1 Ocean, 2 Waves

My apologies.

It's 3 months since I've written you.

That's the longest I've ever gone without sending out something new in the 5 1/2 years since I began writing The Wealthy Soul Newsletter.

Indeed, something major has happened that caused me not to write since early June.

I needed time to absorb this life event.

To feel the emotions, and just to "be" with what happened.

To basically "live it," until I could view it with some distance . . . with some clarity. . . and then share it, as I'm finally ready now to begin doing.

Though this circumstance finally culminated in mid-June with the passing of a precious loved one, in truth, it has been ongoing since 1994 - the year that my father passed away.

(This was portrayed in my book, "The 9 Insights of the Wealthy Soul.")

One major challenge and life journey ended with my father's departure . . . and another, even more difficult one, immediately began.

I never disclosed anything about this more recent 13-year challenge in previous Wealthy Soul Newsletters for reasons that will become apparent to you in the next few weeks.

Nevertheless, the great depth of emotion I was undergoing - and more importantly, the great Gifts and Lessons I was being taught -were breathed into the soul of every word you received from me.

And because the last years of this great challenge occurred while I was in Florida living next to a real ocean - The Atlantic -

and because the ocean itself became my closest friend - and greatest teacher - in coping with what was happening to a dearest loved one . . . I will begin by talking about this Ocean.

About a real-life phenomenon in it.

A phenomenon that opened me up to a profound revelation that gave great meaning to my challenge.

A phenomenon that can have as extraordinary of an effect on your life, as its had on mine.

          BUT -

You first have to "notice" this phenomenon in order to comprehend its extraordinary underlying meaning.

You've probably seen it at the beach many times without realizing it.

You've seen it when looking upon the waves.

But it's easy to miss, because at first glance it appears so ordinary.

Do you have any idea what I'm talking about?

In truth, I will be surprised if you do.

In fact, I believe only 1 or 2 of the 100,000+ Wealthy Soul subscribers reading this newsletter guesses it correctly.

Will it be you, my friend?

          CLUE 1: 

The title of this newsletter contains the answer:

1 Ocean, 2 Waves.

That's all the clues you need to figure it out.

Let's see what you come up with.

About this phenomenon that contains such profound meaning.

The one that's right in front of your eyes when you observe the ocean . . . most clearly during summer months when the sea is calmer.

What - is - the - phenomenon - I'm - talking about - here?

Share your response in the comment box below.

God bless,
Michael

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          The only thing I enjoy as much as
          contemplating this beautiful ocean
          phenomenon itself is the profound
          answer I know you have inside of
          you, my friend . . . even if
          it's not the exact one I'm thinking
          of.

          Illuminate your spirit, mine, and
          that of thousands of other Wealthy
          Souls with your lovely words in the
          comment box below about the
          transformative meaning of 1 Ocean,
          2 Waves at:

Comments

[Yvette Murray]

While the water on the surface going one direction, there is always water going the other direction, the undertoe. The water is moving front to back and side to side all at the same time.

[Bob]

constant

[Melanie]

May it be akin to our very own breath......the coming and going of life...........?
Our lives are always giving, and taking........a balance of nature.
You are blessed to feel the energy of the earth, it is our life giving force and so a part of all our lives...and yet most fail to see it, in all it's gifting glory.........thanks for sharing.....it is now half the burden for you....M

[Elizabeth]

At the same time the waves are going out, taking away what we had, they are also coming in, bringing new things and new experiences. Though the ocean may seem forever the same, it's in a constant state of change, as are our lives and the lives of those around us--sometimes peaceful and calm, sometimes turbulent, but never at a standstill.

[zé]

Hi, you could be speaking about the quanta waves, it´s an ocean, a "one", but sudenly, waves. that´s all in the conciousness, i think, no diference betwen conciousness and "the ocean". the whole "us" mind, thinks waves, and waves they came. wave and particle, they exist in the same universe.

[Kim]

1+1=3

[Susan]

I believe it would be the ebb and flow of life. The life wave deposits us on the shore, we live, we love; then, the life wave recedes, sending us back to our source.

[Virian]

There are two energies which are represented by the waves, these together create the force of the ocean. Without the circulation of the waves the force of the ocean would not exist. The movement of the waves recreates, recycles and renews the water creating a sound of peace and harmony like music to the ears....well, better.

[Maryanne]

I have my own experience regarding the sea, which probably isn't the same one you are thinking of, Michael.

