The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. ~ Albert Einstein
mysterious: (adjective) .. Difficult or impossible to understand, explain or identify.
The mysterious... most of us are drawn to it... we enjoy the emotion of it... simply because it is breath-taking... we are curious as to how it all happens and find it exhilarating ... we relish in the colors of the sky at sundown... we stand in awe of the full moon every month... we look at the stars on clear nights... we are amazed at the colors of autumn leaves... we stand at the ocean's edge and watch the waves break and crash against one another... we say "wow" as we watch lightening during a storm... we are still when we see images of tornadoes whirling around... we sit in the grass and marvel at the bugs crawling around... we stand and let the gusts of wind envelop us... we look up to the sun to fill us with warmth... and in getting our fill of the wonders of nature and the beauties of the world we live in, we wonder about the Creator of it all... all of this and so much more...
.... or at least we should wonder and stand rapt in awe.... the mysterious is what keeps us alive... it makes our hearts beat so wildly without even thought of what is happening and the tears seem to form and fall in such an instant that we feel our cheeks wet and then wonder why?.... well, why not? ... this is not a strange emotion... this is the LOVE that lives in our hearts... and it is a glorious gift to have because in being able to see the mysteries of the world with open eyes, our souls are continuously replenished with over-flowing love... of course, I can go into a long discourse of using all of your senses, but I will leave that to you to ponder...
One of my favorite movies is "City of Angels" ... there is so much love in that love story... not just the kind of romantic love that we all want, but the love the angels express in their "awe" moments of the mysterious... every morning at sunrise and every evening at sundown, they gather by the ocean... and they stand there and "listen" to the mysterious... it's a breath-taking scene in the movie... and I cry every time I see it... so many angels gathered together... and now the random thought comes... I am suddenly at the space shuttle launching with my boys... same type of thing.. 100's of people gathered on the beach at 6:00 am, waiting to see a wonder created by man... and after the launch, everyone kind of stayed and watched the sunrise... the sky was a swirl of pinks, oranges, blues, violets... truly amazing... I must have cried for about an hour... not that kind of wailing crying or with the whole body like a baby does.. but the kind of crying that you are almost unaware of... the cleansing and soothing kind....
Anyway... in the movie, Seth asks Maggie why people cry and she answers that the tear ducts lubricate the eyes naturally, but when you have an emotion, they over react and create tears... Seth's interpretation of it is this.... "The emotion becomes so intense your body just can't contain it. Your mind and your feelings become too powerful, and your body weeps.." Isn't that fantastic? ... I love it...
So this is my heartfelt wish to you all today.... may you always be able to stand in awe of the mysterious and may the emotion cause your body to weep with love... and then, may you be thankful for that love... because it is through all the deeper mysteries of "your" faith in God, Allah, Buddha, Brahma, Waheguru... that you are loved beyond measure ...
You are all cherished blessings to the world...
May your day be filled with the beautiful mysteries of life,
With love and with prayer hands, I bow slightly before you and say... Namaste....
I am thankful for the mysterious that allows me to love you all daily...
XO
Elena
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