Article April 14, 2014 Issue

In the movement of Mind

Larry Wolfe

I recently took a motorcycle safety class, at the completion of which I earned my motorcycle license. One of the first points made was how riding a motorcycle is inherently dangerous. I learned how widely this claim is accepted when well-meaning individuals, on learning of my new interest, cautioned me to be careful.

My wife has occasionally reminded me to pray before going out on a ride—not out of fear for any danger “out there,” but out of love for God and His unending protection of all creation. Sometimes she shares a passage from the Bible with me. A favorite is Psalms 121:8: “The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”

At first glance it would appear that my “going out” and “coming in” occur on a motorcycle. A more inspired view of travel, however, is helping to broaden and deepen my thinking about movement. Although we seem to be navigating our way each day through a physical realm, all real and inspired movement is produced, known, and regulated by God, infinite Mind. Everything in God’s creation is designed to be tributary to Spirit, so we can see movement as taking place perpetually and harmoniously within Mind’s allness.