Pink Floyd is on my radio right now. For years I never understood what "Wish You Were Here" was about. After watching a behind the scenes DVD I know now that it's about Syd Barrett and his regression into insanity. One night many years ago I was driving home from my parent's place and as the song played through my car stereo I began thinking of my best friend...a guy I hadn't seen in forever. We had grown apart. In that moment it hit me what that extraordinary song was about. I yearned for that friend to be with me...I missed him. The song is just about a good friend...all of us have a Syd that we miss dearly. Great tune.
I was driving through an interchange tonight on the highway and couldn't help but ask myself a few questions as I flew under the mass of concrete ramps. How the hell did we figure out highways and junctions? How did we conceive of cars with tires, engines, seat belts and anti-lock breaks? How did we teach ourselves the mathematical and molecular laws that were needed to create this stuff? I guess you could go back as far as you want and ask how our brains were cable of developing any technology. Spears? Shoes? Oh here's one...Fire!The sense of awe and wonder in my life lately has been incredible. I'm not use to a drive down the road being inspiring...maybe it was just the psychotic trance of Jeff Beck's guitar blaring through my headphones...or maybe I'm really changing. Until recently my world consisted of a few spots I visited frequently. A Starbucks, a gas station, McDonald's, the grocery store (all within 1.5 miles from my house), a church I attended a weekly 12 step meeting at and the hospital I work at. Very little variety.
But here lately I have the feeling that there is a great amount of "inspiration" or "intelligence" among us all the time. There is very much to be curious about! Much to be discovered. The little coincidences that pop up are startling. I love the show LOST. One of the shows main characters is a pseudo leader of sorts the writers craftily named "Richard Alpert"...the former name of spiritual guru Ram Dass...who I had never heard of until a few months ago but now strangely appears in all sorts of conversation with friends and random coffee shop acquaintances. Was this connection there all the time? Have I always been surrounded by seekers? Perhaps I just "woke up" to it all. Perhaps technology has been at our fingertips all along. Could it be that an infinite intelligence is just waiting for us to come out an play? Maybe we already "know" the answers! The axioms are merely waiting to be learned. They are natural in a way. This goes for technology and spiritual seeking.
The true teacher awaits us in our heart...and for so long I've been searching with my damn brain!
Love/Love/Love
mellow