A few months ago, while attending to my Mom during the last phase of her life, I had a dream that is one of those that I will always remember. I entered into a large building - a hotel or conference center, to hear a lecture by my sister. All of the interior was white. I noticed some beautiful decorations on the walls that were sparkling lights, like I had never seen before. When I turned to look at this phenomena more closely, I was awakened by my Mom who needed help. I reflected over that dream many times, and regretted not being able to investigate the beautiful lights more closely.

A few weeks after my Mom passed, I was walking to work along the fjord outside of Oslo, Norway. It was my birthday, so I decided to take a few extra moments to look out over the water on a sunny day. What I saw was exactly the same lights I had seen in my dream! It was the sunlight reflecting on the water in the fjord, broken up by small waves or ripples on the surface of the water and creating the sparkling effect I had seen in my dream. How many times have I seen such sparkling lights on the surfact of the water during my 60-year life, without reflecting on it or remembering it? I experienced that moment as a great gift that I will always remember - and a lesson to stop and notice the beauty around me. Every day.

Best regards from Maryanne

[Pamela J Schaefer]

Our life ebbs and flows. It is ever changing. New 'waves' surge with heightened awareness, deeper understanding to enrich and rejuvinate the 'ebbs.' Both are life.

[Laura]

I'm thinking the ebb and flow of life. We have the power to go with the natural rhythms of life; we're born, we live, we die and that's unstoppable as is the ocean and its waves. The more you try to stop or resist the waves in the ocean, the more turbulent your life will become. Acceptance of "being" is key and can get you through periods when you are most challenged.

[Carolyn]

Hello Michael, good to see you back! I'm imagining that you may be thinking how the ocean is so vast and so variable and each wave is an individual and yet part of the whole ocean, different, yet made of the same stuff, just like we are individual expressions of the same life 'stuff' or universal energy and how we get an opportunity to express ourselves individually, then return to where we came from and become one once again. Hugs, Carolyn xxx

[Pat Kammer]

I think of the Ocean as being God.. 'GOD Ocean' is without boundaries and depthless. The waves are US moving up and down in life lessons, sometimes raging, out of control and sometimes peaceful and serene... We are a part of God, always have been and always will be. We are pure light, vibrating energy, We are 'ONE.' Therefore there is no death, energy never dies...it just transfers into a different level of Beingness.
This life we live is an illusion of time and space. In reality we are safe in the bosom of GOD OCEAN. We are at peace. Only when we feel separated from our Source do we fear anything, we forget we are Love and light.
Pat K

[Mary]

Maryanne....thank you for sharing that beautiful experience. It truly touched my soul.

[Andy McLoughlin]

I would have to guess that the Ocean is life and the 2 Waves are the Good & Bad things that happen in life. They are there but only for a little while and they pass like the waves breaking on the beach but there will always be more to follow and you just have to deal with them as they come and go.

[Gayl A. Liebman]

You are talking about the movement of the tides and the impact they have on everything on earth.

[sandra brown]

THE TWO WAVES ARE HELLO AND GOODBYE. OUR LIVES ARE THE SAME WE ARE BORN TO LIFE AND FROM THAT POINT WE ARE PREPARING TO LEAVE LIFE, THIS WILL BE REPEATED AND HAS BEEN REPEATED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

[Denise Matthews]

One ocean two waves means to me that the ocean is the storm of life and the waves are you and the Lord. He's reassuring us that though the ocean is big he's always there with us in the mist of the storm. Theres never a time that we should feel all by ourselves.

[Colt Rutledge]

It is the breathing in and the breathing out of a beautiful, living, breathing Being born by Mother Earth which loves and sustains us and which at times cries and at other times throws up
always protecting her own family within her body.

[Robert Newman]

For me the ocean reminds me of the great depth of stillness that lies beneath the surface turmoil of life.
The Waves are like our everyday thoughts and actions and while your surfing them you're not thinking of and tend to forget the stillness that lies beneath their turmoil. When the breaking waves tire you out, dive deep into the stillness for a break yourself.

[Gerard]

Hi Michael! I can understand your absence as you have just passed through a phase that I did three years ago. I felt the same need to recoil, rethink and resail. That phase changes the dynamism of life for the ones left behind. It's odd you said the waves are calm at summertime. After living in the Caribbean for sometime, the waves can also be rather rough during the hurricane season, which occurs in summer and runs through fall. Life itself is the Ocean bringing us from "No Where" to "Now Here" and taking us back to "No Where"...it's just a matter of rearranging the letters. We are, as humans, parentheses in infinity, and what we do when we are here makes us who we are. The Ocean of life brings us in and then takes us back...from here to there. One Ocean, two waves...and those left behind when we go, remember us by whatever impact we made when we were here...during our parentheses in infinity. God bless you, my brother.

