Resonance.
It
happens when 2 people fall in love anywhere in the
world. Of all the 7 billion people in
the world, those 2 people fell in love with each other and not with anyone
else.
It
happens when you read a book, and part (or all) of the
author’s message strikes a deep chord in you.
In my review of Anita Saran’s On Becoming Vegetarian, I highlight one such passage from a Lewis Carroll book called Sylvie and Bruno. The passage and its remarkable effect
on me were the result of resonance.
It
happens when someone says something to you and you go, “so
true”.
It
happens when you hear or read something and it galvanizes
you into action. As William Butler Yeats said, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting
of a fire.” Indeed, if ever
you read or hear something that gives you a powerful emotional charge, this is
resonance at work.
We are
all
resonant people.
We
were made to relate to each other’s ideas and words and
experiences.
It is
essential to our physical and emotional well being.
Sometimes
our channels to other human beings are blocked,
because of illness, or busyness, or preoccupation with the wrong things.
But as
soon as these channels become unblocked, we are able to relate to
other human beings again.
We become
ready to receive the gifts of wisdom from the words, ideas and
experiences of other human beings.
Past
and present.
Do you
have a “resonant state of mind”?
Do you
have an open state of mind? Open to resonating to other people’s
ideas? Being open to resonating to other people’s ideas is different from being
sympathetic to other people’s situations, or being empathetic to other people’s
feelings. We can be sympathetic and empathetic, and yet completely closed when
it comes to ideas.
Do you
have a trusting state of mind? Do you actively seek insights
and ways of thinking about your problems and issues from other sources? As
Einstein said, “No problem can be solved from the same level of
consciousness that created it”
Do you
have a learning state of mind? Are you currently learning
something new? Do you plan to continue learning in every decade of your life? Seeking
to study new fields or to revisit your current ideas, beliefs, habits of
thought and way of living? Do you believe there is a set point and it is
reached in one’s 20’s or 30’s? “This is
it.”
Do you
have a humble state of mind? A mind that recognizes no
idea is truly new; every idea is just a new point on a continuum. Are you like
Issac Newton who said, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the
shoulders of giants”?
Were
you able to say “yes” to most
of these questions?
Congratulations on
having a resonant state of mind.
Not really?
Don’t worry.
The
channels to the ideas, thoughts and experiences of
other human beings may be momentarily blocked, because of illness or busyness
or trouble or preoccupation with the wrong things.
Once
you fix the state of mind associated with that, you will be able to resonate.
And enjoy the physical and emotional well being it brings you
Cheers
to that.
Thanks
for reading and have a great day…..M…..a Pearl Seeker like you.
1 comment:
Good one, Minoo!!!Really makes you think, and very readable, as always!
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