Secrets of a Metaphysical Flight Attendant

My name is Rebecca Tripp, and this is the story of how I created my life. In 1967, I embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. Flying at the forefront of the Women’s Liberation movement, I left my hometown of Westport, Massachusetts to become a stewardess with United Airlines. During my thirty-five year career in the skies, the world changed. Local became global. “Stews” became flight attendants. Women became creative giants and corporate powerhouses. And I became…me. While my physical form was flying from place to place, meeting new people and having life-altering experiences, I was simultaneously engaged in the long, often challenging journey within. At the tail end of it all, I emerged into the light of a new understanding of our world and how we as divinely human beings operate within it. I gained the power to be the best and most complete expression of myself in every moment. This book is a chronicle of my adventures: the tale of a self-described glamour girl from Westport, Massachusetts who, after many setbacks, traumas, and triumphs, finally managed to find what so many people around the world are seeking: a way to be truly happy. The stories in this book, which span from the 1960s to present day, are my way to share with you the lessons I’ve learned. We are all capable of waking up — of stepping into the amazing powers and awareness we were born with. They say life is a journey, but the fun part is that we get to choose the destination. We even get to pick the color of the cushions on our beach chairs! All we have to do is decide what we really, truly want, and it will come to us. Our thoughts and feelings about our reality create our reality: what we believe is what we experience. How do I know this? Because I’ve lived it. I’ve been a flight attendant, an entrepreneur, and a meditation teacher. I’ve lived the glamorous life as the owner of a New York modeling agency, and I’ve lived in hiding as a fugitive from an abusive spouse. I’ve been loved, and I’ve been raped. I’ve struggled with pain and disease — including cancer — and I’ve been spontaneously healed. I’ve been blocked by my own limiting beliefs, and I’ve been liberated from those same beliefs. I’ve been gloriously happy, and I’ve been haunted. In short, I’ve lived a very human life among very human people. And yet, my life is far more than a jaunt through this three-dimensional realm. By connecting to the energy of the spiritual realm, I’ve learned to change my reality by changing my thought. My life exists now as I have created it. Inner space is the new frontier, and the mind the new starship. Using the power of metaphysics and self-study, there is no problem that cannot be solved, and no barrier that cannot be overcome. The only limits to what you discover are the limits you impose on yourself. All things are possible. What we call impossible is, more often, simply unexplained. In this realm of the unknown lie the answers to our most burning questions. Why am I here? Is happiness real? How can I step out of suffering? How can I create the life I really desire? Your answers to these questions will be unique, just as you are unique. The most important step toward finding them is to open yourself to the possibility that the answers exist. You can change your world, and the way you show up in it. Nothing is fixed. As our beliefs change, so do our experiences. Through this story of my life, I offer you the tools to step into that openness. I can’t tell you what you’ll find there — no one can — but I can tell you that what you discover will be life-altering.