Interior view from the International Space Station's Cupola module.
Image Credit: NASA
It is abundantly clear to me that as much as the Divine is imprinted in nature, from the farthest galaxy to the tiniest most imperceptible particle of matter, it is equally present in our very lives. It seems to so many of us that the Divine imprint, which scientists and theologians alike are realizing is evident everywhere - from our DNA to the way the Milky Way spirals outward and the million other ways it presents itself, are all based on an original single symbol of sacred geometry. When I see it, whenever and where ever I see it, I just stand back in awe. I see it often now, but earlier it showed up in a simple conversation.
Today, a friend and I were talking about a brainstorm we had about an awesome virtual multi-discipline project we wanted to launch. As our excitement grew, I immediately went "big picture," realizing the global significance of the idea and its ability to be a huge service to many people.
As I reached for a weekend for one of our many meetings to explore our idea further with a group of other people who share our enthusiasm and vision, my friend said, "I'm game for this, but only as long as it's not in the morning that Saturday because I would have to ask for time off of work." I was still flying around the big picture, thinking of the awesomeness of the idea and nowhere near Earth, which meant pretty far away from times and what kinds of repercussions might impinge on the idea.
I laughed and said, "Oh, I'm still on the space station," but realized another dimension of the picture that was emerging before me. I assured my friend no meeting would ever be on a Saturday morning. I was a night owl and that afternoons were my morning, especially on the weekend. Even after our conversation, I continued to reflect on her quick trip to practical measures while I was still lingering on the idea. I thought how smart she was to be so practical, yet I still wanted to fly with the ideas. It felt good, like really flying.
As I thought more about her comment, I realized how wonderful that there are two kinds of people - those who focus on the details and those who are drawn into the big picture.
If you're going into surgery, you hope to God, your surgeon can see the details. But, when you're talking to your doctor about symptoms, you hope he or she can see the big picture. We need both - the night owls and the morning doves, those who actually work on a Saturday morning and those who dream late into the night, even watching stars, wondering what Orion's belt looks like from Giza.
The whole point of all this is, together we are a reflection of the divine.
The ancient Hebrews, and it most likely stems so much further back even beyond an ancestral civilization that left hints of its existence in pyramids and stone sculptures now deep under water, offer the world its sign for itself which is the sign of the Divine - the Star of David, the tetrahedron, which looks like two pyramids overlapped in opposite.
It reflects the two natures of the Divine, the feminine and masculine, held in equilibrium - the horizontal of the feminine empowering all creation, and the verticle of the masculine overseeing, protecting and controlling all creation. Both, held in balance, in equilibrium, allows life to flourish. If either one is out of balance, suppressing the power or magnetisim of the other, creation is out of balance.
If we remove the gender qualities, but see the unique positions of each, we see how an idea can grow wings and enter our hemisphere, set down and grow roots.
We need the big picture. We need to interpret it, and while we're still viewing it, receiving it, and interpreting it; we need to implement it, figure out the details to make it happen, to bring it into creation.
We need both. One won't do it. Both will. I think the world may be polarized these days, both sides are struggling and pulling away from center. When I look at our presidential candidates, I wonder if that's what's happening. How easy it is for us to take sides, or bail out, and not vote. But what a gift when we can see the value in consensus by bringing both into that balance. As we reach for consensus through the integration of our unique differences - to see the big picture or put the pieces together - we will find that the Divine is in the details as much as in the big picture.
I am so grateful for people like my friend, because without them, pictures of space would not be observable down here on earth.
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