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THE MAGIC OF OUR UNSENSED ENVIRONMENT

Rip Parker
8 min readDec 18, 2023

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ENGAGING THE GREATER REALITY

We swim in and are made of an environment much like a great ocean. We are generally unaware of our real environment, and our real composition. As fish in the ocean, we don’t know about water.

This environment is magical, composed of energies that are far beyond our current understanding. “Magical”? Webster defines “magic” as “…influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural powers”.

The term “supernatural” is not pleasing to me. I see all powers as natural, but some are not understood, being beyond our current very limited scientific knowledge.

The most basic power we know is called “life force”, which I have discussed more than once. This is the essential energy that not only brings life to the living, but “being” to all that is, yes, even rocks.

“Life force” — hold it. Exactly what is that? Does it not just influence what we call the living, from an ameba to a human?

It is the most powerful yet subtle energy in the Universe. Some call it the energy of God or Source or the Universe, chi, KI, Prana, Holy Spirit or whatever, you pick it. Mysterious to say the least. It underlies, surpasses and subsumes all other known energies.

We sense the Life Force through the realization that we are alive. Reminds of Rene’ Descartes, “I think, therefore I am” (alive). If Rene’ ever says, “I don’t think so”, he immediately disappears.

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Rip Parker
Rip Parker

Written by Rip Parker

Geophysicist, lawyer, mediator, student of Jung, phenomenology, semiotics

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