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Who Is 'The Universe'?
In today's spiritual language, which is mostly influenced by the New Age movement that started in the 1970s, we often use phrases like:
- "The universe is trying to tell me something."
- "The universe is testing me."
- "Ask the universe and it will deliver."
- "I'm putting it out there into the universe."
- "I'm trusting the universe to guide me."
For many people, receiving guidance and support is a deeply personal and intimate experience. However, the modern phrase 'the universe' can inadvertently cloak this relationship in abstraction. It can make it feel like a transaction with a cosmic vending machine or a plea to a celestial lottery.
Much can change when we embrace the suggestions of quantum physics and the teachings of ancient Eastern wisdom: that each of us lives within a personal universe – a unique, subjective reality with its own rules and structures, and its own magick. At the same time, we are all part of a greater, interconnected whole, like holographic fragments of a larger consciousness. We cannot directly perceive the entire cosmic landscape; we can only experience our own small part of it.
With this understanding, we can change the way we talk to reflect this deeper truth. Rather than addressing a distant 'universe', we recognise our active role as co-creators of our own personal reality:
- "My personal universe is trying to tell me something."
- "My personal universe is testing me."
- "Ask your personal universe and it will deliver."
- "I'm putting it out there into my personal universe."
- "I'm trusting my personal universe to guide me."
This shift in language is not just a matter of semantics; it is a magickal act that reclaims our creative authority and fosters a closer, more responsive relationship with the conscious intelligence that shapes our lives.
For me, Gaia, Mother Earth, is the consciousness with which we are truly in relationship and which directly provides for our incarnated experience.
This may feel like a challenging new approach, especially if your spiritual practice is based on a personal relationship with God or a particular saint. However, please do not reject this book simply because you hold a different perspective. I am not asking you to abandon your beliefs, but to consider expanding them. If the name 'Gaia' feels unfamiliar, you can always translate it for yourself as 'the divine presence in our world'.
I found that Gaia is more than just a passive rock on which we live. She is a living, loving and highly evolved conscious being. Her awareness is so much greater than our limited human perspective that we may rightly call her a goddess, as many shamanic and earth-honouring cultures have done throughout history, long before modern ideas diminished our awareness of her sacred presence.
One beautiful symbol of our deep connection with Gaia is the fact that the proportion of water covering her surface is remarkably similar to the proportion of water making up our physical bodies, as well as those of most other known animals and plants on our planet. This can be seen as a physical reminder that we are not separate from Mother Earth, but an integral part of her.
Gaia does far more than just host us. She lends us physical bodies crafted from her own elements, providing us with everything we need to grow: air, water, food and a world of immense beauty and challenge. This nurturing is not only physical. The energetic and spiritual fabric of our reality, our sensual perception of it, the laws of nature and the cycles of life's blossoming and transition into something beyond are all her creation. Its purpose is to educate and evolve the souls that inhabit it.
When we say 'the universe provides for our needs', we should recognise that this sensual, tangible experience of life as we know it is provided by Gaia. She is the local, conscious administrator of divine will within her domain.
The hierarchy of creation can be seen like this:
- God/Source/All That Is: the infinite, unknowable totality of consciousness from which everything emanates.
- Gaia is a magnificent individualised consciousness and a creation of the Source. She has become a creator herself. She has designed a planetary school for souls and cares for us as her children.
Therefore, when it comes to earthly matters, our primary relationship is with her. Rather than praying to an impersonal God for help with our human needs, we could turn to our Mother first. She is here. She is listening. She understands the intricacies of the human experience because she designed it. She will always care for us, providing the lessons and nourishment we need until we graduate from her school and achieve the full enlightenment and self-realisation that marks our readiness to operate as fully conscious co-creators beyond her specific curriculum.
Working magick on Earth means collaborating consciously with Gaia. Asking for her support does not diminish God; it honours the beautiful planetary system that God created. She is our first gatekeeper, our gardener, and the loving mother of this world. Let's cherish her by addressing her first.