The most simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
The most simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
PAULO COELHO
Some people see a leaf, others see a miraculous symmetry of interconnecting veins, delicately interwoven within an organic fabric of cells.
Some people see a bug, while others put that longhorn beatle under an electron microscope and reveal the intense, intricately constructed face that most will never have witnessed.
In the small amount of space surrounding you at this moment, are countless visual wonders, each resplendent in their construct, functionality and design.
As you look ever more closely, you are using one of the most amazing of them all. Your eyes. For in your eyes, the entire reality of the world you occupy is taken in, sent to your magnificent brain and processed, countless times per second. The eye contains over two million working parts and is considered the second most complex organ in the body— the most complex is the brain. When light hits the retina (a light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye), special cells called photoreceptors turn the light into electrical signals. These electrical signals travel from the retina through the optic nerve to the brain. Then the brain turns the signals into the images you see.
Sometimes the world is so overwhelming, we skip past countless miracles that are manifest before our very eyes, and instead, we can see very little in the process. We gloss over everything of magnificence and concentrate entirely on the mundane.
Perhaps a smarter solution would be to allow a percentage of every day to reflect on some of the most extraordinary details in our world. If you are searching for your starting point, try googling “golden mean” or “golden ratio.” There’s a mathematical ratio commonly found in nature—the ratio of 1 to 1.618—that has many names. Most often we call it the Golden Section, Golden Ratio, or Golden Mean, but it’s also occasionally referred to as the Golden Number, Divine Proportion, Golden Proportion, Fibonacci Number, and Phi. As you dig, you will see that this is the proportion of our bodies, and it is exhibited in succulent plants, flowers, nautilus shells, and countless other places. Why is everything conforming to this exact mathematical ratio? Are we living in a simulation?
There is true wisdom in being cognizant of the outstanding world surrounding us. Take a few moments every day, wake up out of your daily regimen and find the deep secrets that are staring you in the face, awaiting your joyous discovery!
Happy Tuesday!
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