About "The Illogical Pulse"

Solve for "x"

John Erickson



The best situations in life are the one's that take a different turn than is expected. Man's attempts to control life, nature, the economy, prevent war... don't often succeed unless  some oddball event massages the process  — and "somehow" things work out.

Personal attempts to build relationships, stabilize marriages or maintain careers are often futile apart from the unknown twists that influence their outcomes.

When we only study the physical world, we're inclined to conclude that there's no spiritual existence, there's no "divine" being. We cannot see it.  We know there is energy.  We've identified specific forms of it which power cellular communication and nervous activity in the body. The natural energies of our earth and the universe are observable phenomena.  But — if we can't see them  — if they haven't as yet been discovered — or if they will never be perceived by natural man —  we're inclined to insist on their non‑existence. 

Man's ego pushes us to conclude that we are the final authority in determining what makes up our existence. We'll admit there is much we don't yet know. But we'll likewise insist that the "unknowns" must have forms and qualities that are similar to what we have ascertained thus far.

And that point of view makes the ego feel a bit more secure than it would if we accepted that there are influences upon this existence that are beyond our present state of scientific analysis. It doesn't line up with what we consider to be our "logical" assessment of our physical universe.

Yet confining our knowledge to the static comprehension of what is "known" leaves us without meaning. We cannot match-up our spirit to the pointlessness of the physical world. Yes - "spirit!"

Many deny that man has a spirit.  We meditate. We indulge in fantasy. All without acknowledging that there's a spiritual side to us.  We simply call these activities "therapeutic," or "recreational." But we're driven to "play" with this whimsical side of our personalities in order to tolerate the staleness of our "real" world.

This is a "tell." This desire for fantasy is universal to man. It's regarded as a therapeutic device that frees-up our thoughts when we hit a mental block. Or to alleviate depression.  We don't give much thought as to the "why" of this need for a touch of abnormality in order for us to function well.  It's "fun," it's "recreational," it's an "offshoot of being human." But it's not "real," "solid," "serious." It's not logical.

Yet life couldn't function without it. It has a life of its own - a pulse.  If we acknowledge the substantiality of the spiritual world and its connection to us personally  — if we can "get" God (grasp the "way" in which he exists) — we can then begin to make sense of the unpredictable interventions that make the rest of this "puzzle" come together: the illogical pulse.




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