Electricity
June 9th, 2010 → 3:56 pm @ Tom
This invisible power now permeates and brightens our modern world. Many connections can be made to the inner life, including the discovery by Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla that made it all possible.
In the late 1880′s Thomas Edison held the patent on DC – Direct Current. Relying on brute force, it was an unreliable and inefficient means of conveying electricity from the dynamo to the end user. To Edison’s great chagrin, Tesla discovered AC – Alternating Current. Tesla first demonstrated AC’s vastly superior power at a bid competition held at Niagara Falls. Now electricity could be conveyed almost effortlessly over great distances.
Just as the false self goes on a propaganda campaign when one first taps into spiritual AC, so did Edison launch lie after lie to discredit the new discovery. (See wiki article) Yet the Truth with its poise and charm wins out in the end.
We practice inner life AC when we rotate between different pools of energy. The wise student never tries to force anything (as Edison did with Direct Current). He or she employs the light touch to change centers when a given direction of activity or inquiry has served its purpose for now. This also includes a given author or teacher. Upon following this natural inclination, notice when you revisit the author the new connections you make.
By Tom Russell
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