Greetings, dear Family and Friends,
How are you today? I hope all is well with you and your loved ones.
When I awoke this morning, I could feel myself re-entering my awareness quite deliberately. Not sure I have ever done this before in such a mindful way. As I was 'coming to', I could feel a part of me see and then move back into what I understood to be my reality. It was a good feeling. In that liminal space, I could perceive my reality. I was an observer. This understanding is part of what it is to be our species' homo sapien sapien: It is to 'know that we know'. I hope this does not sound too 'woo woo' or out there. Big Smile!
Have you any understanding of this? Let me know as I would love to explore this further.
The Cosmic Hologram
This experience got me thinking about what is reality.
I loved the Matrix Trilogy, and I am looking forward to the fourth movie. At the time of the first movie's release, I was intrigued by the possibility that our consciousness is part of a holographic universe. So intrigued that I started to read up on it. It has been a great adventure. I am amazed by the degree of agreement about this and how it touches into ancient Wisdom. Science is only now catching up with this understanding of the nature of existence that our ancestors took for granted.
One of my favourite books is The Cosmic Hologram, In-formation at the Center of Creation by Jude Currivan. It is quite a read, and I have to say the science within the book is at the edge of my comprehension. Yet, what she does say makes a lot of sense to me.
There is something inherently goofy for me that we live in a hologram and are all ‘actors’ within this spacetime called reality. Is there a creative intelligence within the Universe that pulses out information to create the hologram that we are embedded in? Wowee! This idea makes me smile. I am like a child clapping her hands in glee at the wonder of this.
Then on a more serious note, I wonder. What if all that is happening in the world is not an accident and has some Cosmic purpose?
How would I live my life knowing this?
As I stayed with this experience of deliberately stepping into my ‘holographic’ world this morning, I understood that I have choices in how I engage in this existence that is my life. Being in the midst of so much uncertainty has been a bit of a roller coaster over the last couple of years. I have oscillated between optimism and sadness. But, if there is a cosmic creative intelligence at play, I can relax into my life and do the best I can to be loving and productive. Mmmmm.
The Body as our co-creative Home
In her book, Jude Currivan says that consciousness creates the physical realm, not the other way around. Descartes said. ‘I think therefore I am’, if we accept Jude’s premise, then we would say ‘I AM therefore I think’. I am still a work in progress with this understanding, there seems a lot to this reframing. And it just feels right in my bones.
As you know, each month, I like to record the guided visualisation from Dorothea Breitzers-Kings lovely little book. Meditation through the Year. For January, the metaphor she uses is The Fortress. I was uncertain about how relevant this was for us as we emerged from our dreaming time together. As I was recording, I realised how crucial it is to have a physical home, our body, for our consciousness to reside in. I appreciate how our wellbeing within the Cosmic Hologram depends on our physical presence and resilience.
Dorothea says in this month’s visualisation.
‘....feel the strength and permanence of your very core, your centre. It is the strength to go through life and digest experiences without being damaged, to remain essentially the same. It is the ability to live in the world of transient form without losing touch with the eternal, the Spirit and to transform experiences into a richness of understanding and lasting wisdom’.
I hope you enjoy the recording and, as always, my gratitude to Tim Uffindell for the piano accompaniment. Click here or on the image below to listen.
Questions for this Week
It feels rather lovely to return to offering you questions this week. Here we go:)
What are your views on existing in a Cosmic Hologram?
How do you weave the Transient with the Eternal?
What are the characteristics of your Inner Fortress that nurture you?
As always, I would love to hear from you.
Ann
What an interesting and fun perspective Ann! Thank you for initiating this topic. I'm going to think deeply about it now.
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