Air

Air:

air, by definition a mixture of tasteless, odorless gases, mainly nitrogen, oxygen and argon, with water vapor playing a role in providing a slim degree of mass, and trace gases accounting for the remainder of it's composition. Our own account is more personal, it's the breath, inspired, drawn and returned in a ceaseless practice sustaining life. Air is our surrounding, pressed against us, defining our existence through the space that it provides. 

and yet it's hardly given notice.

this morning I found myself thinking of the atmosphere, that we are blessed by these gases, protected, as thy are retained by earth's gravity to provide the quality of air for breathing and serve with pressure to allow water to exist in liquid form. This was a process of evolution, the early atmosphere wasn't yet ready to support our present lives. Through many factors the atmosphere evolved to suit us, support our needs of breath, water, as well as protect us form the more harmful light of the sun. It amazes me to consider the evolution of air, coinciding with our own development, earth itself in conspiracy for life to be a certain way. Science calls this random chance, so many influences coming into play to create these perfect conditions for life to be - I prefer to think of it as evolution, again a conspiracy of earth and air together in creation, shifting through eons, an experiment that brought us into its creative fold, vital to the mix. We are part of a planetary evolution, an aspect of divine creation. 

holy...by breath and air.

by divine I don't mean otherworldly, but that right now we are in process of creation, evolving not just as individuals, or as a species, no, the entire earth is involved, every aspect, from air to mantle, soil, grass, forest, mountains and oceans, Everything's involved. It's one evolution. We can take this even further back to original creation, how the Big Bang was simply raw primordial existence in desire to know itself as more. This is the cosmology of evolution, and everything belongs, no aspect of the universe can possibly be excluded. And this too includes our own conscious understanding, that we are aware, awakening to the role we play within this evolution. There's a greater intelligence here that we are part of, integral to it, providing ourselves as an aware aspect of the whole. 

it's all evolving, everything, the universe, earth, air...

through every breath taken. 

~ 

Peace, Eric