Epiphany
David told us that he once spoke with a Hindu doctor who said he could make no claims to the metaphysical origins of an event like this. But he could tell David that this type of thing usually occurs in young, recently married women. In India, it is common practice for newlyweds to move into the husband’s parent’s home. The women are to do the bidding of the household and, as you can imagine, they have very little autonomy to make their choices or have their voices be heard. Psychologically, this can cause a break.
But it is odd, don’t you think? That this phenomenon is common enough for others to know of it? This same type of event recurring again and again. It makes you wonder if there is something else going on here. Something science and our rational brains don’t quite understand yet. A firm reminder that curiosity and humility are integral parts of the foundation of science and, yet, sometimes we forget that in our judgments and our need to be right.
There are so many more stories I could tell you of devotion, of spirituality, of growth. How grace found us in a myriad of ways. In temples, in ashrams, on top of mountains where blind men climbed the endless steps to give homage to their gods. Grace found us in a five-day vow of silence where I felt completely satiated with my own company, something that I never dreamed could be possible.
I came home after three weeks in India. Arriving back at the airport in Denver, I heard the first rumblings of a virus that would lock us in our homes, isolating us from so many people and things that we love.
But I now held my own secret. A new way to view the world that connected me to the infinite. When I arrived home and finally fell asleep cuddled next to my love, I dreamed of a sea of color and all I felt was an insurmountable joy.
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