During this great transitional phase of my life, I have considered deeply what makes people successful, happy, well-adjusted and at peace. I first noticed something about people who practice religion. They mostly seemed calm, pleasant, and unfettered. I mean, we all have our struggles, but that doomsday cloud was noticeably absent. (I am overgeneralizing so I can make a point, so don’t get mad yet).
When I stumbled across the followers of Dr. Joe Dispenza, I noticed a similar vibe. It was like somehow they got the memo that everything was going to be alright. In his own words, “everything that is not love within us must die.” That’s a tough one for us humans. Think what you want, but that guy meditated his way back to walking, after the doctors said he never would again.
While doomscrolling through Instagram, I noticed the Tarot readers and the astrology folk put it into simple words: You are born of love and light, you are worthy of all great things, your higher energy or power is guiding you to your best possible outcome. Be Well. And they all ended their posts with “I love You.”
I then started reading a bunch of mind bendy books about physics. Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time, was the first one. Page 32-33 baffled me. I read those pages eight times. What is this man even saying? That time is not real, that the past and the future are structurally the same–that the reason we perceive past-present-future is from our own blurred perception of reality alone? See? Mindbending. But in the world of physics and quantum whatevers, where time is either a physical structure or a false perception – I felt a sense of peace from the understanding that there is surely more to this matrix we find ourselves in.
When I compared the ideologies – the bible folk, the physics people, the tarot people – I noticed that fundamentally, they were saying the same thing: that somewhere within us, or above us, or around us, there is a higher order to the way we live this life. And if we choose light and love, it is the higher ground, and peace comes to us all.
I actively study this overlapping of ideas – God, Source, Physics – and the only thing I know to be true is whatever team you’re on – this overlap is our compass through life.
What a paradox – that this other worldly layer which defies reality as we know it, is oddly, the best compass we will ever have. Don’t ask me how. I don’t know. I’m literally here to point it out and make you think about it. And I don’t want to start any fights between the teams either. I just think we all need to know about each other.
Your compass, though, needs to be used everyday, or it does not serve you. And how you access it, is up to you. If you want to pray, do it. If you like meditating, do it. OR….if you have a hobby, or an art form that takes you away from the nattering of your mortal thoughts, DO IT. That is its own form of prayer.
Last summer, with the help of some very clever students, I built the set for my son’s play, True West. I fell madly in love with set building. I had no idea this was even a thing for me! I found myself planning, wondering, and intuitively feeling my way through it, and I was gratefully empty-headed through the whole process. It made me calm. It brought me joy. Hope returned. I dare say, it was a transcendental experience.
So if you are struggling in your life right now, it’s ok. You are surrounded by many fine people who have a message for you: Everything is going to be alright. You are made of love, and you are loved. If you have no room for prayer, and if you cannot meditate – find a creative outlet instead. Try them all – and stick with the one that makes your brain noticeably empty, relishing in the quiet hope that is joy.
Until next time, Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things pass away: God (source, physics) never changes. Patience obtains all things. They who have God (source, physics) find they lack nothing; God (source, physics) alone suffices.
Love, Jen
The set I constructed for my son’s theatre company was a surprisingly therapeutic adventure. And now I’m hooked.