Hello Friend, Spring here in the Catskills of New York (USA), is an amazing time to be outside. I always find it strange when I think about the fact that half of the Earth’s human family, below the equator, is deep into their autumn with winter approaching. This spring, so much has happened to bear witness to. April started with a total solar eclipse here in the northern hemisphere. What a humbling experience to watch two massive and mysterious planetary bodies dance with each other in a display of the power of form, light, shadow, and darkness. The beginning of May gave us another magical event. As the sun approaches solar maximum in its 11-year cycle, the Northern Lights have become visible as brilliant blue, green, and purple sheets of energy shimmering across the sky in a radiant cascade. May also gave many of us the chance to watch the Eta Aquarids, a meteor shower that is easy to observe with the naked eye. It occurs as Earth passes through the debris trail from Halley’s comet and appears as sharp staccato light streaks racing across the sky. Here on the ground, there has also been much to observe. Daffodils, lilacs, and dandelions are blooming, while the slopes of the Catskill and Shawangunk mountains are changing from bare grey and brown to vibrant shades of green. Frigid streams are full of spring runoff and the air is alive with song from birds returning from the south. All these various natural phenomena certainly have their own scientific explanations. If you consult an astronomer, biologist, or geologist, you can hear about all the mechanics behind the happenings of this slice of the universe. Although I appreciate the facts of these events, I think there is something else to consider. When I look at my own human body with my nurse’s eyes, I see and understand the systems and components that make up my human form, but is that all there is? Each of us has a vast interiority of thoughts, emotions, energies, feelings, understandings (and misunderstandings), and perspectives. It is from the place of our interiority that we interact with all that happens around us. Would this then not be true of everything in a living Universe? When you next venture out amongst the many beings and phenomena of the more than human world, consider this. Everything that you encounter also has its own interiority from which it acts and perceives. There is an ordinary magic at work here, but it is deep as well. When you look out at the sensual display of nature from all that you are, remember that it is looking back at you the same way. From my heart to yours, Christopher T. Franza OMEC/Board of Directors  Comments are closed.
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