Automatic Pilot.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Have you ever noticed how much of your life is governed by “automatic pilot”? Think about it for a moment. Take your heart for example, beating every second or so whether awake or asleep and carries on beating without your conscious administration. Thank goodness for that. If you extend that even further into the amazing microcosmic world of each of our trillions of cells you’ll find the same incredible mechanism at work. Where did all this start and what keeps it all going? Who threw the switch to get the ball rolling in the first place? Do you ever ponder such events? Our physiology is one big miracle in action and I for one am fascinated by the biochemistry and invisible energy wrapped up in it all. That may not be one of your passions in life but I never take it for granted, not for a single heart beat or inspiring breath. There must be some sort of “intelligence” behind all this, wouldn’t you agree. The same intelligence that fills the universe and drives this experiment toward its ultimate expression. Another aspect of this is our “thinking” which is a biochemical movement as well, active virtually all the time, awake or asleep, programmed by millennia of experiences and conditioning and culminating in “YOU”. This of course would include our emotions which are triggered by thought. Surely the same intelligence is at work here, at least is playing a role, or is there any relationship between them at all? There is nothing original about thought so it will not deliver us. Knowing this how shall we proceed? Is intelligence something beyond thought? Is that where the answer lies? How do we access this realm? Only when the mind is still can the essential truth flower but this must be our own discovery. It is all such an interesting study, one which requires constant attention and discipline.
If there is indeed an all pervasive energy that is responsible for everything then surely the design has no limit, no finality. In reality our thinking influences everything we perceive and everything we create but like the Wizard of Oz, is operating behind a curtain and controlling the outcome. A few million years ago thinking was very simple and direct. There were no airplanes to catch, no taxes to pay, no differentiations really other than those associated with survival. There were no concepts of “right and wrong or good and bad”. Somewhere along the path we decided to make all those up...arbitrarily of course because even now you will not find these guidelines universally respected. There are no sacred carved tablets or mysterious scriptures. The truth lies invisibly within the beat of your heart. We have come so far and yet are at a standstill. We still live in chaos and confusion, made all the more complex as time goes on, and the violent manifestation of all this selfish action is deepening.
So, it’s safe to say that thinking is not intelligence although there must certainly be intelligent thinking, but let us return to the idea of “intelligence” and what that is.
Can you define it? Does it operate through you...through your heart beat and through the way you conduct yourself? Would intelligence kill or dominate another or would equality prevail? Would there be hoarding and withholding or would compassion and generosity reign supreme? How much do you need and how much is enough? What will you do with the leftovers? Would there be any question at all?
Everywhere I see inequality and pain I realize it lies within me and it is only there that the change can occur. And is that possible? What do I deserve and what does the starving child deserve even though I cannot see her? My breath and my heart beat are linked to hers, they are linked to yours and from that I cannot escape...nor do I wish to. For in that blinding realization flowers the creativity of love and only from this place can intelligent action emerge. I mean no disrespect but everything you worry about is of no concern relative to those struggling to survive and be safe. This is where we unite with the divine and all things fall into place, all things become possible. This is the ultimate act of intelligence in making things right.
Let us open our arms and our hearts to this glorious revelation, let us welcome it into our lives as we would greet the rising sun. Let us put aside all indifferences and let us not listen to anything from without. Call it what you will in order to get close to the spirit of your origin but get there with haste for the rains are upon us and we must seek higher ground or we shall surely perish. I see the answer everywhere I look especially in the mirror and when the weeping is over I feel cleansed to the core. I know there is no time and to accommodate such a call to action will require an immediate response and all my unwavering strength because only when I falter does the illusion of time begin to grow and I am lost again in the dark seeking a way out. Is this the same for you or are you comfortable with what you see and feel? If so, please share your secret with the world and be that light that leads the way.
Emanating with respect...
Dr. John