[Els]

The two waves (plus all the other waves) are The One Ocean. All is One.

[Elverta W]

I think that just as the one ocean has waves coming in and going out. We each have people that come into our lives and then leave in some way. The beauty of this is that they make an imprint on our hearts and minds just as the waves make an imprint on the Ocean and sand.

[veronica]

the waves of the sea are full of emotions, when i was fortunate at a time in my life to sit and watch the vastness, the power, the gentle waves and at a certain time of the day the stillness of the sea. it would seem like it has a cycle, but also a spiritual side that helps you wash away your worries and fears.it was a place of comfort a place to shed a tear. but i would always come back refreshed and calm.

[Tony Samuels]

1 Ocean: Atlantic, the one which you were viewing. Yet metaphorically this ocean can also be the vessel of our being which also contains two waves.

Where the ocean is concerned, the 1st wave is the natural waves of the Earth's oceans which we can see on the surface and the 2nd wave is the currents beneath the surface (tides, undertow, rip currents, etc) which although just as important to the oceans existence, they cannot be seen with our eyes.

If we view ourselves as an ocean the 2 waves I believe are the waves of emotion we all experience. As with the physcal ocean, waves of emotion contain similar properties to the oceans physical waves. These two properties are also the ones we and others can see (external emotion) yet there is a second property which is just as important yet it lies beneath the surface (internal emotion).

The internal emotions are the ones which define who we are and yet very few other people get to see them. The emotions within us that bubble to the surface, are the ones others can see and become the emotions that others use to define us. This is without having the perception or understanding of our internal emotional flows.
Interestingly similar to the viewing of waves on the ocean's surface.

Both waves types are just as important to the whole entity, yet we base our whole perception and subjectivity only on the waves we can see and then define the whole ocean based on this fact. This can be evidenced in people, when someone does something so extreme that no one can uderstand why something occurred. Can you remember statements like, "It is so unlike them! I can't understand why they did that."

We have all experienced the fact that someone does something so counter to what everyone believed them to be that we realise we really did not understand them at all. We based everything we believed on their externalized emotions and not the underlying emotions which were the cause.

Both waves are just as important to the whole, whether it is the oceans, or the waves of emotion within ourselves. Hmm, 2 waves - the waves of the ocean and the waves of emotion. By understanding each type of wave (surface/under water or internal/external) we can get a better understanding of not only the ocean but of ourselves.
:-)

[Irene Felner]

Welcome back Michael. I had wondered why there was nothing from you for so long. I too adore the ocean and have a place here in Australia that I try to go to as often as is possible. It is Phillip Island, and when there I go for a minimum two hour walk along the beach every day. When I reach the end of my walk, I sit and watch the ocean before heading back. The ocean to me is like life - the ebb and flow. The waves are like our lives - the ups and downs that we go through, with the ocean itself, the "life flow", the constant, always there no matter what. Wonderful to hear from you again, and always know, you are not alone. Irene - Melbourne, Australia.

[Steve Yagyagan]

For me, the ocean represents our life, our soul. The two waves represents the movement of our life going in one direction and then in another. Like a wave, our life takes a journey (long or short). When the wave ends (at the shore, at a cliff or wherever there is land), it spings into another direction, regenerating new life -- a new wave, creating a new journey. Essentially, our soul continues this journey over and over again. We never really die. Our soul simply takes on new forms -- different body, same soul, new journey in the vast ocean of life.

[Lucy Turfkruyer]

like the ocean, we are one and the waves represent the trials and tribulations, the ebb and flow of life, always remaining whole and connected but running in and out with the tide, all of which marches to divine order same as us
ocean also represents our feelings and they will feel awash like high tide at times and then slowly trickle away to low tide and then we repeat the cycle again with the next lot of stuff that washes up the beach our way, all of which is sent from Allah subhana wa talla, God, Universal energy, divine order or any other of the myriad of names we give for Divine Source.

[Nora Aintabi]

The one ocean is the combined consciousness of the universe, we are all one!
The 2 waves is:
1.- our conscious physical existence, which is limited!
2.- our unconscious connectivity to the source, which is unlimited!

