Amplification of Wonder

Total Eclipse of the Sun - April 8, 2024

Photo credit: Aaron Springston 

The recent total eclipse of the sun was an event which piqued the interest of millions of people. The weeks leading up to the happening were fraught with many speculations and predictions, and I hope at least half of those had to do with the pure beauty of light emanating from this spectacle. There was something other-worldly about the glow we witnessed being reflected from everything under this particular sun. My two sons and I traveled a couple of hours from home to witness it in its totality. What a joy to see this dying of the light and its subsequent rebirth! We had no expectations for how we would feel, what we would see, or the aftermath of something so powerful. And it was a perfect day … 

“The incarnation of Truth, that amplification of wonder and glory which angels could only whisper and which God illustrated by light and harmony, is consonant with ever-present Love.”

Mary baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 501:10-13

“Today we will attempt to understand joy is our function here. If you are sad, your part is unfulfilled, and all the world is thus deprived of joy, along with you. God asks you to be happy, so the world can see how much He loves His Son, and wills no sorrow rises to abate his joy; no fear besets him to disturb his peace. You are God’s messenger today. You bring His happiness to all you look upon; His peace to everyone who looks on you and sees His message in your happy face.”

A Course in Miracles W-100.6:1-5