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Enlightening Science
by wendy
The magic is in the mystery.
Once a thing is quantified -- there is no mystery.
The topic of science and enlightenment is difficult for me to address because, even
though the one thing that kept me exploring my ability as a channel was scientific
information I was given that I could verify, I am no scientist. However, to learn
and become who I am, I have been forced to become an explorer and a researcher.
For years, aside from major in-your-face incidents, I let my logical self over-rule
my gut. It had to "feel" pretty wrong for me to get a clue. Even when I
had what could be considered bona fide mystical epiphanies, I kept plugging away
on the path without investigating or exploring it further. I just said "wow"
and walked on. It was too much to fathom, didn't make sense, and I had absolutely
no frame of reference for what I was going through...until 1997 when I began to see
night lights that flashed with no way to explain why and how they did so -- or continue
to do so. It changed my life. I have to leave out a whole lot of details but the
short version is: I began to channel. I discovered a God/Spirit connection that is
tangible for me and I have never looked back. It is. I am.
Science piqued my interest. With such a strong logical bent, I needed reassurance
that my information had some kind of substance to it. I was not interested in talking
with ghosts, or dead people, just because I could and can. So what? They don't have
to go to work and pay bills, and if they are running amuck causing problems for someone
(or visa-versa, as that can happen, too). or offer to do that, I don't want any part
of it. I am responsible and accountable for my actions -- and I do believe in like
attracting like. I have learned to navigate the dark and mediate when called upon
to do so, but I prefer working with light and doing whatever I can to amplify that
energy.
Inspiration came in the form of information that directed me to study and investigate
quantum theory. Anyone who knows me can understand the humor in that. Other than
a few classes on Astronomy, (Descriptive Astronomy and Black Holes are the two I
remember. Loved 'em!) I have no background in math or physics, and as far as I was
concerned, I didn't have the aptitude for it. Wrong.
It helped that some of the words I was given in my channel sessions and the words
in the various books I was guided to were identical. For me, it was more than coincidence,
so I stayed with channeling. I learned to connect it with my dreams and visions and
reading energy of people, animals and places. I wanted to know more. And, typical
of any great thirst, I can never get enough. The more I know, the less I "know."
That, for most people, is not very comforting. But for me it is invigorating to throw
myself into the not knowing to discover what else I can learn or encounter in that
state.
The guides I channel continue to give me reams of information pointing to quantum
theory, and ultimately string theory, as the basis for proving so-called mystical
experience. From the start, I was told everything would be provable when the "relative
and quantum theories were married," a wonderful shorthand I had to transcribe
because I didn't know anything about either of them. I did know I could start by
reading about Mr. Einstein. Turns out he was a very logical mystic.
When I first read Lee Smolin's The Life of the Cosmos, a whole new light went on.
It ignited in me a thirst for more quantifiable data that might validate some of
my experiences. That led to David Deutch's The Fabric of Realty, and Michio Kaku's
Hyperspace. Both are about parallel universes and time warps and such. For string
theory, I chose Brian Greene and The Elegant Universe. I kept having dreams of this
tiny little thing that looked like a rubber band that I could not explain. I opened
his book and saw the diagram of a string. Bingo! Discover magazine is another wonderful
resource for me, and reading about the latest theories by Stephen Hawking and David
Bohm are affirming, stimulating and motivating. The tiny hope I hold is that if I,
or others like me, are good enough at what we do and continue to improve upon it,
we may help discover ways to make it quantifiable.
Most recently, I poured myself into the classic, The Tao of Physics. It's an excellent
analysis of the interminglings of modern physics and Eastern mysticism. The 25th
anniversary edition includes updated information on David Bohm's theories and cites
him as going the farthest in regard to exploring relationships between consciousness
and matter. I hadn't thought of it like that, and then I realized that's why I like
him so much. He is working to make what I do quantifiable.
A note to Native Americans: He describes the world as a web -- and that is where
my channel sessions have always directed me. The subtext of the message is: We are
more than what we seem and we are all connected. Separation is an illusion.
It's a beautiful world we live in and, at this point in time -- some of our experiences
defy logic. Because I am having so much fun with that, I hope it never changes; it
may be that, in this realm, it is not supposed to. Mystics give science something
to prove and science gives mystics something to defy. We inspire each other! To an
inter-dimensional traveler, logic is relative -- and life is still a mystery. How
wonderful when you want to turn the page.
wendy is author of Divine Awakening and Random Sparks of Light. When life offers
a wakeup call, transformation is an understatement. E-mail her at lite4one@aol.com.
Copyright (c) 2002 wendy
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