Phenomena

        If you were sent back in time and you lit a match, it would be considered a phenomenal event. You would be considered magical and perhaps a little uncomfortable for some to be around. There would be those who would immediately begin to ask questions, to learn where to seek the knowledge to make one like it, and there would be those who would think there was something evil in the making of it. And, so it is today. Anything that doesn't seem 'normal' is often labeled as suspect and oftentimes threatening. If you were able to go back and forth in time, you would see that phenomenon in the ancient past would seem miraculous today and things of today that we take for granted such as flying, would seem miraculous in the past. It depends on how far back in time you would be able to go. Throughout history, at any time, there have been events and people who appear to be outside the norm. They have sometimes been burned at the stake by ignorant people and in some ways, though we don't have the stake in modern times, there is still the same intent.

        If we look at the progress in civilizations at the same time we marvel at past civilizations and wonder how they accomplished certain things, it would seem that people would be more open to new ideas and new skills. It is always good to look at something new carefully and with anything new to come to conclusions after careful thought, but there is too much fear at those things that all cannot do. We can look at a prodigy in the musical world or a mental giant in the world of science or other fields and admire and respect their unusual talents, yet if we look at some skills of the mind, we are quick to make fun of them or totally dismiss the subject. We can look at a carpenter or an architect or a painter and see the 'magic' of their work. We can look at those who teach and leaders who guide with the magic of their words and their actions, but we still cannot accept mental abilities that some exhibit.

        The mind is limitless. When you daydream, you know you are far away, either thinking thoughts, or drifting in dreams, or just 'floating', yet we often do not take that skill and see that it can be used to communicate and to heal. Our minds are the captains of our conscious ship, our daily lives, and yet they can travel to far and distant places. Perhaps your mind is so full of facts and things to do and details of living that there just isn't room for anything else. If you choose to do so, you can calm your mind and clear it of some of the clutter that exists there each day. This is such a simple step to try, but if you begin in doing your 'cleaning' of the mind, you will find that your mind will expand and reach outward and inward in a way not possible before your clearing. You may not feel that is something you could handle for it is unexplored territory, but in doing so, you would find many benefits to you and others. What you see now in the world will seem primitive at some time. Primitive in the sense of a first step, a primary step. The future holds many surprises and many advances.