Resonance by Andrea
I had a routine MRI last week. Because of a strong family history of breast cancer, I qualify annually for this accurate detection radiology test.
If you’ve had or heard about an MRI, you may know they put you in a huge eight foot long magnet shaped like a gun barrel and bombard you with loud noises for 30 to 60 minutes. I used all my meditation techniques to get through the experience of claustrophobic enclosure plus the banging, buzzing and clanging.
When I got out, I shook myself to get the feeling back in my arms and the fuzziness out of my head and asked the technician, “Why all the noise?”.
She explained to me that when I go into the tube, all the cells in my body line up with the field of the magnet. The noises are radiofrequencies that knock my cells out of that orderly line, and immediately the magnet pulls them back into place. It’s this resonance of being knocked out of line and coming back to place that makes it possible to capture an incredibly accurate image.
It’s another example of how being pushed out of line or balance and coming back into place yields positive results.
Any of a number of daily irritations or a serious life bump in the road knock us out of line. As we regain balance and order, we get a clear picture of how to be happier, stronger, and more free.
So bring on the resonance! The jarring us out of a comfortable place! Who knows what clear vistas are ahead.