My Interest in Einstein

I've always had a fascination with Albert Einstein and I'm not really sure why.

I still remember, reasonably clearly, a speech I wrote and delivered featuring Einstein as my subject matter.  It was when I was in grade 7 or 8.  And when I say "reasonably clearly", I don't remember the speech, but I do remember doing the research and being attracted to the simple act of learning about the man.  It had an impact on me, although I can't really clarify in what way.

To this day, I still research Einstein - mostly by looking up various quotes that are attributed to him.  They are some of my favourites.  Of course, since my research is mostly done on the web, I can never be 100% certain that everything I find is accurate but most of what I find seems to be substantiated with other things I know or have learned from other sources.

Recently I have had an interest in researching a theory that incorporates some of my thinking about how the non-physical part of our lives might work.  It suggests that our experiences are all a form of energy patterns that are attracted to us by the vibrational resonance we are offering to the world at a specific moment in time.   My task for today was to google the phrase "einstein on everything is energy".

As you might imagine, I got tons of stuff - some really out there - but mostly, it was interesting.  I even ran across a video on the subject by Deepak Chropra.  But what I would like to offer up for your interest and entertainment is a 15 page story/article I ran across.

Just a brief disclaimer... I haven't validated the source or its content.  I just found the story-like presentation easy to read and a large part of the information and concepts found within the article overlap with some of my own theories.  As always, I encourage you to continually test your beliefs and open yourself up to new, and potentially different, possibilities.

I suppose, if the intial theory presented at the start of my blog is true, I could say that I came across this story, not because it voices any truths (or untruths for that matter), but because my vibrational resonance is in alignment with that of the article.  Give that a bit of thought.   

What's in a Leap of Faith?

For me, something as simple as music can invoke a leap of faith.

Do you know the little tune This Little Light of Mine?  I love that song.  Sometimes I just hear it in my head over and over again.  It goes ... "This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine.  This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine.  Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine."  If you don't know this song check out Odetta at the 2008 Music Has Power Awards.

I love it for two reasons.

First, when I sing it for myself, I always seem to start resonating with happiness.  A smile creeps across my face and my body bounces to the melody.  I get a feeling of being expanded in some way - hard to describe.

Secondly, I love to play with the tune and make it my own little dittie.  I play with the melody - changing parts, changing lyrics.  And as I get carried away singing it to myself, I find that that I sometimes actually lose myself within the notes.

So why is that?  How does a simple little song invoke a mental and physiological change?

I admit that I don't know all the "how's" and "why's".  I do know, however, that music, as a therapy, is greatly respected in the field of medicine and has been utilized as such for many years now.  Just take a look at what Oliver Sacks at the 2006 Music Has Power Awards had to say about music therapy at Beth Abraham Health Services.

I've noticed that we just seem to accept certain things because of how we personally respond to them.  For me, I know that music is a powerful healing force.  I don't have to look at the research.  No one has to tell me that it works.  I just know that it does.  It's my leap of faith.  I can feel it and so it is true for me.

I think that there are many things that happen to us during our daily lives that can invoke a "leap of faith" on our part.  It may come to you as a feeling, or perhaps as an inner voice - that gut reaction people talk about experiencing.  If we trust it - we take that leap of faith.

When have you taken a leap of faith?