The Kiss of the Oleander — Quantum Flirts in Dreamtime
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The Kiss of the Oleander — Quantum Flirts in Dreamtime
This morning, the world felt newly washed. Rain lingered on the balcony, and a flowering branch of oleander stretched toward me as if to say hello. Barefoot, singing bowl in hand, I stepped into the cool drizzle. As I rang the bowl, a single blossom brushed my lips—a fragrant kiss from nature herself. In that instant, I wondered: Did I lean toward her, or did she lean toward me?
Later, I discovered it was Papaji’s birthday—Mooji Baba’s teacher—and the quote that found me read: “Do not doubt. Remember, I am the Self.” The synchronicity made me smile. Because that morning moment felt like the world whispering the same thing back: Remember.
Later still, my eyes fell on a random passage in Arnold Mindell’s Quantum Mind: The Edge Between Physics and Psychology. The section was titled “Flirts in Dreamtime.”
Mindell, a physicist-turned Jungian analyst and founder of Process-Oriented Psychology, speaks of two realities: CR (Consensus Reality)—our shared, measurable world—and NCR (Non-Consensus Reality)—the dreamlike layer beneath it, where intuition, sensation, and subtle communication live. He calls those soft invitations from the unseen world quantum flirts: tiny, sentient signals that seem to say, “Hey, have a look.”
He quotes Aboriginal elder David Mowaljarlai, who said that every tree has Wayrull, a living power that reaches out to touch our awareness. “The Wayrull lets that tree talk to us,” he said. “It tells us its story. Out of the Wayrull we get understanding.”
Maybe the oleander’s Wayrull touched me this morning. Maybe the world itself was reaching through fragrance and rain to remind me that there is no real separation between the observer and the observed. In the dreamtime of NCR, attention and invitation arise together—like a quantum handshake between self and world.
Papaji’s words echo again: Do not doubt—Remember, I am Self.
The tree, the rain, the breath, the bowl—all of it remembering Itself through us.
Practice of the Day:
Pause once today to notice a flirt—something small that catches your attention. A glimmer, a scent, a sound. Breathe into it, and let it know you’re listening. Perhaps it’s the world saying hello.
