IF OUR ATOMS COULD TALK

Written By Duane Nelson

2 IDEAS FROM ME

  1. The average human body contains about a billion-billion-billion atoms. That’s 10 with 27 zeros! If our atoms could talk they would tell the tale of a hero’s ultrajourney. Every one of these atoms originated from exploding stars and has taken an amazing interdependent and co-arising evolutionary journey to this planet, our ancestors, and eventually our unique DNA. Those atoms and our ancestors are no strangers to the “road of trials”, growth, love, and survival. It’s inspirational to reflect with gratitude, wonder, and confidence on those ancestors and sages who left lifelines of wisdom in books and teachings that we and our billion-billion-billion atoms benefit from now.

  2. On a visit to Thomas Jefferson’s home at Montecello, Virginia, I was intrigued by thousands of years of native american history drawn on buffalo hides and the fossilized mamoth tusks in the entry way. Like the atoms in our bodies, these hides and fossils could also tell the story of a hero’s journey. If you’re curious about the history of the land you live on and the native people who cared for it over the last 4,000 years, check out a different perspective using the maps at https://native-land.ca.

2 QUOTES FROM SAGES

  1. “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.” —Howard Thurman

  2. “People say that we are seeking a meaning of life. I don’t think this is what we’re really seeking. I think what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.” —Joseph Campbell

1 QUESTION FOR YOU TO EXPLORE

  1. What makes you come alive and experience the equivalent of lightening in your veins?

Namaste,

Duane Nelson

Duane Nelson

Ultrajourney Insight is an Anacortes Washington-based non-profit organization providing mindfulness & well-being services designed to ignite the adventure of a lifetime. The founder, Duane Nelson, is a writer, speaker, and teacher with four decades of parenting, wilderness, & international technology leadership. His professional insights come from chemical engineering and automation leadership at Philips, Intel, and Amazon. His adventure insights flow from ultramarathons, mountaineering, canyoneering, and adventure racing in Nepal, Alaska, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Mexico, British Columbia and Alberta.

https://ultrajourneyinsight.org
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