THE COSMIC CONNECTION
Hey, hi, hello! Im sure you've seen a thing or two about the current 2/2/22 - 2/22/22 portal on your social feed. And if not, a quick recap for you : energy portals are certain numerical dates with heightened bands of cosmic energy. They serve as unique opportunities to connect a little deeper to our infinite nature, our soul self, or our cosmic why.
We’ve been looking to the wisdom of the cosmos (astrology, anyone?) since…forever. Make fun of mercury retrograde all you want. But don’t dismiss what feels true to you. This fascination with the cosmos persists because it has a deep and abiding resonance for us. It’s an ancient impulse. Variations of the Latin phrase ex astris ad astra roughly meaning from the stars to the stars continues to be relevant to this very day, so what exactly is this cosmic connection?
AKASHIC MIND
When we talk about cosmic connection, it entails our connection to everything, outside the limiting parameters of our 3D reality. It’s our connectedness across time and space.
Hindu cosmology and philosophy talk about the importance of the fifth element, Akasha. (The five elements being earth, water, fire, air, and space, obvi). Space, or Akasha, is considered the most subtle of these elements. We often think of space as empty and inert, but, it’s described as the potent container where all the elements come together as creation. Think about the freeing power of the phrase holding space. Or of the Akashic records, a library of all recorded time. It’s even said that when one has an Akashic mind, they are going beyond the individual to the universal mind; they are entering universal consciousness. Akasha existed before anything else came into being and it is that which everything will return to. Not to Déjà vu you, but, Ex astris ad astra (she whispers as incantation).
Think about those moments where you feel straight up ancient. Not old. Not tired. But ancient in the way of being aware of a larger sense of things; a recognition of timelessness. This feeling is a reminder of our cosmic nature. It’s a sense of expansiveness that perceives where we came from, the larger thread of our story. It’s an insight into the vastness of our being. And we hold this knowledge at all times. Sometimes forgetting. And then suddenly remembering. Again and again. But what is the purpose of knowing? How can it help us?
TEMPORARY STATES
This knowledge, this awareness is meant to be freeing. How can it not be? As a cosmic being, it’s an awareness that we are made of stardust; an acknowledgement of being the literal essence of the Universe. It is a remembering that we are limitless in our expression. Like the universe, like Akasha, we are vast and full of the potential of all of creation.
When we look to astrology, it’s not that we are at the whim of the stars, it’s that we are a part of that divine fabric. And so, when we look to them and take guidance, it’s not as helpless creatures. It’s to honor our own part in the game. We are reminded of our power to shift our own energy.
So, when we are in the grip of our emotions, we can always step back and learn to observe from a universal perspective. We simply have to remember that as children of the cosmos, these emotions do not – they cannot – define us. They are just temporary states visiting us.
ENTER FLOW
And you know what? It’s all good. We’re energetic beings navigating the human experience – sometimes it just be like that. Let the feelings come and go. Have a chat with them, have a cup of tea, but don’t lose sight of their transient nature. The feelings are just doing what they do. Don’t be so hard on them or yourself.
This is probably a good place to give a shout-out to a time-honored practice like meditation, because it teaches you to practice observing the mind’s fluctuations. It helps keep the perspective that all the feels - whether jealousy, sadness, anger - are just reminders of your beautiful capacity to feel. Let them be chaotic AF - just witness what wants to be witnessed and breathe through it. Once you surrender to this flow of living it helps not attach to any outcome, to any temporary state of being.
From this place, you can start to develop trust in the inherent wisdom of your unique life path. You never have to force or beg. Just trust that your highest good is always in the works and be open to receive. Trust that your intuition will guide you well. Trust that you’re okay. You’re okay. You’re okay. You’re okay. And that you’ll always be okay.
All you have to do is remember who the f#*k you are: a beautiful child of the cosmos.
XX
Michelle