Thrive and Awaken® Tip

Our need for safety keeps us in a closed-minded state. We often become skeptical or resistant to what we don’t understand or what doesn’t fit our beliefs. This pattern is normal but very limiting.

In Survival Mode, it was important for our ancestors to know whether an object on the path was a stick or a snake. That vigilance kept them alive. Yet even now, we often live as if we are still in constant peril. We are suspect to those things we don’t fully understand.

In Thriving Mode, we have compassion for that limited thinking and choose curiosity instead of fear. For example, in the mid 1800s. Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician, suggested that physicians wash their hands with a chlorinated solution before delivering babies because there might be invisible agents from working with cadavers that caused infection and death. He was ridiculed and was eventually committed to an asylum by his colleagues, just because he remained open to mystery. Understanding bacteria is but one example of research shedding light on unseen forces of life.

Almost 100 years later, Einstein described Spacetime as a dynamic and flexible aspect of the universe. Although difficult to grasp, he revealed that space and time are interwoven and curved, challenging our everyday sense of reality. This too seemed miraculous and beyond comprehension.

As consciousness continues to expand, many other miracles are emerging. A growing perspective holds that the universe itself may be conscious, and that all matter arises

from an underlying awareness. Science shows that what appears solid is mostly space, composed of quantum fields of energy that form our molecules and organs. Wi-Fi and phone signals passed effortlessly through walls and bodies remind us that unseen forces are part of daily life.

Dr. Dean Radin of the Institute of Noetic Sciences has conducted many studies showing that we can perceive things before they happen. Researchers at the University of Virginia have documented children who accurately describe past lives. Dr. Rupert Sheldrake has repeatedly shown that people can sense when they are being stared at and some dogs know when their owners are coming home. Dr. Gary Schwartz has rigorously studied mediumship and Dr. Jeffrey Long has gathered thousands of near-death accounts showing strikingly similar experiences across cultures. The evidence increasingly points to the survival of consciousness beyond the body.

What is true? What seems clear is that the universe is an unfolding mystery. We don’t even know what our next thought will be. Reality is vast, intricate, and beyond our capacity to fully comprehend. What we can do is remain open to the wonder, beauty, and miracles of the universe. When we embrace the unknown, we open to awe itself.