Every Day is New

My great spiritual teacher Dr. Rosita Rodriguez in a rare moment of melancholy told me that "there is nothing new under the sun". Ever glib, I replied that I disagreed. No two days are the same. Each living being which is born each day is new, and has not been seen by the sun.
Even those of us who have been around longer than one day can be new under the sun.

The first time I met Rosita, I became a different person. Some people seem to be magnetic. They charge the atmosphere of any room they enter. Coming in close proximity to one such magnetic person seemed to magnetize me.

A pioneer in the study of the nature of consciousness, Rosita is the founder of Arche International, an organization which teaches spiritual philosophy.
I think Rosita found my willingness to engage and debate her refreshing. Of course she probably found my endless questioning a bit tiresome sometimes.

Every atom that exists now has been around for eons, so Rosita was right. And human nature has not really evolved as much as we might suppose. All our human foibles seem to be repeated endlessly, from one generation to the next.

But I was also right. Even the atoms in our own bodies come and go so that we are never the same from moment to moment. The Universe is expanding. It is dynamic. It is both chaotic and orderly. It is both matter and thought.

Our bodies and minds are a vehicle for our consciousness. Our bodies are adapted to life on this planet. While our consciousness isn't constrained by the force of gravity, our bodies are. A body worn down over time by the force of gravity has a more difficult time as a vehicle for consciousness.

Gravity isn't the only force that acts upon us. The food we eat, beverage we imbibe, and habits we repeat, influence our physical and mental health.

Our sense of time allows us to tie together the constant change into a linear narrative. This helps us order our lives. The same is true for our other senses as well. Our vision is only sensitive to a range of colors, just as our hearing can only discern specific frequencies. Our sense of smell likewise only samples a small range of molecular possibilities.

We create patterns and models out of the data we perceive with our senses. But is any of it real? It is real enough. Our perceptions shape our reality as much as our reality shapes our perceptions.

In the physical manifest form, humans all experience gravity. Regardless of faulty senses, gravity exits. We also all experience our own mind. That experience can be dramatically different, and for each of us equally real.

The physical manifest is a reflection of the spiritual. The powerful magnetism I experienced in Rosita's presence was palpable to me, and quite possibly imperceptible to others. My own senses and thought patterns we already primed to experience her presence. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

If you're discouraged because everyday seems the same, you have the tools to change how you perceive reality. Make your own spiritual life your priority, and the rest will follow. The atoms that constitute your body were once part of the sun that blazes in the sky.

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