injured today.
The accident occurred after the heavy bag class and close to Crumbl. My fault entirely. I approached a red light and a car was at the perpendicular red light. I should have obeyed traffic laws and stopped and waited instead of chancing it, particularly from the far right lane. The car’s light changed, which I didn’t see and the car began to pull out with me now barreling directly for her door. I did not panic at all, which I will discuss below. I subconsciously computed that if I jammed my breaks I would probably still hit and regardless of whether I made impact or not, potentially fly off the bike from the sudden momentum shift. I swerved right a bit and when now a parallel impact was all but certain, I put my left hand out like a running back giving a tackler a stiff arm.
Next thing I know I am on the street, giving the freaked-out driver a thumbs up and yelling to her that I was ok. She pulled over regardless and was very shaken. I assured her of my not being injured and didn’t tell her that after I got on my feet I noticed from the bent shape of my left ring finger that I had dislocated it. I did not let her see it, taking her shaking hands with my right hand so she would feel that I was calm and not hurt.
Do I think I was predestined to have this accident — no. Do I think the universe decided “today” that I and this lady would have this accident — yes.
Why?
She said to me it didn’t matter whose fault it was as I kept trying to calm her both with my health and that fault laid with me — she wanted to know what happened so she could avoid such an occurrence in the future. Clearly, she assumed that the light change meant safe to pull out. A key to defensive driving is never assuming that. So maybe that’s her takeaway. Clearly, my takeaway is do not be so carefree on the bike. Just because I know I am going to live a long life does not mean that the quality of life will be good — I still need to watch out for my health and well-being.
At one point the woman said to me, “do you have a death wish?” That question was out of character for her state of mind. I believe that was Sitara (or possibly one of my spirit guides — the one I call Donna Reed [1] maybe) asking me that through her.
No, my love, I do not. You do not have to worry about me pulling a suicide by proxy. I miss you every day and there are moments I want to go home — fleeting moments only. I am looking forward to so much magic that I believe this life will present.
Besides, I know that one cannot cheat the date of death in either direction.
I chalk up my ability to avoid getting seriously hurt today though to the fact that I have not feared death since my spiritual awakening. That is why I did not panic and I could calmly, almost as if time stood still, navigate the best outcome / least injurious effect from the imminent collission.
I did call my son later and tell him about the accident as another possible reason I had the accident was so that I could make sure to tell him not to make the same mistake I did.
A parent can discuss lessons it has learned in the hope that the child will recognize that it is in a situation like the parent described and not make a mistake, but learning cannot happen without making mistakes.
So the first lesson from me: do not worry about perfection. Do your best, but don’t let the pursuit of perfection paralyze you; be ok with making mistakes if you do not repeat the same mistake over and over and over again. You will, many times. Eventually, awareness will set in you’ll see yourself heading towards the same mistake, and then you’ll do something differently, large or small, and you will avoid the mistake.
In Rama I create,
PS: Yes ladies I went to an urgent care center a few hours later and they popped my finger back in place — first I had to get the cookies, take my bike to the shop (I rode it 5 miles there after the accident), eat lunch, and take the cookies to UPS.
Note 1
Shortly after awakening, I started to seek the counsel of my spirit guides, facilitated by my channeler since 2010, Ane. I have four guides:
my Donna Reed to love and nurture me, 2) a nurse with a Sanskrit name, 3) a Native American who is my fiercest protector and 4) one whom Anne describes as reminding her of a young accountant, whose role is to offer me practical advice.
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