editorial
for a life spent in flight and a wild zest for life
apus apus = legless
this is the scientific name for the common swift, which does, of course, have legs, but uses them very, very little…
the common swift is a species of bird that spends most of its life in flight. It sleeps, mates and feeds whilst in flight. Adults can go several months, from one breeding season to the next, without ever landing. (LPO)
to sleep, it flies in formation up to an altitude of 3,000 metres
its so-called ‘unilateral hemispheric’ sleep allows it to put one hemisphere of its brain to sleep whilst keeping the other alert and awake. (LPO)
in practical terms? it flaps its wings for 4 seconds and rests whilst gliding for the following 3 seconds
its territory is the air
migration takes it back to its place of origin, where it will breed
mating takes place in the air; the nest, very rudimentary, is situated in a crevice in a wall and is occupied only during the brooding and rearing of the young
Ah, how you soar,
bird,
following your heart. Who could
hope that one’s inner self
would leap forth like this
Rainer Maria Rilke
© La Hulotte
a metaphor for our human expansion
towards complete emancipation from the ‘matrix’
towards a life beyond convention—richer, more intense, more fulfilled
we are made to spread our wings and live a multidimensional reality to the full
our true nature is to live an open, free, multifaceted, connected, unified life
all dimensions of our being reconnected with one another and integrated
It is to experience human life on earth as a myriad of reflections
and just as many possible expressions of our infinity
we are made to live with vivacity, speed, spontaneity . . . in the moment
with a deep, intuitive understanding of the laws inherent in every plane of our reality
immersed with complete confidence in the continuum of being, in the universal flow
creating our lives as we live them
offering a vibrant response – whether in harmony or not (one path is as good as another) – to whatever presents itself to us
a life that is ever-renewed
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