Waving with Wonder

Waving with Wonder, Kailua Beach, Kailua, HI, June 2020, iPhone 11 Pro © Steven Crisp

Imagine that you and I are waves.

It’s a pretty good metaphor

For scientists, poets, and mystics alike

You wave your energy at me

And I wave mine to you.

And in that way we meet, we touch, 

We hold hands or at least share knowing glances.

And if we look deeply, in that moment,

We merge, and we amplify our Being. 

The Two become One. 

And the One joins that which it never left. 

That great Ocean of Being ... our true nature.

  

You have possibly felt this before. 

Had a glimpse of the vastness of your own being.

 Or better ... simply ... Being. 

 And the interconnectedness of all that is.

Think back to when you were a small child. 

Remember the Wonder you had with Life. 

With each new experience ...

The beauty of a flower ...

or the excitement of a butterfly. 

Can you recall a more recent time 

when you felt this Wonder again?  

The flux and the flow of Nature itself.  

And the wondrous realization that you

are not separate from Nature.  

In fact, you are one with Nature. 

You are Nature itself. 

No 'this' or 'that'. 

No 'us' versus 'them'. 

No 'me', 'my', and 'mine'. 

No 'selfing' and no-self.

What is Reality except the waves of somethingness?

You and I are the answer to the question

“Why is there something rather than nothing?”

You are literally made up of waves from the Big Bang. 

You are the Singularity made manifest. 

Everything is exactly as it should be.

How could it be any other way?

We are the sound of a Great Song, 

The Uni-Verse, 

The primordial A-U-M (Om). 

Waves and energy in constant motion.  

Creation and Destruction as one. 

No opposites, only the Whole. 

You can hear it and feel it if you enter the Stillness. 

If you look deeply enough ... into anything, 

You can catch a glimpse ... with awareness. 

Walk through nature. 

Be Present in Nature. 

"Be" Nature, that which you already are. 

Just. Be. Here. Now. 

Do you realize that this Precious Moment ... Is It?

  This is all there is ... the Timeless Present.

And that past and future, both, each,

Can only exist, as memories or plans, Now?

  

Your Mind may fight back, and deny this Reality. 

So let your body sensations help you stay Present, 

And feel that which is alive within you. 

Within me. Within us. 

Within our vast Universe.   

Just ... Waving with Wonder.