Reasons to Connect With the Universe

You may have a slight curiosity, or catch glimpses in the news. Or you might have long lingering fascinations that flow through you. Wonderments. Little Questions or Intrigues floating and buzzing around that may return in the strangest moments or the middle of the nignt. Or a little voice in your head, heart, or soul that asks... "What is all this...?"

Perhaps the path to connection isn't just by looking at pictures of what is out there (but please do that - it's amazingly powerful), but what is inside as well...

Here are my five most compelling reasons to connect with not just the outer Universe, but the inner Universe.

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1) Perspective. Things can seem overwhelming at times. Sometimes, knowing the size, scale, and immensity of the universe can help send a wave of calm through your being just by touching the grander scale of all things. The big... can be shown to be. 

The Universe knows what it is doing. You can trust and let go. Try it right now... Feel that inner knowing inside you. That which makes stars and galaxies and planets also makes your heart beat and that drive inside your soul. Are you listening?

2) Self Realization. You are not in the Universe, you are the universe, and the universe is you. What a celebration! So, in that sense, you are already connected with everything. 

Existence is everywhere. Is everything. Feel your own existence, and stay there for a moment. I used to say, "You are the Universe observing itself." See if that resonates as you sit in that realization.

3) Metaphor and Examples for Self-Reflection. Did you know you are a black hole and a supernova? Seriously, try it on. Also, you are literally made from those objects. There exists an incredible story of star formation, galaxy formation and evolution, how the elements form inside the most powerful explosions in existence, and the forces that shape everything that eventually becomes... you... right here right now.

(This story will be told in a future post - complete with practices to connect with its significance)

But you also are and endless black hole. Become one, see what happens. You also are a endlessly powerful outer force of creation. Have you ever felt like a supernova? You are all the things in existence because the same forces that created them literally created you. They are first and foremost a useful metaphor but it goes deeper... knowing the physics of them can inform you of the physics of your own soul and behaviors in your own conscious experience.

The parallels are not subtle, and not coincidence.

4) Empathy and Connection. You are not in the Universe, you are the universe, and the universe is you. So, in that sense, you are already connected with everything. You are never alone because everything supports you and is with you. Everything has a purpose, every feeling is sacred and essential. Love it all, especially the most painful and uncomfortable.

Cosmic connection... can change your life. Not through mind knowing, but through feeling.

Connect with all the things around you. The molecules, the light, the vibrating atoms. Connect with the source of all existence courses through and creates all things. 

Softly touch a table or what is near you. Feel its existence and the sensation go through your body. The subtle contains so much rich information. Laugh with any thought that distracts you and go to the present state of experience. Stay there and play.

Connect with the heartbeats of all the people in your building, your room, the planet. All at once. We are all the same. We are all magical emergent properties and expressions of the forces of existence. Connect with this wonderment and realization and allow it to soften, inspire, evolve, or bypass your experience or mental thoughts.

There is no right or wrong answer, only connection and love.

5) Grander than the Self. There is far more to the story than meets the eye. Look outward, look inward, mysteries abound, from the nature of existence itself to our nature as humans to the fundamental source and texture of the conscious experience. It's so rich in detail and majesty, and can be touched and felt in every infinite.

There is so much the brain wants to know. So much it wants to hold onto and put structures around and establish "laws" that are followed so it can find "explanations." Laugh with it and settle into your heart's knowing. Into the vast arena of the unknown. Go through the label of "scary" and sit with all the grandiose mystery and un-nameable feelings and forces that come when you access this.

Sit and focus on the point in the center of your head. Your pineal gland. Breathe into that focal point. Stay there and feel your entire body at once. Then the entire universe at once. What do you notice? Allow it to evolve. There you are!

There's something secret and powerful beyond all knowing that is going on, isn't there?

***Please love yourself and know that there is so much to explore and to learn via pure observation. Come join me. Tell me what you see when you connect and look inside...***

You are loved 🤍