[Jim Fisher]

Life is like an ocean and the waves. Waves begin in the deep where they cannot be seen. Sometimes they are huge but most of time they are small, unseen by most people but felt by us. The pain and joys of life are like that. As life crashes around us like waves on a beach they always return to the ocean to begin once again. To qoute Billy Joel, life begins in streams and ends in the oceans, and in between we travel on the river of dreams.

[Toni-Ann]

I think that when you go to the ocean, the tide comes in and goes back out, symbolizing that God puts people into your lives, yet one day he must take them back. It's just a part of life that we must deal with, and we must remember that one day we will meet again.

This couldn't have come at a better time. My father-in-law passed away 3 weeks ago today. My husband and his 4 brothers are not handling this well. He was and always be a wonderful man in our hearts. We are filled with good memories. Yet, we all feel the whole that once was filled with a loving man.

Sincerely,
Toni-Ann Basile
Glen Cove, NY 11542

[Judy Klein]

The Tide. It comes in and goes out. Like life it gives and takes away.

[john colston]

water, and the force of it

[Splash]

As I sit on the beach here in South Florida under my umbrella stuck in the sand I watch the waves. They come in and go out. In and out, in and out.

I see a jellyfish bobbing in the waves, seemingly unmoved by the in and out, riding on top, however...

If I watch the jellyfish long enough I notice that there is another wave carrying it from South to North and before long it is out of sight as it travels on that larger unseen wave carrying it to places far away.

And so it is with our lives. We can focus on the in and out, the little waves that go back and forth, our daily mundane routines, or we can jump into the water and let that larger wave carry us to far away destinations.

Most of us will however become uncomfortable when we get carried too far away and eventually get out of the ocean and walk back to our little umbrella anchored in the sand and the safe little sameness of our ordinary lives.

Some of us will do it again and again to test the waters and be carried away a short distance and then we repeat the activity all over again never getting very far from our safe sameness.

It is not until we are ready to completely let go of the anchored umbrella in the sand and allow the flow to carry us to our true destiny will we be free to reach our potential greatness.

[Hadwiga]

Hi Michael,

I think the waves represent what's happening in our life, too: the ups and downs, coming and going. This all is expressed in the Principle/Law of Polarity (there is good and bad, black and white, up and down, etc.) and the closely related Principle/Law of Rhythm, the pendulum that swings from minus to plus, a pendulum movement like the tides. Everything in the universe is subject to a constant change, a constant rhythm. Nothing is ever lost, what's dying is transforming and re-born.
Dear Michael, I know exactly what you are going through - I experienced the same at the beginning of this year, I lost the person most dear to my heart, and it took me a very long time to "recover". I wish you all the best from my heart,

Hadwiga from Germany

[Sharon Iezzi (a.k.a.]

Michael:

My heart goes out to you like the water on the seashore rushes out to meet the next incoming wave.

As you know, a dear loved one of mine has congestive heart failure and is slipping away before my eyes. It is so hard to watch and even harder to deal with emotionally.

This ongoing, relentless, seemingly unending experience (for almost 10 years now) drains me and sometimes even embitters me, yet the priceless gifts and teachings I've received (and continue to receive) from this person make it all worthwhile and more.

I am a wealthy soul indeed!

Thanks for sharing and reminding us all of the preciousness of life.

Sending you waves of love ... we're all in this ocean of life together. Bless you!

[Melinda]

The one ocean is our true life,
the 2 waves:
waves come and go， repeat forever,just like our life,every body come then go,no one is special

[Cerry Letrich]

One Ocean two waves. My guess may be a bit different. There is the wave that refreshes you and can cleanse you as it washes across your feet on the shore line or carries the surfer on the best ride of his life and then there is the wave that can overcome you and leave you fighting for your life and indeed may even claim your life. Hello and Goodbye. One ocean two "waves".

[s.muraleedhar]

wave - ocean . r they different

[Dr. Jeffrey Bassman]

One ocean is the offspring, the two waves are one's parents. The ocean ebbs and flows, just as one's life undergoes change- change for the better, and change for the worse...but lessons can be learned from both. The main constant is the ocean, but the driving force of the ocean is are the waves...PARENTS...one may believe, at one moment in time, that parents may not be not be looking out for our own good. We recognize and aknowledge the gifts and material things that they provide, but it takes a while for the lessons from the not so good to sink in. Well, it does, whether the act (the wave) is a large life changing event, or a small ripple in the water- a splash can change things, too, but the effect is not as noticeable at the moment. Appreciate the ebb and flow, learn from it and pass it on to others. That's what parents are for!!!!

