Steady Beat

 At a routine check up, the nurse measured my pulse and as is the case when things are as they should be, she said nothing about. It got me thinking about how we came to agree on a certain pulse rate being normal and if that number had anything at all to do with the earth's pulse rate of once in 26 seconds. It turns out there is some connection but not so directly - that would be way too simplistic for nature

238 measurements from 184 individuals over a 3.5 year period “demonstrated unexpected similarities in the spectral patterns and strengths of electromagnetic fields generated by the human brain and the earth-ionospheric cavity.”

A few weeks after the check-up I was at a guided meditation practice with a group of people I had never met before. We were all there to learn how to make meditation integral to our lives. Most folks had attempted or already had some form of meditation practice in their lives, but it felt insufficient in some way. This was a first time experience for me trying to meditate with a group other than the little breathwork that is common in yoga class. Somewhere midway through the session, it felt like there was some resonant frequency in the room that that helped everyone get further along than they would have on their own. The earth's pulse rate came to mind one again and the notion of what feels harmonious and "normal" and what does not.