White Holes

Cosmologists have speculated about the essence of the black holes they think are located at the centre of every galaxy. They say a black hole forms when collapsing planets form such dense concentrations of matter that the gravitational pull created prevents even light from escaping. Such extreme forces are at the very limits of our imagination. Some theorists extend this thought further in claiming that Black Holes play a vital part in the creation of matter and that streams of energy emerge from black holes tangentially to their orbit of spin, rather like the axle of a wheel. There may be lots of complex mathematics to predict such behaviour which draws gifted thinkers together in the quest for ever deeper understanding of our universe. So be it. It is the imagery which is of value to me. In particular I ponder on the model of a ‘White Hole’ as a reverse vortex of infinite power, whose energy flows in along the axle and which then radiates tangentially outwards. For me the power is Love itself. I breathe it in through the top of my head as if in a stream of blinding light and then radiate it outward in waves / wishes of warmth and wellbeing to all creation. In its own way this force of Divine love forms a protective field within which each of us is free to express the Divine purpose of creation itself. At once I’ve collapsed the galactic scale of the black hole into a tangible concept for right living in harmony and love. Perhaps even more amazing is that I no longer have hair into which to plant flowers and I’ve never taken LSD. Recently I began to investigate Mindfulness as a means of applying the curiosity of ‘the Beginner’s Mind’ to the creation of an exquisite level of awareness of the NOW. Several of us are being expertly guided into this reality by a seasoned seeker. As the weeks have passed and we learn to sit in meditation I feel an ever stronger bond not only to my colleagues but to all creation. This seems to fit comfortably within my being as though I am in fact only an infinitesimally small and very transient part of creation and that radiating love and appreciation to others is to bathe in such love radiating eternally back to me. To walk in the hills and forests of my home-place immerses me in the perfection of the natural world. At every turn the unfolding panorama is breathtakingly beautiful and this comes freely and abundantly to me with every step. I feel truly blessed, very privileged and deeply protective. Beside such majesty I am humbled and, without the intelligence to create a tree, a bird, babbling brook or humming bee, am reduced to contributing in the only way I know how; I collect litter. I cannot improve on the perfection of nature but I certainly have a responsibility to protect it. The White Hole has been a useful idea in support of my Mindfulness journey and a component part of my developing practice of ‘Spiritual Detoxification’. I’m starting to feel its value in allowing me to release myself from the hold of formative, often painful, experiences in my life so that I can enter into new situations equipped with lightweight learning rather than being hindered by heavy baggage. Only today I mused at what a spectacle I must appear as I run around filling plastic bags with rubbish. This evening I can grin at the thought that the majority of people watching me would be bewildered but if they knew what I was thinking it might just confirm their suspicions, - Paul’s harmless, but truly bonkers 