[Terri Pugh]

I am not sure what you experienced at the ocan but for me all seem to be an illusion of the eyes but I know they are some "force" or energy stream. If you let your eyes just relax and "play" with the blank sky above the waves everyone I have done this with "sees" an ocean above the waves. I see it as all encompassing and loving and surrounding every single human soul (and all the life forces on earth)in the same way the water and its waves surround every fish and life force in the sea.
When I see it I swear I feel the positive love and "hug" sort of feeling from Divine forces. The swirling tiny dots become something and they are not unlike waves. I personally believe this is why we all feel recharged after a trip to the beach. Of course I could be wrong about all of that or perhaps it is not what you are looking for but like anyone it gives me great comfort and joy....

[Art Ramsay]

1 ocean, 2 waves relates for me that there is one ocean of life and that the two waves we experience are 'birth' and 'death' that are repeated over and over in the cycle of life.

[amomandmore]

I believe the ocean would represent life itself while the two waves, the two facets of life (usually counterbalancing each other): peace and disturbance/ups and downs/joys and sorrows/good and bad/birth and death/beginnings and endings -- the phenomenon life renewals, transformations and rebirths, the process of maturing.

[Carol]

It is the waves coming into shore and the waves retreating back into the ocean. The ebb and flow of the tide, as the ebb and flow of life.

[Myrna Zoetrum]

I'am sorry for all you have been passing in. first I'am not so good in English, I understand it well but you know. Oke I will pray for you and yours. and I don't understand what you talking about the "phenomenon" Praise God we are a small Rock Island.Praise God, it never pass here. I saw it only on tv.
Now about me, I'am e simple woman/mother and gr.mother. widow with 4 children and 9 Gr.children and one great grand child. I spend my days helping others in my Parish with prayers and evangelizacion. I'am off, Pensioner, driving my car to go everywhere. I'am 72 years old, but I'am still strong if you see me you can't say that I'am 72 but, 50 and I am feeling me young to. Praise God. we have to be grateful for the natural of our lives, my hair is snowwhite. thanks God. I love my Internet and my email's. When I'm home you find me with my Comp. checking my email's. I am happy, I feel happy, I'am living happy (poor) with my lord no problems because I, me, Myrna can't do nothing only my God can do everything. I love Him, I thank Him for everything (Idon't have money) but I'am Rich in His name. So this is me, simple surving my Lord. Amen. God bless you and yours. Myrna

[Christine]

Waves ripple from an effect on the ocean, caused by the wind, the swell, the shape of the ocean floor, the shore line, the bow wave of a ship or a whale or even an earthquake. Sometimes the amplitude of the waves is small and they are gentle and predictable, at other times the waves are gigantic and powerful and the ocean seems chaotic. Similarly our lives create a ripple effect on others and on the earth and the universe. That ripple can have an impact a great distance from the source point and can interact with other waves. We are like a body surfer or board rider immersed in the ocean of life. Sometimes we can float peacefully in the gentle swell and other times we have to act to protect ourselves from being buffeted or overwhelmed. We can be refreshed or exhilarated by the ocean's waves or we can become embroiled with them in a life and death struggle to survive. The ocean is a rich source of inspiration and healing with abundant latent energy. We endeavour to understand the ocean's cycles and are grateful for the return of calmer times after a tempest.

[Verna Kaiser]

The intuitive message that came to me was: the One Ocean is God. We are one in God. The 2 waves represent how we as individuals can be representative of the waves. Waves are interconnected and so are our lives. As you were feeling the love of this friend and also knowing you are releasing this friend, you could see how both of you are one and one with God. Like waves we are always connected whether in this life or whether one has made the transition to another life. That love never changes. It is always there for us. From the 2 waves we begin to see how that love can reach out to other waves or other people. It is never ending--love always is and always will be. To know love that deep allows us to be more giving and sharing of this special love we (you) now have experienced.

[Hugh]

One ocean is the whole;

The 2 waves may represent the 2 aspects of life, (visible wave & tide or undertow) or the two waves may represent the merging of the individual into the whole, for when you observe the waves as they move in the ocean, each individual wave affects the wave nearest or next to it and then merges with it before returning to the whole.

[Narse]

It is a mirror of ourselves, what we see at the time in the ocean is a reflection back you

[Meredith]

I thought I was a wave, separate and alone, in danger of breaking on the waves; then I discovered I am the ocean, the eternal, undying ocean of Now. Lovely sharings, everybody. Welcome back Michael. I feel restored in connecting with you all today. Thank you.