24 Jul

Posted at 16:22h in I Am Time, Kotodama

The etymology of the word "universe" is literally "turned into one." The universe is the Everything turned into one thing.   The Everything is the now and what is before and after the now. Sometimes, the Everything is called “God.” As many people pray to God for many specific things but ultimately happiness, the workings of the universe may reveal the peace beyond near-term happiness. God is like a shiny coin rapidly flipping and reflecting light. One side is called “heads” and the other called “tails.” The plural is used to describe each side because each time we see the same side it is different in time and space than it was before and we are not the same person from one minute to the next. The side we see is the now. The side we don’t see is what is before and after the now. As God is rapidly turning, the visible side is just reflections of light. However, the mind slows down the turning and creates detailed images from the light. The images and the stories we tell about them are illusions. The heads and tails seem a duality. However, the duality is also an illusion. All there is are two sides “turning into one," the universe in the form of a coin. Rarely noticed is the edge of the coin, the “third side.” The third side interconnects the two seemingly independent sides that are actually interdependent as one cannot exist without the other. Horizontally from edge to edge is an invisible central axis, or path, around which the coin dances in perfect harmony. The path is the “Tao." The Tao is ultimate reality,* the underlying principle or source from which all things arise and to which they return. The Tao is the natural flow and harmony of the universe. When we simply appreciate the coin fluttering like a butterfly, we are in tune with the Tao. We are not distracted by images and related stories we've created. We are in a state of peaceful harmony. Most of us are oblivious of the Tao, as our attention is on what was now, what is now and what will be now, the visible side of the coin. We see what is now in the context of what was and we hope to get lucky; that the next visible side, the next now, will bring us happiness. “Hap” means luck. It is the root of happiness. We pray to God to bring us luck. Yet, when we experience the simple beauty of the Tao, we realize eternal peace rather than temporary happiness.   *While a coin flipping in the air seems a simple process, it's actually extremely complicated to explain in terms of physics. It involves classical mechanics, rotational dynamics, angular momentum and precession, fluid dynamics, chaos theory and quantum mechanics. In perspective, the theory of relativity is considered easier to come to know than coin flip dynamics....

06 Jul

Posted at 10:18h in I Am Time, Kotodama

"I", "Is", and "Time" are the most frequently used pronoun, verb and noun. While these words are never together in a sentence as "I is time", they reveal the ultimate truth of existence. "I is" challenges the conventional "I am", suggesting an identity beyond the individual self. "I is time" implies I is not this or that static thing, emotion or concept. "I is time" is transcendental. I is a flow of events. I is infinite, continuous and eternal. Conventionally speaking, "I am the universe". The acronym "I-IT" (I Is Time) also illuminates. The "it" is the Everything: the now and all that is before and after the now. The Everything is beyond description, other than "oneness". In essence, I am the Everything continuously expressing and experiencing itself....

01 Jul

Posted at 10:18h in Kotodama

"Wow" is an instinctive sound we make when we encounter something that captivates, astonishes, or delights us. Love is our connection to what we react to by uttering "wow". The sound "wow" is made by puckering our lips like when making a kiss....