THE
ACT OF MIRACLES:
THE
ART AND SCIENCE OF
GOD CONSCIOUSNESS
by
Robert
Farmilo
What
strikes me first about this subject...is the word “miracles.”
I
am left shamefaced and gobsmacked by the idea of being witness to so
many, many miracles in my own life...and the lives of so many other
people, too.
Perhaps
you have shared in the power, beauty and scope of an ordinary
miracle?
How
can there be grades of miracles...?
Let
us consider the miracle of the spaceship that you are now voyaging on
through a near absolute vacuum. You are sharing this spaceship with
the evolving life force (and forms) that exist on this planet.
I
know, it sounds corny to use the term spaceship to describe this
planet...and most of the time we are completely oblivious to the FACT
that we are on a near-sphere, flying through outer-space.
But
we are.
That
is...true.
And
what's more, we are going in many directions at the same time...and
at different speeds, too. Very...strenuous to get your head around
this...FACT.
QUICK LITTLE HINT AT PART OF THE JOURNEY YOU ARE ON!
Let's
count how many directions we are all going in, at the same time, and
the relative speeds:
- The Earth is rotating at 1041.7 mph
- The Earth is orbiting the Sun at 69,360.73 mph
- The Sun is moving towards the constellation Hercules (to the star called Lambda Herculis)...at 43,200 mph
- PLUS the solar system is also moving 90 degrees to the plane of the Milky Way galaxy at a mere 15,624 mph
- The solar system is also orbiting AROUND the galaxy at 446,400 mph
- And the galaxy we are in is moving at a slow dawdle of 1,339,200 mph
- ONE last direction that the object the galaxy is travelling towards...is also moving...and so is the object that it is moving to...and so on.
Now,
some of the numbers quoted are a little bit different according to
various sources...but they are close enough for my big, fat point: We
are on a planet going in several directions at the same time...and
when you add up all the speeds...WOW!
What's
really weird is that when I sit down, I don't seem to be moving at
all...right? Basically, this is where I start to come back to that
word miracle...and the idea of simple, everyday miracles that we
don't even think about.
The
random FACT that you are hurtling through the vacuum...of
outer-space...bombarded by cosmic energy...especially the radiation
from the Sun...and that you can survive all this...there is an
example of a simple miracle.
THIS ONE IS FAST!
I
think for many of us, the idea of a miracle is that it defies the
usual explanations...and steps outside the usual laws of physics, as
we understand those laws to be. Like, raising somebody from the
dead...that might be considered a miracle. Or healing a blind
person...you know, with a miraculous touch.
But...you
are living a miracle all the time...because you are travelling in at
least 6 directions at the same time...and if you ever get in a car
and go somewhere, or go for a walk...ride your bicycle...you are
adding another direction and speed to the already FANTASTIC journey
you are on.
Maybe
you think I am overusing the word miracle...or not using this word in
the correct context. I get that. For sure, I get that.
Help
me out here...stretch with me a bit...AND imagine in your mind all
the directions and speeds you are moving...AT THE SAME EXACT
MOMENT...and see if you can keep the frame in focus.
It
is challenging enough for most people to get a fix on which way the
Earth is spinning...relative to the direction they are facing, right now. Try
it on for size and see if you can get a fix on which way the Earth is
actually spinning...what direction are you turning, right now?
Let's
forget about the FACTS of life as we know them...like the blessing of
life...the way it integrates and changes according to whatever comes
its way. Just seems like business as usual...and no big deal, right?
Why
make a fuss about what is...so common place?
Well,
I think it is soooooooooo cool to think about the idea of how quickly
we can completely get lost even when we are just sitting down...I
mean, could you find your way back home IF you were placed some big
distance from your planet Earth?
Like,
for instance...IF you were on the other side of the galaxy...do you
think you could figure out where the bleep planet Earth was at...and
then figure out how to intersect the path of that little, itty-bitty
near-sphere of rock...hurtling through outer-space...?
I
sure couldn't do it. Geez, I get lost just going to the bathroom!
The
volume and scope of the celestial reality dwarfs my capacity to
REALLY grasp the enormity of the situation we find ourselves
within...without...whatever. AND it helps me to appreciate the
importance of my unimportance...the speck of planet...and the much
smaller little speck of me me me...on this planet spaceship.
I
think it also gives me a nice and firm sense of love and fun...and
seriousness and focus, too. How cool it is to be able to dance and
sing...and earn a good living...eating, sleeping, dreaming, drawing,
loving...and all the dark-side stuff, too.
It
is all this contrast of experience that drives home, deep in my heart
and soul...the tremendous gifts of insight that abound...IF you are
brave enough to step outside of the usual box of sensory
stimulation...where it is NOT usual to really, seriously experience,
with your awareness, some of the larger reality that you are actually
involved with...in...on...and so forth.
INCLUDES OUTER & INNER SPACE...WOW! THIS VIDEO IS...AWESOME!
Why
bother?
Well,
I think it helps to aid the growth of a seasoned maturity...and
prepares me for more of the greater stretch in the journey that is
going on inside me...because, just as the spaceship we are travelling
on is going in several directions and speeds at the same time...so am
I, too.
As
the Earth moves...so do I, too. But I am also moving in different
directions and speeds...in another sort of way...some of it is
physical...for sure...and some of it is...in another way, too.
Just
to really get fricking deep...consider the movement of all the stuff
that you are made of...like the cells, the sub-cellular stuff...and
let's keep getting into the inner-space
journey...molecules...atoms...sub-atomic particles, and
further...much further...to virtual particles...and further...way
deeper...where we get to the place where there is NOTHING...and that
NOTHING is moving at a speed that is...incalcuable.
So,
not only do you have the movement of our planet Earth spaceship...you
also have the movement of your own, personal spaceship that is your
body...and all the subtle energies that make up the component parts
of your body, too.
And...those
little, tiny bits that make up you are moving really, really fast.
For
me...that's why so much of this stuff is so...beyond reason...and
well nigh IMPOSSIBLE to really get my head around.
Here's
the challenge...try sitting still, or going for a walk...or
whatever...and start to get a fix on where you are moving, and the
speeds...by virtue of being on Spaceship Earth...and then add in the
various movements of the parts that make up the body and subtle
energy that makes up...your body...your personal spaceship.
Now,
I haven't given you the speed and directions of all the stuff that
comprise the Inner-space that you are made up
of...but...well...another time, okay?
For
now, this will do.
And
I want to welcome you to my version of what makes up one form of a
simple miracle...and that is the journey we are all on...moving,
zooming, hurtling, flying...spinning...sliding...on a big
near-sphere, through a near-vacuum...and cosmic
radiation...and...and...and...WOW!
All
the Best,
Robert
Farmilo,
Admin,
TGCP
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