My son talks about developing super powers. His imagination has been influenced by what he has seen in myths like “X Men”. I like to think that he simply has a craving for abilities that he already has but hasn’t yet uncovered. I am thrilled that he is willing to explore what those abilities might be.
It has been my life-long search that finally recognized the abilities I had but never used. My practice of mindfulness, aided by meditation, has helped me realize that I have power I never anticipated. I am gradually beginning to learn how to see beyond appearances, and sometimes it seems that I have entered another, alternate reality. Things are no longer what they seemed a year ago.
I am learning to see and hear with my whole body, not just my eyes and ears. A touch with my hand is no longer an isolated experience but something that resonates through my whole physical self. A hug is an experience of someone’s presence that radiates awareness through my entire body.
I know this is not a discovery of some kind of super power but a simple realization of what I can do as a human being living in the 21st century. For so much of my life I have practiced at living in a world of appearances. I have been content and become adept at it. I am just beginning to learn how to be aware of what lies beyond appearances. I walk through my garden with a new kind of vision. I enjoy it so much more.
I am learning that by not staring, I can see beyond. I am able to see with a relaxed vision that has developed only by practice. It is an ability I was born with, but only partly used. Now that I have lifted the corner of the veil, I am excited to see what is really there.