By Bill Isaacs

Human beings live in the world of time and space. Being on the planet, we can’t avoid it. But if we reflect on this, we can also come to see that we don’t only live in that range, but have access to something more, to a level of experience that transcends the demands and immediacy of the world. We may, if we choose, come into the presence of the eternal flow of life here and now. This is a puzzle, a paradox, because somehow both are true at once. Part of what it means to live in the world of time and space is to pay attention to the cycles that operate within the range of our immediate responsibilities. There are of course many ongoing cycles at many levels, impacting our immediate lives, our society, the physical planet, the solar system, and beyond. There are also cycles operating at more subtle, invisible levels: pulsations and tides of memory, for instance, that flow through individual and shared awareness.