A Quiet Time

[Eric Lilius]

Harrison
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Eric
Harrison Owen wrote:

> *For some reason replies addressed to the **OSLIST** come to me. I 
> could ascribe this to Paul’s weirdness (see below), but since he is 
> not the only one, it is obviously catching. I would like to think it 
> was because of my magnetic personality, but I know that won’t fly. 
> Must be some cybernetic gremlin somewhere, and I don’t really care, 
> and have no problem forwarding the mail to the “right” address. But 
> when you look at the names and issues on line, it does seem like I am 
> talking to myself. No – Don’t go there!!*
>
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> *Harrison *
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> *From:* EVERETT813 at aol.com [mailto:EVERETT813 at aol.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:25 PM
> *To:* ; OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: A Quiet Time
>
> 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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