It is perhaps not odd to wish to see the beyond. After all there is so much past that deserves further thought, deeper understanding. So, too, the present and speculations about the future. The beyond impinges upon us in concept, space and time, unknowable and impervious to careful scrutiny.
The beyond is not an alternative reality, and even though we cannot describe it or its exact relationship to us, it is part of the context within which we think and act. Can we learn about it, or aspects of it, that then become an active part of our conscious worlds? And if so, how? My journey will surely not be yours, neither my experience. But some ways of starting may be similar.
. A sense of incompleteness
. Unfulfilled desires
. Wishful thinking
. What-if exercises
. If-only exercises
. Story telling and fiction writing
. And, of course, exploration and travel.
But the beyond comprises only a part of what these ways might uncover. Because it has a more direct and operational connection to our experience than other things we might imagine, it can open vistas for our imaginations and thought, new dimensions of our experience, new directions to travel, and new reasons to do so.
Where do I look for the beyond? I start with the limits of any aspect of being:
. Place, time, circumstance
. Imagination, thought, skills
. One’s own history, knowledge
. Relationships…
Where do I not find it? Perhaps only in my most inward turning moments, self-absorbed in immediate experiences, pleasures, indulgences; but also not in the variety of experiences of others.
The beyond, oddly, lies very close by, tantalizingly just outside the limits of our awareness, just out of reach,
But not quite.
Aaltoe's Blog 
January 19, 2021 at 7:53 pm |
I have really been enjoying reading all the entries in your blog.
June McMains