Swooshing the Universe
by Judy Gosnell on 09/11/10
SWOOSHING THE UNIVERSE
"Every action, every word has an effect on everything around us."
I once had a profound experience which so demonstrated the truth of this statement.
One summer day in Redmond I was playing with our two dogs Nikki and Sasha, one all black, one all white (a Bouvier and a Samoyed) and they started to go up our outside staircase, which had open "see through" steps and was not enclosed.
I was right behind them, facing the setting sun over the Three Sisters mountains.
The edges of their fur, especially Sasha's fluffy white tail, were glowing from the setting sun's backlighting.
I felt so happy following behind these wonderful dogs...and feeling the golden setting sun.
I was two steps below the dogs, but I took my arm and swooshed it around in front of me to fluff Sasha's (the Samoyed's) beautiful white tail, and the "air" seemed to thicken to an invisible density so great that my "swoosh" was affecting the whole world, indeed...the whole Universe. It was like swooshing my arm through water, only thicker. I was swooshing the Universe!
It was a thrilling moment, and one I will never forget.
It left me exhilarated for hours.
I have always thought this happened to me because I was so "in the present moment"
and not thinking of any of life's problems, just loving watching the dog's tails as they went up the stairs. It was a rare moment indeed.
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