Satellites

When I was a kid, my father and I would watch satellites and meter showers. At times he would even wake me up at two or three in the morning and set up lawn chairs in the backyard so we could watch these events occur. It’s one of the fondest memories I have with my father before my parents separated. When I think of my parents divorce and what life was like before it happened, these memories of spotting satellites and watching meteors is the first that comes to mind. There has always been a direct correlation between Science and Nature and the most significant emotional moments of my life. Nature has always reinforced my belief in God and the divine elements of love and relationship. It would have been easy for me to let anger become the predominant emotion attached to my parents divorce, and there were moments of anger to be sure, but there was something about those early mornings with my father that created a bridge between the disbandment of my family and the hope of something greater, larger, more beautiful. For perspective, satellites orbit the earth at approximately 17,500 miles per hour*, and although it may seem easy to spot one and track it, a lot happens in the short moments leading up to it. Because satellites look like just another star in the sky, you have to let your eyes adjust for a moment. You have to recognize what is there first, before you can see what is different. You wait, the stars get a little brighter and the blackness of the space around it gets a little bit deeper and darker. Only then can you spot it. A lone satellite. You catch it and follow it across the whole expanse of the sky. As much is it may seem as a simple observance, don’t you see how many elements have to be in sync for this moment to take place? It’s the life’s work of individuals who constructed and deconstructed equation after equation, and tested experiment after experiment to get the first satellite into space. It’s numbers, and theories, and equations, and testing, and failing, and different numbers and theories and equations and testing and failing. Over and over, again and again, until finally, a successful launch and separation. A satellite in orbit.

A memory of my father and me. That exploration of science, I have a memory with my father that is saturated with joy, love, and grace. Elements of divinity that are directly attached to a scientific experience. This is not far-fetching. I’m not gathering something out of nothing. I am saying that if that satellite hadn’t been in the sky, if the mathematics hadn’t lined up just right in order to get it there, then the residual effects on my life due to my parents divorce would have been very different. That memory for me is full of joy, love, and comfort. Elements of the divine. Unseen energy that has created for me a very different relationship with my father that, if not for that satellite, might not exist. These emotions are elements of God and they are what tie us together and develop our relationships with each other.
That’s Science of Spirit. The Cosmic Divine.
My challenge to you is to look at your life and see where these elements of Divine Science exist. Where is or has the Cosmic Divine shaped your life? When you discover these moments, jump down the rabbit-hole. See how far it goes. Find the connection between what is, and what can be.
Courage. Compassion. Grace. Fortitude.

