This afternoon, I was reading a book in the doctor’s office when I was suddenly overcome with a sharp increase in awareness.
It caught me off guard, but I immediately noticed a dramatic sharpening in the colors around me. The room became brighter and more detailed. It was like the world was being Photoshopped. I glanced at my hands and instantly noticed the thousands of tiny creases and folds in my skin, and the contrasts in colors and shadows. The entire world glowed and glistened with beauty.
What a miracle this world is, I remember thinking. For those few seconds, I was truly present. I had a glimpse.
It happened again when I was driving home, and soon-after I recalled a Thich Nhat Hanh quote that I heard (and modified for a tweet) earlier this morning:
The Kingdom of God is available in the here and the now. The issue is that we are not available the Kingdom of God.
Isn’t it so wonderful to know that each of us can step into this world of infinite beauty at any moment – simply by becoming aware of it? It’s here, all around you. It’s waiting to be discovered.
This is a magnificent universe; I am so grateful to be a part of it.
November 23, 2009 at 8:06 pm
i hope this means you’re ok!
November 23, 2009 at 8:44 pm
So does this mean your going to be ok? The day we lose Davey Wavey is a sad day for all. =(
November 23, 2009 at 8:49 pm
What an amazing world this will be when we each see that same infinite beauty in ourselves and everyone else.
Peace, Love, and Truth,
Todd in VA
November 23, 2009 at 8:51 pm
r u okay davey . u better be pls
November 23, 2009 at 9:03 pm
seems like you’ve been tripping on acid (jk jk jk). i do hope you are okay though.
November 23, 2009 at 9:52 pm
What is up Mr Wavey? Get better xx
Beauty is in everything natural and everything human – even the flawed. Most of us are too busy to notice however.
Take care x
November 23, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Your awareness is refreshing. TNH is my very favorite teacher. Have (nearly) all his books. You are going to be fine, Davey, and the colonoscopy will give you peace of mind. It did for me. Love you my friend.
November 23, 2009 at 11:03 pm
You never cease to amaze me, Davey. I can honestly say that you changed my life. And for the better, to boot! =)
But really. I agree with almost everything you say and do. I hope to be as loving, happy, and optimistic as you one day. Thank you.
-Alex
P.S.- I almost forgot… I LOVE YOU! haha =)
November 24, 2009 at 12:43 am
Pretty much nice post
but I have to disagree on a smaller points of this theme, because I think that the Universe is not so totally shiny and happy etc. I hope you’re going to be alright 
all best,
M.
November 24, 2009 at 2:02 am
YES!
November 24, 2009 at 4:01 am
i hope u a ok!!!
u a so so so cute and when i read and see u itmakes me laugh
November 24, 2009 at 4:35 am
Peace and Love!
You have helped me so much with your latest blogs! I’ve been chasing a illness for a year and no one can figure it out. Next time I go to the Dr. I’m going to look at it from your perspective and find out what’s right with me!
You are truly an inspiration!
-Grahame
November 24, 2009 at 7:44 am
Davey Wavey…You finally seeing tiny creases and folds in your skin are called wrinkles..so you are growing OLD like the rest of us..which is not a bad thing..c*m back to Jerszzy and I will take care/love you like I always did…Love “your” David
November 24, 2009 at 8:51 am
I am praying for a good and informative visit with your physician who will reassure you that everything is going to be ok.
With love,
Tom
November 24, 2009 at 9:19 am
You can take a gander at this and tell me what you think dave!
Purpose Of Life
Dullanni Ezekiel Waterman
10/2/05
3:10 pm
Some of us live lives where we constantly are taking from others, leeching off the very essence of the good that flows from the hearts of those who give freely to those around them, while some live their lives in constant need; the need to have….the need to give…the need to feel needed…Some of our lives are mere extensions of other peoples dreams and aspirations, be it our will or not.
