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March 2010
The Same Wind
In my house there is a movie that we can watch many times over
without getting bored. The Princess Bride with its witty back and
forth banter has quotable quotes from every character. The basic
story line is about true love. Filled with action, suspense, comic
relief, nonsensical set-ups and amazing feats, it has a light-hearted
vein of relationships and the interaction between each person. But
what I personally love about the movie is the act of observation
placed in each character. Each person has their own personal gift of
looking at the world, observing it, and for our sake, the audience
gets to hear these observations in verbal musings and tactical
jeering. It is in these moments of inner/outer study that we peer
deeper into the character and the world as they see it.
One character is Inigo Montoya. In haste to escape with the stolen
princess, Inigo, his boss and a Giant cross a body of water by boat.
Inigo notices a ship behind them at night. The ship is still behind
them in the morning and Inigo remarks, “He is right on top of us!”
Then Inigo thoughtfully mutters, “ Do you think he is using the
same wind we are using?”
In this very moment, Inigo’s character holds his observation much
wider, much grander, to a more curious state than just about the
ship following them. It is as if the intuitive side of this character
reaches past the physical aspects of this ship to a mysterious level of
connection. For a brief moment (and one of many in the film), we
pause through Inigo’s eyes just long enough to look beyond the
physical.
When I work with clients, this is the state I look for. I wander
energetically from what they say to where the energy appears. It is
the same as observing the ship (what the client says they see) to
wondering about the connection on the wind (where I am drawn in
the energy field according to what the client stated). This
information may or may not be something one can see with their
eyes, but it might be able to be felt somewhere in themselves. After
all, the wind is a force of energy, ever moving, shifting, creating
waves, dancing in grasses and traveling from one part of the planet
to another. Heraclitus of Ephesus, Greek philosopher, 540-480
BC, stated “You can never step into the same river; for new waters
are always flowing on to you.” He also stated “A hidden
connection is stronger than an obvious one.” Inigo’s wonderment
can be also be brought to the reflection seeing Heraclitus’s river as
the same as Inigo’s wind; a deep hidden connection. My heart just
can’t help but expand in this curious state.
How we observe the world is a valuable tool to our connection to it.
We do not have to know all the science behind what we see, we just
need to have the willingness to allow what we see to deposit its
information around us, in us and through us. When we allow our
observations to be just what they are, just observations, not
judgments, we can easily take a look at whether that information is
for us or not. It becomes easy to see that for today “this” works
(whatever that is). Tomorrow it might be different.
The act of observing, in quantum physics, creates a reality. The
ability to sense if the information is beneficial or non-beneficial is
intuitive. Notice I used the word “sense” and not the word
“determine.” It’s all just semantics, but for me “determine” in this
application holds a heavier feel of judgment, definitive placement or
absoluteness. My understanding of energy as I have experienced it,
has shown when a person senses something, there is an
acknowledgment of flow, flux, changeability, allowing and
consideration of the moment.
When Inigo, for a brief moment, ponders the idea of the “same
wind” and allows himself to consider the possibility he a) acts as
quantum physics suggests creating a possible reality and b) implies a
flow of energy shared, even if it only in the moments that wind does
indeed blow. Whether the two ships do use the same wind or not
becomes a non-subject in that in the moment, the two ships are
connected by the single profound thought one man has in relation to
the other. It cannot be measured. It cannot be graphed, nor felt by
physical forces in the same way the wind produces physical
evidence, and yet it is there.
Our ability to hold the space of awe, of noticing, observing, sensing,
connecting is a deeply intuitive space regardless of the story
surrounding it. It does not matter about the story I have shared with
The Princess Bride, and I am not invested in if you have seen it or
not, it is a sharing of information. Information connects us. Words
connect us in the way that our left brain loves to categorize, but the
side of us that knows energy is the same space as when we observe
in awe of what we are observing.
Short form of this: looking with eyes open through possibility sees
more than what is before us. What’s your first step to getting
there? Say, “show me” and then let go and just sense the flow. It
is not something that can be locked down, nor forced. It is being an
artist of a medium no one can bottle.
World renowned astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, stated
beautifully our connection to the inner and outer of what we see as
this:
“We are all connected;
To each other, biologically
To the earth, chemically
To the rest of the universe atomically”
So no matter how you choose to observe, study, examine, inspect or
survey, there is bound to be something, somewhere, somehow
where we share the same wind as Inigo. Be curious enough to
notice when that happens.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2010 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and
Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent
but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's
name and/or business. Further articles can be viewed on the blog.
happenings, subscribe to Bright Star's monthly Newsletter. Your address is only used to
send updates and is not shared with any other sources. Click on the subscribe button
on the side to get your newsletter in motion!
