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Dear Humans,
Today I would like to return to your awareness an aspect of the
Human condition that ventures past the confines of the physical
realm and into the vast and infinite beyond. It’s our nature to
migrate away from our bodies although we never really think of it
that way. It’s not difficult to see that we’re not entirely in one
place all of the time. Our thoughts are often elsewhere, transitory
and elusive, and virtually immune to the entanglements of time and
space. We are free to go anywhere— to visit the past and present
and even walk future paths replete with its uncertainties.
So how much of you are with us at this moment? If you were to hazard a guess what percentage might you come up with? For my part, I feel no more than eighty to ninety percent “here” as I write this article. My ten to twenty has wandered off again, much to the displeasure of my editor who has reminded me I’m up against a deadline. My thoughts typically stray to faraway places and familiar faces. And where my thoughts go— I go.
In the following paragraphs we will use our nets of wonder to try
and capture that fleeting butterfly bouncing freely out before us.
It’s my supposition that we are mostly where our “thoughts” take
us. Here we find that distance is relative. Two people can be a
thousand miles apart and still feel closely connected. Likewise,
many of us know the feeling of being near someone yet feeling as
though they are a million miles away. It’s not enough to be
physically close when the butterfly has left the garden.
Welcome to Dream Land
Every night when we fall asleep we are transported to another realm. We do not have a choice in the matter. Try going more than three days without sleep and see what happens. We know the body uses the opportunity for growth, cellular repair and a host of other crucial functions. But where do we go while the body is sleeping and why are we awake in our dreams?
I find it interesting that we don’t miss being awake while we are
sleeping. The thought doesn’t even occur to us. We are often nudged
back into consciousness through the help of someone or something.
From there it’s often a blurry-eyed trip to the coffee maker. We
are told “eight hours” is what we need, though in reality that
really depends on the individual. Some function quite well on less
sleep, but children and teenagers, and even some grown-ups might
require a bit more.
On days we don’t get enough sleep, we sure do miss it. We can’t wait to get home and collapse so we can “drift off” into slumber-land. Nearly a third of our life is consumed by that elusive state we call sleep and yet we really don’t know where we are while we're there. It’s generally accepted that we don’t go very far, that our brain is the crucible for all our dreams and it’s a contained experience. Though there is logic to that assertion, I don’t fully embrace it. It’s my contention (and other's too) that the ethereal world is elastic and we are free to move beyond our physical body as it winds down and recharges through rest.
Those who enjoy “lucid” dreaming might have an advantage here. If
they are able to walk freely in this realm and turn a few knobs and
pull a few levers, there is no telling what they might discover. If
they can navigate the oceans of slumber while knowing they are
asleep, then the possibilities for self-discovery would seem
endless. I’m not gifted with such ability, but if I were I would
certainly try to understand the light I was walking under and
analyze the structure of my dream. I might also spend a lot more
time in bed. So I guess it’s just as well that I don’t lucid
dream.
In this “unconscious” state we can visit with relatives who have
passed on and even reunite with beloved pets. We can also connect
with the living in ways uniquely different from the physical world.
Twins are known to communicate while in a dream state. It’s my
understanding that they will sometimes see their twin in a dream,
then later call to tell them about it. Of course, the other twin
already knows of the dream having seen their sibling too.
The passion from a lost “twin flame” can also bubble up in dream
land. Here’s an opportunity to say the things that were never said
and to maybe even embrace one last time. Here the emotional energy
is just as intense as it would be in a physical state— and
sometimes even greater. There are also countless stories of wives
who dreamt of their husbands while they were stationed in combat
zones in foreign countries. Sometimes the dreams were foretelling
of a serious incident or tragedy. Such events serve to further my
sense that we can’t possibly stay in our bodies while we sleep.
The best that I can surmise is that the essence of who we are is
mostly “there” when we are asleep and mostly “here” while we’re
awake. In either case we’re not fully 100% in one place or another
since we’re capable of “drifting” in and out even when fully
conscious. So this space that some call the astral realm is neither
here or there. It’s everywhere.
Here, There and Everywhere
It seems to me that we are not firmly anchored in place by our
physical bodies. Our minds are free to “wander” and drift about
while only lightly tethered to the Earth. And why is this so? The
physical realm has much to offer in the way of tactile stimulation
and there is much to be gained from this experience. But
consciousness enjoys freedom, although it likes having a place to
call home. In a sense we have the best of both worlds, spiritual
and material. What we find, however, is that people far too often
embrace the material world and find solace in their possessions. I
would like to remind such souls of a rather well-worn expression;
“you can’t take it with you.”
What you can take, perhaps, is the memory of the experience, the sensation and the lesson embodied within it. Like telling people of a fascinating trip or of a new coaster ride at the amusement park— you can explain the experience in great length and detail, but what it meant to you is what matters most.
And so we “think outside the box” and we “drift away” in our sleep
and we “float on Cloud 9” and we were so angry we “were outside
ourselves.” These are but a few examples of how we describe this
external awareness. The empathic can “feel your pain” and when a
favorite ball player hits the ball out of the stadium we can feel
his (or her) excitement. Is this energy in the ether? Are we in the
ether?
Zoned Out
That’s what some have accused me of being at times. This goes back all the way to grade school when teachers mistakenly identified me as a “clock watcher”. I did ignore the teacher, true. But I was not captivated by the clock either. I would frequently drift away from where I was to escape the prison I felt around me.
This “zoning out” was really a very natural state for me to be in.
A zoned out state is not a neutral state. It’s a very intense,
highly focused state. It does correctly imply that you’re “not
there,” but you are somewhere, and you are somewhere in a big way.
Creative people can readily identify with this elusive state. It
can, however, create a somewhat vacant stare which I admit I’ve
been guilty of wearing from time to time.
Where we go when zoned-out I cannot exactly say. New understandings
in the quantum world are expanding our awareness on a diverse array
of subjects ranging from non-locality and telepathy to OBE’s and
related astral projection. All I know is that I go somewhere, and
somewhere is not always here.
Final Thought
So where are we when we’re not here? I’ll leave the question with you. Is this a cop-out on my part? -Perhaps. All I can say is we’re not always where we think we are. The body serves as an excellent interface with the physical world, but at times it can seem almost as though it were remotely controlled. To say we are continually held in place by our physical body is like saying a raincloud will never surrender a drop of water. Sooner or later thoughts will wander and stray and raindrops will fall in a staccato rhythm consistent with the mood and energy of the moment.
I don’t know exactly where I go, but I know I’m not always here.
For me, that’s at least a start toward understanding the ultimate
transition or metamorphosis when we surrender our physical body to
the elements. On that midnight train we might find that all the
answers we work so hard to uncover were right before us the whole
time. We didn’t see them because we doubted our own abilities. We
didn’t loosen our grip on all those things we accepted as truth.
Instead we bought into phony concepts of reality where we were told
how helpless and sinful we were. There is no place for higher
awareness in this void we call social order and so we never learn
to use the spiritual tools imbued within us.
We are social entities, you and I. We are solidly individual and we
are also collective. Yes, we are both. We cannot flourish just as
individuals nor can we survive as a collective. But we do quite
well in both worlds and in varying measure. So we’re a little bit
here and a little bit there and always somewhere. But wherever you
may find yourself, you are never alone. And the butterfly will fly.
-Until next time
email: jwash@rattlereport.com
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