Tag: mind

By Destiny or Choosing?

I had the honor once of attending a lecture given by famed physicist Michio Kaku. He was speaking to the theory of ‘multi-verse’ and our propensity to be singularly focused.

“All around you, there are hundreds of radio waves being broadcast from distant stations.” He spoke softly, though with bold assertion; as if to frame simply these complexities of being.

“At any given instant, your office or car or living room is full of these radio waves,” he shared. “However, if you turn on a radio, you can listen to only one frequency at a time; these other frequencies have decohered and are no longer in phase with each other.”

Although he was speaking to the plausibility of a “higher” dimension, I couldn’t help but to consider the spiritual implications.

As practitioners, we seek freedom from our emotional attachments; distancing ourselves from that which limits the depth of our human experience.

We cast aside these boundaries of label, losing ourselves within the patterns of star against sky — a quiet joy entering through the vastness of these much greater things.

Though we are surrounded by a multitude of ‘waves’, is there an opportunity to attune the mind to these subtleties of focus? To engage the divine through the simplicity of stillness?

A little something to consider, my loves — how much of this experience is that which we’ve chosen?

In peace…

Namaste ❤️

Calming the Wave.

“You can’t calm the ocean by forcing the wave,” he said. My teacher was such a kind man; soft spoken and filled with sagely wisdom. Never forced, and yet – his offering was always there.

Throughout my life, I have read books, attended lectures – watched countless ‘life guidance’ presentations. And yet, there was nothing more real than this elderly man sitting across from me – smiling gently as he shared his heart reflections.

“The wave can not be forced,” he said again. “In order to find peace, we must be still.”

Each of us has needs, my loves. And, even with the best of intentions, those needs are often levied upon our spiritual practice. At first, by way of hopeful intention – “I want to be a better person.” Though, eventually – those needs become the center point of our vision.

As such, we may begin to force expectation… model it into what we believe to be ‘the way.’ In doing so, we introduce an air of self-limitation. We forget that it is only through boundlessness, that we may begin to know bliss.

As Osho once wrote, “Be – don’t try to become.” And likewise in turn remembering, the higher the wave the deeper the wake.

A little something to consider, my loves.

In peace…

Namaste❤️