March 2010
The Same Wind
In my house there is a movie that we can watch many times over
without getting bored. The Princess Bride with its witty back and
forth banter has quotable quotes from every character. The basic
story line is about true love. Filled with action, suspense, comic
relief, nonsensical set-ups and amazing feats, it has a light-hearted
vein of relationships and the interaction between each person. But
what I personally love about the movie is the act of observation
placed in each character. Each person has their own personal gift of
looking at the world, observing it, and for our sake, the audience
gets to hear these observations in verbal musings and tactical
jeering. It is in these moments of inner/outer study that we peer
deeper into the character and the world as they see it.
One character is Inigo Montoya. In haste to escape with the stolen
princess, Inigo, his boss and a Giant cross a body of water by boat.
Inigo notices a ship behind them at night. The ship is still behind
them in the morning and Inigo remarks, “He is right on top of us!”
Then Inigo thoughtfully mutters, “ Do you think he is using the
same wind we are using?”
In this very moment, Inigo’s character holds his observation much
wider, much grander, to a more curious state than just about the
ship following them. It is as if the intuitive side of this character
reaches past the physical aspects of this ship to a mysterious level of
connection. For a brief moment (and one of many in the film), we
pause through Inigo’s eyes just long enough to look beyond the
physical.
When I work with clients, this is the state I look for. I wander
energetically from what they say to where the energy appears. It is
the same as observing the ship (what the client says they see) to
wondering about the connection on the wind (where I am drawn in
the energy field according to what the client stated). This
information may or may not be something one can see with their
eyes, but it might be able to be felt somewhere in themselves. After
all, the wind is a force of energy, ever moving, shifting, creating
waves, dancing in grasses and traveling from one part of the planet
to another. Heraclitus of Ephesus, Greek philosopher, 540-480
BC, stated “You can never step into the same river; for new waters
are always flowing on to you.” He also stated “A hidden
connection is stronger than an obvious one.” Inigo’s wonderment
can be also be brought to the reflection seeing Heraclitus’s river as
the same as Inigo’s wind; a deep hidden connection. My heart just
can’t help but expand in this curious state.
How we observe the world is a valuable tool to our connection to it.
We do not have to know all the science behind what we see, we just
need to have the willingness to allow what we see to deposit its
information around us, in us and through us. When we allow our
observations to be just what they are, just observations, not
judgments, we can easily take a look at whether that information is
for us or not. It becomes easy to see that for today “this” works
(whatever that is). Tomorrow it might be different.
The act of observing, in quantum physics, creates a reality. The
ability to sense if the information is beneficial or non-beneficial is
intuitive. Notice I used the word “sense” and not the word
“determine.” It’s all just semantics, but for me “determine” in this
application holds a heavier feel of judgment, definitive placement or
absoluteness. My understanding of energy as I have experienced it,
has shown when a person senses something, there is an
acknowledgment of flow, flux, changeability, allowing and
consideration of the moment.
When Inigo, for a brief moment, ponders the idea of the “same
wind” and allows himself to consider the possibility he a) acts as
quantum physics suggests creating a possible reality and b) implies a
flow of energy shared, even if it only in the moments that wind does
indeed blow. Whether the two ships do use the same wind or not
becomes a non-subject in that in the moment, the two ships are
connected by the single profound thought one man has in relation to
the other. It cannot be measured. It cannot be graphed, nor felt by
physical forces in the same way the wind produces physical
evidence, and yet it is there.
Our ability to hold the space of awe, of noticing, observing, sensing,
connecting is a deeply intuitive space regardless of the story
surrounding it. It does not matter about the story I have shared with
The Princess Bride, and I am not invested in if you have seen it or
not, it is a sharing of information. Information connects us. Words
connect us in the way that our left brain loves to categorize, but the
side of us that knows energy is the same space as when we observe
in awe of what we are observing.
Short form of this: looking with eyes open through possibility sees
more than what is before us. What’s your first step to getting
there? Say, “show me” and then let go and just sense the flow. It
is not something that can be locked down, nor forced. It is being an
artist of a medium no one can bottle.
World renowned astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, stated
beautifully our connection to the inner and outer of what we see as
this:
“We are all connected;
To each other, biologically
To the earth, chemically
To the rest of the universe atomically”
So no matter how you choose to observe, study, examine, inspect or
survey, there is bound to be something, somewhere, somehow
where we share the same wind as Inigo. Be curious enough to
notice when that happens.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2010 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and
Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent
but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's
name and/or business. Further articles can be viewed on the blog.
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Cheryl Kaufmann, LMT, Reiki Master Teacher, Karuna Reiki® Master Teacher,
Certified Matrix Energetics Practitioner, The Yuen Method, MTI
Cheryl Kaufmann, LMT, Reiki Master Teacher, Karuna Reiki® Master Teacher,
Certified Matrix Energetics Practitioner, The Yuen Method, MTI
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