Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

...Once there lived a village of creatures along the bottom of a great crystal river. The current of the river swept silently over them all--young and old, rich and poor, good and evil, the current going its own way, knowing only its own crystal self.

Each creature in its own manner clung tightly to the twigs and rocks of the river bottom, for clinging was their way of life, and resisting the current what each had learned from birth. But one creature said at last, "I am tired of clinging. Though I cannot see it with my eyes, I trust that the current knows where it is going. I shall let go, and let it take me where it will. Clinging, I shall die of boredom."

The other creatures laughed and said, "Fool! Let go, and that current you worship will throw you tumbled and smashed across the rocks and you will die quicker than boredom!" But the one heeded them not, and taking a breath did let go, and at once was tumbled and smashed by the current across the rocks.

Yet in time, as the creature refused to cling again, the current lifted him free from the bottom, and he was bruised and hurt no more. And the creatures downstream, to whom he was a stranger, cried, "See a miracle! A creature like ourselves, yet he flies! See the Messiah, come to save us all!" .....

This is an excerpt from a favorite book of mine called Illuisions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, by Richard Bach. This was a short parable contained in the prologue. I thought it to be a profound element throughout the whole book. Its a must read.

It's All A Miracle

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Amazing Facts Of The Human Brain!

• Your brain generates 25 watts of power while you're awake---enough to illuminate a lighbulb.
• Every time you learn something new, your brain makes new connections and you can continue to make new connections throughout your entire life.
• One brain cell connects to up to 25 000 others.
• How much does human brain think? 70,000 is the number of thoughts that it is estimated the human brain produces on an average day.

• After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.

5 more reasons to sit back and be in awe...

The Different Seed

And so it criticized each flower,
This supercilious seed;
Until it woke one summer hour,
And found itself a weed.

- Mildred Howells, The Different Seed

Ever felt this way?

Going Whichever The Way The Wind Blows

Going whichever way the wind blows,
you were caught in your world,
I was lost in mine.

Going whichever way the wind blows,
staring through the windshield,
seeing the other side.
let it go, it will get easier,
let it go, just enjoy the ride.

Going whichever way the wind blows,
Spacing on the road map,
useless dots and lines.

Going whichever way the wind blows,
tearing out the pages,
just to watch them fly,
let it go, it will get easier,
let it go, just enjoy the ride.

let it go, it will get easier,
let it go, just enjoy the ride.

Going whichever way the wind blows,
Going whichever way the wind blows,
stare into the rear view, leave it all behind.


This is a song by Peter Droge. I really think the song captures the idea of life and how it should be lived. ....just enjoy the ride....

Amazing Facts Of The Human Body!

• 50,000 of the cells in your body will die and be replaced with :new cells, all while you have been reading this sentence!
  
• Every person has a unique tongue print.
• The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself. (That is incredible.....c'mon!)
  
• Our bodies are recreating themselves constantly - we ,make a skeleton every 3 months, new skin every month. We are capable of reversing the Aging Process!!
  
• In one hour, your heart works hard enough to produce the equivalent energy to raise almost 1 ton of weight 1 yard off the ground.(Thats what I'm talkin' about.....a being...with energy)
  

5 more reasons to sit back and be in awe...

Alan Watts on Faith

Alan Watts wrote a beautiful quote on the subject of Faith. If you have never read any of Alan Watt's books, I strongly recommend... "The Book - On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are." This book hits home.....very quick.


"Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

-Alan Watts