Many of us struggle and clamor about to find what our purpose is in life. Many try to define themselves in ways that best suit their current understanding of what purpose is…Be it to give freely to all those that come into our lives, Or to be the takers of the world, be it to be those that swindle and steal…the fact is, our purpose, or our so called reason for being is purely a reflection of our current mental state and is directly related to how we have been molded by our upbringing and environment.
Our purpose is what we make it to be. We choose our own reason for being, we define our own existence. Our actions, life experience and views of what we call life, all play into our own man made equation of purpose….each event adding its own variable in the formula that is set to give us the answer to what we constantly strive for. Ironically, no two answers will be the same due to the fact that no two people share the same mindset, beliefs or upbringing. We all have our own idea and interpretation of what our purpose should be. So remember, that each day we live, each breath we take is giving yield to the answer we seek….
Which is to live, just live. This is the purpose of our existence…to live our lives, experience what it has to give and go onto the next pane of existence when our time on this place is over.
November 24, 2009 at 9:20 am
Wonderful!! The infinite beauty is waiting to be discovered!!
November 24, 2009 at 9:38 am
Dude, I get colors like that too about an hour after I do shrooms ! It’s cool, huh ?
November 24, 2009 at 9:53 am
God is separate from nothing, and nothing is separate from God.
There is nothing that God needs, because God is everything there is.
This is the good news. Everything else is an illusion.
-Neale Walsch
November 24, 2009 at 10:31 am
Nice.
November 24, 2009 at 10:21 am
Hi Davey,
A wonderful MPC (moment of perfect clarity.) Everything is instructive.
Stay healthy!
John
November 24, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I watch everywhere, all around but I don’t see the merest keep!
November 24, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I’ll look for those moments!
November 24, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I’ve had moments like that, but mostly mine come from just sitting outside. Once I had an amazing experience.
My class had been called outside to play a game of tag football and in order to get the ball (after it’d been dropped or passed off to a teacher) you had to answer a question, but if you’d gotten tagged or the question wrong you had to stop playing until the next question.
I had been tagged (I’m not a fast runner), and I was just sitting still, thinking and looking at nothing when two birds flew around me. The birds got extremly close too, one of the students on my team even stopped and stared as the birds flew three times around me extremly close and then arched off into the air. I’d been close enough that I could touch them if I had wanted. After that the day just seemed so much brighter.
Another time was when I was driving. It was early of the morning and I was on my way to school, I glance in my side view mirror as I climbed a hill and saw the rising sun over the top of the trees. The glaring orange and firece red in the sky just made my heart swell, its just little things like that, that can make life seem so much better.
November 24, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Great quote! (And GREAT photograph of you.)
Cheers!
November 24, 2009 at 5:55 pm
What a beautiful experience, and what a beautiful person you are, Davey. You have, and are, giving sooo much to your legion of admirers. Thank you – with love.
November 25, 2009 at 9:36 am
“August Rush” and “Across the Universe” so come to mind with this article.
November 25, 2009 at 4:21 pm
mhm. it’s called marijuana.
November 26, 2009 at 1:23 am
Are you autistic or have Asperger’s? cos that’s what the world looks like to me all the time … i know the difference cos when im on medication the world dulls colours become less vibrant and detail is lost all my senses become heightened when im not medicated my doc calls it sensory overload or hypersensitive senses its totally normal
However, it can be troublesome
Especially when there is a full moon, it is like someone shining a spotlight into your room
November 26, 2009 at 5:50 pm
The Light and sound of God, Yes you are moving
on up, To the East side. Self Realization.
rickyt
November 27, 2009 at 11:31 am
sometimes this happens to me-on and off meds-thats not good.and i know better.oh-looks like handstands-that will get the blood rushing to the brain.in a hurry.
November 29, 2009 at 2:13 pm
I use to have these moments of clarity every so often, but none of them was as clear as the one you described. These are the moments, when you really see what it means to say: This world is beautiful!
December 3, 2009 at 12:49 am
I have been through the experience u described. Acid is a beautiful drug!