Beyond the known

In a larger sense I think of them as the Mysteries. These are the things that happen for which the everyday rules of life do not apply. The strong sense of a departed loved one being near at hand, the I-was-just-going-to-call-you phone call, the unexpected sense of serenity or surrender in an otherwise ordinary moment, the wordless wonder at seeing some unimaginably beautiful thing (or person). It's as if for a moment we are transported out of our ordinary lives and senses, we gain some bit of divine perspective (for lack of better, truer words). I've never understood why these things happen from time to time and I know I am not the only one who experiences them. I know you have to, in your own way.

I thought of this when I worked on this image of the Dreamers Door. To me it has that otherworldly appearance that represents the Mysteries of this life. I like to think that sometimes the door opens for us and we can step through to some other level of understanding and experience. In our dreams I think the door is always open and we travel through as a matter of course. But in our waking state it seems random and inadvertent because we are often taught not to believe in or trust this in ourselves. And yet, we have our moments, small moments though they may be of experiencing Truth.

I am coming to believe we live in both these worlds simultaneously. Except that, they are really just one world but we are not "at home" enough yet with the idea that there is more to life than what we see, hear, taste, touch and smell. We only have our own Mystery moments and our dreams as proof and there is no scientific way to quantify or qualify these. In the end, for me, I just have to accept that I cannot "know" everything, allowing me to experience some small part of this incredible unknown.

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