A Quiet Time

[EVERETT813 at aol.com]

Dear Fellow 'Spaceniks':

Well, this is going to be weird, be warned.

Wendy wrote:

"This principle is an opportunity to invite the presence of each soul
gathered--to invite them as fully as possible into the present moment."

This provoked a remembrance in me about what I felt at the time was a 
profound insight.   It may or may not be to others.   It has to do with physics and 
light.   And it has to do with being "fully as possible in the present moment" 
with others.  When is that, anyway?

When we look out at any celestial object, sun, moon, 'star', etc., we are 
seeing old light, that is, the light of the past moment in time in our present 
moment in time.   Thus, from the point of view of us, the viewer, we are seeing 
the past.   As a silly example, the light we get from the sun is about 9 
minutes old, as I recall.   We don't know if nine minutes from now, or in the next 
second for that matter, the sun won't 'wink out'.   Fortunately, so far, it 
hasn't.

  When we we see an impossible-to-fathom galaxy far, far away, we don't 
really know that it exists in our now because it took millions of our years for the 
light from that galaxy to reach us.   Millions of years of linear time have 
passed for that galaxy.   It is really, really "old" light.   It could have 
entered a black hole meanwhile and right now, in this present moment, it might be 
disappearing.   We simply don't know because the light hasn't gotten here yet 
to tell us of its changed circumstances.

So, what does this have to do with being here, now, in this present moment.   
Well, when I am standing in front of another person in a room, even just 
three feet apart, the light coming from that person is in an infinitesimally small 
bit of time in the past.   Scotty could beam that person up and I would 
realize they were gone a nanosecond later (more silliness).   Thus, in physics and 
light, we are never in the EXACT same time as the person we are talking to as 
long as we are not touching.   Each is in the infinitesimally small past of 
the other.   

However, the insight was that when we are touching, and only then, are we 
able to be fully present in the exact same time-moment with another human being.  
 Thus, hugging is so rewarding on multiple levels.   We are truly 'together' 
at that moment.   Holding hands is another example, as is making love, giving 
a massage, etc.   Fully present, fully alive, fully functioning in the same 
physical time/space moment.   Thus, touching is transformative.   It is the 
moment when healing of all kinds can occur (doesn't necessarily happen, but can 
occur).   It was mind blowing for me at the time and still is.   Because the 
present moment is the only time transformation can occur.   Whew!!

Well, what might this have to do with open space sessions?   I've often 
wondered what the energy flow might be if we were connected by holding hands, 
touching bare feet, etc., during a discussion session (some would be rendered 
speechless because they can't wave their hands---that thought occurred to me, lol) 
and whether or not the psychic energy bouncing around in the exact same 
space/time continuum might not produce insights and aha's of an order of magnitude 
'greater' than now is achieved.   

I warned you this was going to be weird.    :)

Paul Everett

 

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