And I will bow down

Feb 17, 2025

I’ve always had an affinity for birds. There is something so pure and honest about them. They’re just out there doing their thing. I have a deep respect for that.

In some circles, birds represent alignment; they are expressions of acting from a place of pureness and truth. Sure, there are some jerk birds out there, but they are trying to survive cold, heat, predators, loss of territory due to human encroachment, etc etc. Also, sparrows are kind of dumb but they’re still god’s children.

My mom loved birds too. Maybe I picked it up from her, but now my appreciation is really mine. When I feel down, watching a junko hop around the yard or hearing a wren belt its tiny lungs out puts me in a better mood.

I’ve been watching a lot of birds lately.

I’ve also been thinking about the idea of coherence a lot. I define it as living from a place where thoughts, emotions, and physical actions are in alignment. Aligned action is a powerful force for good. However, alignment is hard. To feel good in mind, body, and spirit is challenging. And I don’t have to look very far right now to see the consequences of action not taken from a place of true alignment.

In fact, I have been having a hard time. My nervous system feels like it’s under siege. Every day that goes by I wonder if I’m actually closer to actually being under siege?

It feels weird to write those words because I know they sound ridiculous. But I’m not sure they are quite so ridiculous as I’d like them to be.

Each morning I get up, brush my teeth, drink water, and sit down to meditate. Every day I take deep breaths and find my way into alignment, coherence. I connect to the greater good from which all things come, and give thanks for its existence and my ability to connect to it. Every day I do this.

I believe with all my heart there is a place from which our collective consciousness operates out of goodness and love. I will continue to look for it every day.

Whatever I decide to do next in life, or however I choose to become involved in preserving my own future, I will try to act from that place of alignment. Again and again, I’ll come back to it.

It’s the only way forward.

But if, in the short term (in the context of the endless expansion of the universe), our inherent goodness as humans fails, if our roles as stewards of this earth crumble, if our dormant understanding that love is the answer falls deeper into the realms of dreams, I’m prepared to capitulate. After humans ruin everything, after most of us have killed each other off or are dead thanks to climate disaster, disease, war, etc. if I’m still around, I’ll be ready to bow down before our Bird Overlords.

The sparrows will outsmart us all.