A Simple Secret for a Better Life

Learn from starlings

Starlings and swallows are spiritual teachers. Their message is:

Swallows nest in our eaves every year. In the summer months we watch them swoop and glide between the back door and the willow trees, catching food on the wing. They move so fast and close to each other that we expect multiple collisions. But that never happens.

Their amazing ability to move with such speed and precision reminds me of the murmuration of starlings. The term murmuration refers to the incredibly intricate patterns they form as hundreds or thousands of them flock and fly in unison.

It’s a mesmerising sight, filmed many times and shared on social media.

Scientific investigation has revealed that the birds safely perform these seemingly miraculous patterns by paying attention to the actions of seven other birds nearest themselves. Thus, although the flock may number in the thousands, they’re all consciously connected to the whole by being consciously connected to those nearest them.

As Azriel ReShel wrote in the Uplift article The Emergence of Connected Consciousness:

Starlings, whether they know it or not, are showing us the power of attention.

They’re able to go with the flow of the flock by paying attention.

If you’re buying a house, the secret is Location, Location, Location.

But what should you pay attention to?

It’s easy to slip into the habit of paying attention to things you can probably do nothing about, like a revolution taking place on the other side of the globe. You hear about it on the morning news. You get upset, develop strong opinions about the…

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