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A Part of the WholeBY: Mark
The above is a quote from Albert Einstein, and the Internet tells me that it is sourced from a private letter that Einstein wrote to a distraught father in Feburary of 1950. The quote came across my desk today as this morning’s daily affirmation of zen, and it struck me as being relevant to the post from yesterday where I mentioned the impact the Universe has on our beings. The Universe is my shorthand for the Ineffable, the Unknownable, GOD, whatever name you wish to call that thing that is greater than our individual being. Einstein encapsulates the definition nicely in his first sentence: “A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe’ . . .” I suffer from a lack of being able to breathe, in a metaphorical sense. I’m pretty good about the physical act of breathing. It is the more spiritual and conscious act that escapes me, all too often. Today was one of those days where I neglected to pause, take a deep breath, and remember that I am part of a whole. If I were a cog, I would have locked and frozen much of the machinery that was dependent upon me. Later, I had to drop the car off for service and I went wandering up the block. At the corner past the car dealership there is a Buddhist temple. The building was decrepit and looked as if the Buddhists may no longer be using the site, though I am sure the spirit of Buddhism still resides in those walls. If it had been open, I may have gone in and sat for a little while, quieting my spirit. When you get frozen, it can be difficult to un-stick yourself. To reintegrate yourself with the whole, as it were. One must re-establish connection with what Jung referred to as the lumen naturae.
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