Mindfulness and Your Electromagnetic World
by Shane Hilton
Buddha really nailed it when he said “It Is What It Is”.
Never truer. Right on. A piercing observation that has become a contemporary cultural expression. It is what it is. Things are as they are. This implies acceptance, without judgement, of the inherent is-ness of things; being mindful, moment by moment, of the world we live in, our thoughts, our feelings, our bodies, our environment. Living your life as if it really mattered. A good place to start when you want to change things…
Mindfulness as part of our lifetime toolkit can be practiced every moment of every day, whether in a meditation, the yoga studio, while commuting to work, negotiating a business deal or waiting to pick your kid up from school. As with anything done consciously over a period of time (like driving a car) it eventually becomes second nature and the benefits reaped reinforce the practice.
Though the concept of Mindfulness is usually attributed to the teachings of Buddha, it also has roots in the Gnostic traditions, Essene culture, Martial Art societies, Native American and African shamanic world views, Taoism, and the ayurvedic principles. Members of these groups lived close to nature and saw themselves symbiotically connected to the natural world.
The ancient traditions of Ayurveda included reverence for the hymn of the Earth. The song the Earth sang, viewed from our modern understanding, was a pulse which resonated with the rest of creation. We now know that pulse to be 7.83 Hertz, or cycles per second. That is the electromagnetic frequency of the Earth as a whole. It is known as the Schumann Resonance, named after the scientist who discovered it. Interestingly, it is also the frequency of what is called the Alpha Wave, the frequency of our brain while at rest or in a creative reverie. The ancient practitioners of Ayurveda knew that we are all frequencies in the cosmic field and treated imbalances based on this understanding. One well known example of this was the admonition to ‘walk barefoot on the early morning dew’. This was prescribed for those with various imbalances, whether physical, emotional, or psychological. The act of direct contact with the Earth, through the conductivity of mineralized water (dew) grounded one harmoniously to the pulse of the planet, which at that time was in a far cleaner, less altered state than it is now. Early morning, as your brain and physiology were rested from sleep and harmonized with 7.83 Hertz. This Ayurvedic practice demonstrates an understanding of electricity and electromagnetic principles which are as true now as they were then.
When electricity was introduced in the late nineteenth century, and as more cities were electrified, direct correlation with so called ‘modern diseases’ can be shown to exist. Diseases which were attributed to modern city life though rare in the rural areas began to appear when electrification was brought to the small towns and villages. Not to imply that electricity is a bad thing. While invisible and scentless, it is the stuff of the universe. We can be mindful of what we can perceive through our five senses, though there is a vast spectrum beyond those senses which exists and which can affect us without our awareness.
In the Electromagnetic Spectrum, a very, very narrow band of frequencies known as Visible Light is what we can see with our eyes. Thoughts and emotion exist outside of visible light but are as real as these words you are reading. The rest of the spectrum is invisible but very worthy of mindfulness. Especially in the Electromagnetic World we live in now, which includes human made fields never seen in nature which can brutalize our biological makeup, and our inherent frequency as beings.
In the Electromagnetic Spectrum, a very, very narrow band of frequencies known as Visible Light is what we can see with our eyes. Thoughts and emotion exist outside of visible light but are as real as these words you are reading. The rest of the spectrum is invisible but very worthy of mindfulness. Especially in the Electromagnetic World we live in now, which includes human made fields never seen in nature which can brutalize our biological makeup, and our inherent frequency as beings.
A good example of this is nuclear radiation.
In the Dec-Jan 2014 issue of LA Yoga Dr Gabriel Cousens’ article Remedies For Radiation states the Fukushima nuclear power plant damage to be “the largest ecological disaster of the last 6000 years”. While the earthquake and consequent tsunami were epic tragedies themselves, the true disaster is the nuclear meltdown and melt-through and release of high frequency radiation into the ocean and atmosphere. This is a disaster where we can only see the visible effects with our sight and will see much more in time though the true cause is invisible.
Lesser known but of equal importance is the radiation we expose ourselves to everyday from cell phones, smart meters, WiFi and other wireless devices, as well as the simple wiring in our buildings. The low level magnetic fields from incorrect wiring (and some wiring and grounding practices accepted as correct), fluorescent lighting and some modern appliances has been linked to an explosion in Type 2 Diabetes, childhood Leukemia, Autism, ADD and ADHD.
It is more difficult to practice mindfulness with deficit attention.
Moreover, many electromagnetic fields and Radio Frequency Radiation impinge on us at a cellular level, bypass the safeguard of the blood-brain barrier and affect our physical and mental ability to be present. As with nuclear radiation, the effects are cumulative. We have all felt ‘wired’ at some times in our lives and while there are many contributors such as poor food, drugs, mental and emotional upset and environmental pollutants which the wellness movement has embraced as issues, there yet remains the electromagnetic factor.
The path of mindfulness is not so much a focus on things as it is an undistracted awareness in the moment of what is. We live these days on a superhighway of distraction, generated in many ways by the technology we use everyday. The journey we have ahead of us will introduce us to dangers closer to what we are as humans: Frequencies in the Field.
It is what it is; these are interesting times. Mindfulness has never been more apt than with the world we live in now. We would be wise to practice a mindful and prudent approach to our everyday life and interactions, to what we can see as well as what we can sense.
And take some time to walk barefoot on the early morning dew.
Shane Hilton
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